GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Recent major natural gas explosions could have been prevented

 

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Homeland Security NewsWire

05April2011 12:15pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Last month, after a series of deadly accidents, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted hearings on the status of U.S. natural gas pipelines and found that utilities have long resisted implementing recommended safety measures leading to the increased likelihood of fatal explosions; the United States currently has more than 210 natural gas pipeline systems with roughly 21,000 miles of pipeline snaking throughout heavily populated areas; some of these pipes were first put in place more than eighty years ago; utilities could have minimized the damage caused by the recent explosions and even prevented the accidents from occurring had they installed safety valves, conducted regular testing, and replaced aging infrastructure. (read full report)

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