The website of the Fourth European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety (ESSHS) is now active and accepting applications. The website is located at: http://www.engj.ulst.ac.uk/esshs/4thesshs/4thesshsindex.php.

The Fourth ESSHS will be held in Porticcio (Corsica, France) from September 7-16, 2009.

The topical content of the ESSHS covers the whole spectrum of activities of the International Association for Hydrogen Safety HySafe and complies with the International Curriculum on Hydrogen Safety Engineering. The state-of-the art in hydrogen safety is covered from fundamentals to applications and topics include: hydrogen release and dispersion; spontaneous ignition; underexpanded jet fires and micro flames; large-scale deflagrations and detonations; thermal, pressure and missile effects from fires and explosions; development and validation of mitigation techniques; hydrogen safety engineering, risk analysis; regulations, codes, and standards; case studies on safety of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and infrastructure, hydrogen fuelled vehicles, stationary combined heat and power applications, refuelling stations and garages, tunnel and car parking, etc.
The teaching materials of the ESSHS are used in the World's First Higher Educational Programme in Hydrogen Safety (i.e. the PgCert/PgDip/MSc in Hydrogen Safety Engineering) offered by the University of Ulster.