Health and Safety Executive

Integrity of atmospheric storage tanks

This circular has been updated, its purpose is to raise awareness of the factors to consider when operating storage tanks containing hazardous substances. 

Information was drawn from a series of site inspections ranging from refinery tank farms, large speciality chemical storage facilities as well as a number of smaller sites where bulk storage tanks were used to store raw, intermediate and final product materials.

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