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ProfessorGAC

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8. There's An E-M Refinery About 10 Miles From Us

Reply to NNadir (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 04:12 PM

Apr 2021

They refit HF handling 10-12 years ago. It's now a big bank of cylinders instead of one big bottle. It's covered with a metal roof, and a shower system keeps the outer shells cool in summer.
There's also a deluge/fogger system to mitigate releases.
The release size went down 95% with that new system.
With it's proximity to home, and my lab/office being only a couple miles away, I was glad for that redesign.

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