NFPA Update
Karen Hall, National Hydrogen Association
The next meeting of the full technical committee for NFPA 2 (Hydrogen Technologies Code) will be held in Golden, CO at NREL on June 26 – 27. Task Group 6 of the Technical Committee for NFPA 2 (Hydrogen Technology Code) developed a new separation distance requirements table -- intended for NFPA 2 -- by revising the current table in NFPA 55, based on experimental work, engineering analysis and risk assessment analysis. The strategy for gaining acceptance of the revised separation distance requirements table was to first submit it as a proposal for incorporation into NFPA 55, while it was in its revision cycle. Then, it could be “extracted” from NFPA 55 for incorporation into NFPA 2. Paul reported that the Technical Committee for NFPA 55 accepted the new proposed table. In addition, the table has been accepted for incorporation into NFPA 52 by its Technical Committee.
The next meeting of the full technical committee for NFPA 2 (Hydrogen Technologies Code) will be June 26-27 at NREL in Golden, CO, with the separation distance report expected on June 27.
The NFPA Vehicular Alternative Fuels Committee has recently completed balloting the Report on Comments for NFPA 52.
Updates on the results of both of these efforts will be provided in the July Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Safety Report.
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