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What happened at the Cleveland LNG terminal in 1944?

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What happened at the Cleveland LNG terminal in 1944?

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The most serious LNG accident occurred more than 50 years ago, during World War II, in Cleveland, OH. According to the U.S. Bureau of Mines report, due to rationing, the nickel content of an inner storage tank was reduced to 3.5% (today’s standard is 9%). Shortly after its use began, the LNG tank became brittle and failed, spilling LNG that traveled into a sewer system. LNG evaporated and ignited, killing 128 people and injuring 225. The Bureau of Mines report showed that the accident was due to low temperature embrittlement of 3.5% nickel steel tank, which is no longer used. In addition, the tanks were located next to a heavily traveled railroad station and a bombshell stamping plant, both of which probably accelerated crack propagation in the inner tank shell. The ignition of two unconfined vapor clouds of LNG did not result in explosions. The only explosions occurred in the sewers. Today’s safety regulations and codes require multiple containment systems and the use of modern materi

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