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Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie
Ageing plan in France
Programme for the prevention of accidents related to the ageing of installations
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Ageing is the accumulation of changes an equipment is subject to. These changes can be the effect of time only, or can be related to the equipment’s operating conditions.
Ageing monitoring, for an industrial equipement, involves early detection of ageing evidence and effective control of the actions taken to deal with ageing.
Definition of ageing
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Contents
Aims of the programme
Obligations for operators
Implementation of the programme
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Aims of the programme
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Lessons learnt from accidents
Ambès accident (11 Jan. 2007)
Crude oil tank rupture in a petroleum storage plant
Pollution of the Garonne river
Lessons learnt from accidents
Donges accident (16 Mar. 2008)
Pipe leak in an oil refinery
Pollution of the Loire river
Total cost of repairs and de-pollution operations = 50 M€
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Lessons learnt from accidents
Plaine de la Crau accident (7 Aug. 2009)
Oil transportation pipe leak
Pollution in a nature reserve in the Camargue region
And also : some near accidents and several alarming inspection results
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A collectively defined programme
First talks between the French administration, industry representatives and experts in 2009
Programme publicly announced by the French government in January 2010
Involves 38 measures in 6 separate fields
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Main objectives
1. Identification of the most critical equipments in terms of technological risk and environmental risk
2. Implementation of a monitoring with periodical inspections, adapted to the equipment type and operating conditions
Possible use of technical guides
Outcome : updated regulations
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Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie
Obligations for operators
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Concerned equipments types
Seveso operators required to identify potential sources of major accident or environmental pollution in case of rupture or breach, among :
Flammable or toxic liquid storages
On-site pipes connected to these storages
Fundament of storages and pipe rack support (civil engineering)
Transportation pipes
Pressurized equipments
Safety instrumentation
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Obligations
For each piece of equipment :
Initial state assessment obligation
Monitoring procedures to be implemented
Post-inspection results and corrective actions
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Implementation of the programme
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Technical guides
Methodology defined in technical guides
Guides written by industry experts between 2010 and 2012
Officially recognized by the French administration
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Due dates
Initial state assessments and definition of monitoring plans (at equipment and site levels) required by end of :
2011 for the earliest deadlines
2014 for the latest
Monitoring plans define actions beyond 2014 Example for storage tanks :
Routine inspection every year Detailled inspection every 5 years Detailled internal inspection during operation stop every
10 years Repairs and corrective actions when needed
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Enforcement
200 controls per year in 2011, 2012 by Seveso inspectors to check operators awareness of the ageing programme
Mainly on Seveso sites
No sanctions (pedagogy)
Teaching all actors about the programme (eg. presentations)
200 controls per year planned between 2013 and 2017 to check fulfillment of obligations
Non-Seveso sites also targeted
Sanctions to be applied if obligations not fulfilled by operators
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Feedback
Programme elaboration
Unique technical cooperation within working groups First large-scale programme relying on technical guides from the industry
First analysis (2011 2013)
Operators Huge workload required to identify all equipments in scope SMEs often need to externalize monitoring because of tasks
complexity Inspectors
Huge workload required to identify all plants targeted by the programme (especially for non-Seveso sites)
Technical training sometimes needed to check enforcement of the methodology described in guides
Positive overall feedback : new programmes relying on technical guides being launched in other fields
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Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie
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