A proposed new federal rule poses major explosion risk throughout U.S.
"There's a very good reason liquefied natural gas has never been shipped by rail in this country, and that's because it's wildly unsafe," said. "I don't want these dangerous trains going through my neighborhood, and trust me, you don't either."
The federal effort to cut critical safeguards for liquefied natural gas started on April 10, 2019, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to initiate rulemaking to allow liquefied natural gas transport by rail. Tanker rail cars can hold roughly three times the volume of the UN portable tanks.
Liquefied natural gas can also produce a BLEVE, or "boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion." During a BLEVE, pressurized liquid 'explodes' both chemically and physically . A BLEVE creates three primary dangers: a blast wave, projections of the container fragments, and in the case of flammable vapors, a fireball.
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