Managing EHS of PV-related equipment at the National Renewable Energgy Laboratory : preprint /
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| Format: | Government Document Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Golden, CO :
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
[2012]
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| Series: | Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ;
5200-54132. |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo30560 |
| Abstract: | Managing environment, health, and safety (EHS) risks at a national laboratory, or university, can be intimidating to a researcher who is focused on research results. Laboratory research and development (R&D) operations are often driven by scientists with limited engineering support and lack well-refined equipment development resources. To add to the burden for a researcher, there is a plethora of codes, standards, and regulations that govern the safe installation and operation of photovoltaic-related R&D equipment -- especially those involving hazardous production materials. To help guide the researcher through the vast list of requirements, the EHS office at NREL has taken a variety of steps. Organizationally, the office has developed hazard-specific laboratory-level procedures to govern particular activities. These procedures are a distillation of appropriate international codes, fire agencies, SEMI standards, U.S. Department of Energy orders, and other industry standards to those necessary and sufficient to govern the safe operation of a given activity. The EHS office works proactively with researchers after a concept for a new R&D capability is conceived to help guide the safe design, acquisition, installation, and operation of the equipment. It starts with a safety assessment at the early stages such that requirements are implemented to determine the level of risk and degree of complexity presented by the activity so appropriate controls can be put in place to manage the risk. As the equipment requirements and design are refined, appropriate equipment standards are applied. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title screen (viewed Sept. 18, 2012). "June 2012." "Contract Number DE-AC36-08GO28308." "Presented at the 2012 IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, Texas, June 3-8, 2012." Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (6 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Full text available via Internet in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 4). |