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ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

APOLOGIES

MISCELLANEOUS
Behaviour of bulk propellants in fire situations
Management of Industrial Detonator in China
General discussion on the wish for reduced quantity distances for slow burning materials
like tetrazoles, nitroguanidine compounds, nitrogen and oxygen generator compositions
General discussion on the practice of desensitising explosive material for
incineration at waste disposal plants
Changes in the explosives act

ACCIDENTS
Explosion in a storage
Accident at Nangoku Hanabi Firework Factory

FIREWORKS RELATED ISSUES
Update on the Collaborative European-funded research on fireworks storage hazards
UN series 6 testing of fireworks and the European fireworks project CHAF
UN working group on the default classification of fireworks
Modification of shell of shells
Special packagings for fireworks for 1.4 classification
Simplified method on UN classification tests for fireworks shells
Fireworks safety at CERL
Study on the sympathetic explosion of fireworks shells
Chemical analysis of fireworks by ion chromatography and XRF
Fireball and projection measurements on shells for safety distances
Discussion on definition of consumer fireworks

AMMONIUM NITRATE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE EMULSION MATRIX ISSUES
Safety and security issues relating to low capacity storage of AN fertilizers
Hazard characterisation of mixtures of AN with swimming pool chemicals
Inactive modification of ammonium nitrate and the determination of its activity
as oxidiser in explosives
Recent findings in ANE testing
Burning ANE in a steel tank
Assessment of the self-heating behaviour and stability criteria for safe transport
or storage of ammonium nitrate based emulsions
Demonstration of suitability of ANE for carriage in tanks
Swedish UN proposals concerning ANE’s
Packaging of emulsion explosives

EPP WORK PROGRAMME
Discussion on the work programme for the coming years

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETING