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Las Vegas Mayor Upset about UP Runaway Chlorine Car
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[quote user="Krazykat112079"] <p>Well, with as much chlorine is used in today's society and the amounts that must be shipped all over, I'm surprised that we haven't seen more accidents and fatalities. Most municipalities that have a water treatment system uses chlorine and/or ammonia and you wouldn't want a tank of that breaking open either. </p><p>There is an ozone process, but that requires liquid oxygen transport....if you ever want to see a tanker turn to a pile of iron oxide in one quick flash, just spark one of them. Probably take several cars either side, the rails, ties, anything combustible (including iron) within several hundred feet.</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Some of that credit goes to some of our best drivers who haul the stuff without any problems. </p><p>Personally I would not put those loads on my 5th wheel. It is enough to have had that one load with 6000 gallons of acid in car boys sloshing back and forth trying to get out any way it could for a thousand miles. For a old milk tanker man like me I could not get rid of it fast enough.</p>
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