Citation

Malecha ZM, Poliski J, Chorowski M. Risk Anal. 2017; 37(12): 2475-2489.

Affiliation

Department of Cryogenic, Aeronautic and Process Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Society for Risk Analysis, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/risa.12803

PMID

28334449

Abstract

The transportation of dangerous substances by truck carriers harbors important safety issues in both road and mine tunnels. Even though traffic conditions in road and mine tunnels are different, the potential geometric and hydrodynamic similarities can lead to similar effects from the uncontrolled leakage of the dangerous material. This work was motivated by the design study of the LAGUNA-LBNO (Large Apparatus studying Grand Unification and Neutrino Astrophysics and Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillations) project. The considered neutrino detector requires a huge amount of liquid argon, which must be transported down the tunnel. The present work focuses on the estimation of the most credible incident and the resulting consequences in the case of a truck accident in the tunnel. The approach and tools used in the present work are generic and can be adapted to other similar situations.

© 2017 Society for Risk Analysis.

Language: en

Keywords

Cryogenic gas propagation; liquid argon transportation; risk assessment; underground tunnel