A unique novel and revolutionary fire prevention system has emerged using hypoxic air. This system will not only stop fires from starting, but allows humans to freely breathe and work in this atmosphere. NITRO GUARD utilizes hypoxic air (reduced oxygen); this patent (pending) modern day solution prevents fires of any size and origin from ever igniting. The safety of normobaric hypoxic air, which constitutes our prevention agent, is unquestionably proven by data obtained over decades of scientific research. You will find that when the oxygen level is reduced to 15% virtually all common ignition sources cease to exist and function.

To achieve optimum safety, nuclear plants in the western world presently use a defense in depth approach to protect their facilities. This method employs a series of physical barriers between the radioactive reactor core and the environment, and utilizes multiple safety systems, each with backup and designed to accommodate human error. Safety systems account for approximately 25% of the cost of building a nuclear plant.

The horrible attack by terrorist on the World Trade Center focused attention on the safety of nuclear power plants. In fact, the possibility of such a scenario has always been considered, and nuclear reactors are therefore more resistant to such assaults than virtually any other civil installation. No one can be sure what would happen if a hijacked airliner plunged into a nuclear power station. The impact would almost certainly break open active circle tubing. The accompanying explosion would fling a plume of radioactivity into the atmosphere, iniating multiple fires.Afterwards, both burning fuel and structural elements would continue to pump radioactivity into the air. Putting this fire out would not be easy, fire crews struggled to dampen down the fire after the Pentagon crash on September 11 and they did not have to contend with deadly radiation.

Since the attack on 911 many countries admit that few nuclear reactors could cope with large aircraft crashes. Perhaps the clearest statement came on 9/21 from the US nuclear regulatory commission, which is responsible for 103 reactors. The NRC did not specifically contemplate attacks by aircrafts such as Boeing 757 or 767 and nuclear power plants were not designed to withstand such crashes, it said.

What should be done in the face of such a threat, except measures already in place to prevent planes from being hijacked, and to ensure that any plane that gets hijacked is shot down before it reaches the intended target? A catastrophic fire accident in a nuclear station could cause unimaginable damage with many fatalities and significant long term health hazards. Resources NITRO GUARD fire prevention system can reduce this risk dramatically.

What would happen if Resources NITRO GUARD were used in a fire preventive mode in the reactor facility? In the event of a direct hit of a large plane the structural damage is inevitable. Depending on the size of the opening, caused by the explosion, a significant amount of fuel could be injected inside the building. No currently available fire safety system could prevent ignition of this jet fuel.

However, NITRO GUARD would prevent propagation of flame inside the building, in spite of the abundance of fuel available for combustion. Due to the large amount of nitrogen enriched air inside the building the flame could not initiate and certainly could not persist and spread because fuel could not burn in this environment. The room would have positive pressure created by NITRO GUARD which would maintain the breathable atmosphere and preventing a secondary ignition from electric short circuits or from any other source. Personnel could have immediate access to the damaged equipment in order to minimize the radioactive pollution.

Resources offer the ultimate fire prevention and control for buildings. It not only protects the structure and its residence from a fire hazard, but it also prevents fire related damage to documents and equipment. An important advantage of Resources over all other existing fire extinguishing technologies is that its prevention agent is produced on site from ambient air by equipment that consumes only electricity. There is no need for transportation, refilling, or exchange of gas containers, once installed, system will work for decades, continuing to provide absolute fire safety for the facility being protected. Remember prevention is always better then a cure.