Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2002-12-25. Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For over a decade the Army has been carrying out a program aimed at the destruction of accumulated chemical weapons stored at several sites. While destruction by incineration has been successful, several incidentsâ€"called chemical eventsâ€"occurred during the disposal process or decontamination activities that raised some public concerns about the safety of operations of three third generation incineration facilities. As a result, the Congress asked the NRC to investigate whether the incidents provide information useful to help ensure safe operation of the future sites. This book presents an analysis of causes of and responses to past chemical events, implications of such events for ongoing and future demilitarization activities, and recommendations for preparing for future events.
Evaluation of Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
Evaluation of Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evaluation of Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2009-07-15. Evaluation of Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. By the end of 2009, more than 60 percent of the global chemical weapons stockpile declared by signatories to the Chemical Weapons Convention will have been destroyed, and of the 184 signatories, only three countries will possess chemical weapons-the United States, Russia, and Libya. In the United States, destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile began in 1990, when Congress mandated that the Army and its contractors destroy the stockpile while ensuring maximum safety for workers, the public, and the environment. The destruction program has proceeded without serious exposure of any worker or member of the public to chemical agents, and risk to the public from a storage incident involving the aging stockpile has been reduced by more than 90 percent from what it was at the time destruction began on Johnston Island and in the continental United States. At this time, safety at chemical agent disposal facilities is far better than the national average for all industries. Even so, the Army and its contractors are desirous of further improvement. To this end, the Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) asked the NRC to assist by reviewing CMA's existing safety and environmental metrics and making recommendations on which additional metrics might be developed to further improve its safety and environmental programs.
Assessment of the Continuing Operability of Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities and Equipment
Assessment of the Continuing Operability of Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities and Equipment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Assessment of the Continuing Operability of Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities and Equipment write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2007-02-08. Assessment of the Continuing Operability of Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities and Equipment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) currently oversees contracts for the operation of chemical agent stockpile incineration facilities at four disposal sites. Because the period of time required to dispose of these chemical agents has grown beyond that originally planned, the Army is becoming concerned about the possibility of growing operational problems as the processing equipment ages. To help address these concerns, the CMA requested the NRC to assess whether current policies and practices will be able to adequately anticipate and address facility obsolescence issues. This report presents a review of potential infrastructure and equipment weaknesses given that the facilities are being operated well beyond their original design lifetime; an assessment of the Army's current and evolving obsolescence management programs; and offers recommendations about how the programs may be improved and strengthened to permit safe and expeditious completion of agent stockpile destruction and facility closure.
Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility write by National Research Council. This book was released on 1999-11-24. Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This report reviews the status of the U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) operations at Tooele, Utah, with respect to previous recommendations and observations made by the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (Stockpile Committee). The committee recognizes actions that have satisfied recommendations, identifies recommendations that require further action, and provides additional recommendations for improving the overall CSDP performance at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF), Tooele, Utah, and other sites.
Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2001-02-01. Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In keeping with a congressional mandate (Public Law 104-484) and the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States is currently destroying its chemical weapons stockpile. The Army must ensure that the chemical demilitarization workforce is protected from the risks of exposure to hazardous chemicals during disposal operations and during and after facility closure. Good industrial practices developed in the chemical and nuclear energy industries and other operations that involve the processing of hazardous materials include workplace monitoring of hazardous species and a systematic occupational health program for monitoring workers' activities and health. In this report, the National Research Council Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program examines the methods and systems used at JACADS and TOCDF, the two operational facilities, to monitor the concentrations of airborne and condensed-phase chemical agents, agent breakdown products, and other substances of concern. The committee also reviews the occupational health programs at these sites, including their industrial hygiene and occupational medicine components. Finally, it evaluates the nature, quality, and utility of records of workplace chemical monitoring and occupational health programs.
