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pinboy3niner

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9. Thanks for the info, Dave

Reply to Arctic Dave (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:01 PM

Apr 2013

There will be a lot of questions about the status of the plant (some reports said it was 'shut down' at the time of incident, with no workers present), the origin of the fire, and the cause of the explosion. Members like you with some professional experience in the area will be a big help in walking us through some of the technical processes and issues.

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They are most likely referring to ESDs Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #4

Thanks for the info, Dave pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #9

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