Event
- Event ID
- 195
- Quality
- Description
A hydrogen leak occurred in in the cooling system of electricity generation part of the in a nuclear power plant. .
- Event Initiating system
- Classification of the physical effects
- Unignited Hydrogen Release
- Nature of the consequences
- leak no ignition
- Macro-region
- Europe
- Country
- France
- Date
- Component involved
- H2 coolant system
- Failure mode
- leak, no ignition
- Initiating cause
- unknown
- Root causes
- Unknown
- Date entry in HIAD
- 01/01/2021
Facility
- Application
- Power plant
- Sub-application
- Nuclear power plant
- Hydrogen supply chain stage
- All components affected
cooling system, turbine - generator
- Process temperature range [C]
- Above ambient temperature (50°C to 100°C)
- Location type
- Unknown
- Location
- industrial area
- Operational condition
- UNKNOWN
- Description of the facility/unit/process/substances
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE OF HYDROGEN
Although not specified, in this incident, the hydrogen system involved is the cooling system of the power generator, which usually uses hydrogen as a coolant
Emergency & Consequences
- Number of fatalities
- 0
- Number of injured persons
- 0
In-depth data
- Release type
- gas
- Involved substances (% vol)
- H2 100%
- Release temperature [°C]
- 25
- Probable IGNITION SOURCE
References
- Sources categories
- ARIA
- Reference & weblink
Event description no. 18497 of the French database ARIA
