Review of Chemical Agent Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements - 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 Review of Chemical Agent Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2007-08-13. Review of Chemical Agent Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Under the direction of the U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) and mandated by Congress, the nation is destroying its chemical weapons stockpile. Large quantities of secondary waste are being generated in the process, and managing these wastes safely and effectively is a critical part of CMA's weapons disposal program. To assist, the CMA asked the NRC to examine the environmental and regulatory requirements that secondary waste treatment is subject to, and to assess best practices by industry in meeting such requirements for similar facilities. This book presents an overview of secondary wastes from chemical agent disposal facilities (CDF), a comparison of CDF and industry experience, site-specific analysis of major secondary waste issues, an examination of closure wastes, and findings and recommendations.
Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants
Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants - 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 Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2008-12-14. Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The U.S. Army Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PMACWA) is charged with disposing of chemical weapons as stored at two sites: Pueblo, Colorado, and Blue Grass, Kentucky. In accordance with congressional mandates, technologies other than incineration are to be used if they are as safe and as cost effective. The weapons are to be disposed of in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention. Although an element of the U.S. Army, the PMACWA is responsible to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics for completing this mission. This book deals with the expected significant quantities of secondary wastes that will be generated during operations of the facilities and their closure. While there are only estimates for the waste quantities that will be generated, they provide a good basis for planning and developing alternatives for waste disposal while the plants are still in the design phase. Establishing efficient disposal options for the secondary wastes can enable more timely and cost-effective operation and closure of the facilities.
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.
Review of Closure Plans for the Baseline Incineration Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
Review of Closure Plans for the Baseline Incineration 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 Review of Closure Plans for the Baseline Incineration Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2011-01-02. Review of Closure Plans for the Baseline Incineration Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book responds to a request by the director of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) for the National Research Council to examine and evaluate the ongoing planning for closure of the four currently operational baseline incineration chemical agent disposal facilities and the closure of a related testing facility. The book evaluates the closure planning process as well as some aspects of closure operations that are taking place while the facilities are still disposing of agent. These facilities are located in Anniston, Alabama; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Tooele, Utah; and Umatilla, Oregon. They are designated by the acronyms ANCDF, PBCDF, TOCDF, and UMCDF, respectively. Although the facilities all use the same technology and are in many ways identical, each has a particular set of challenges.
Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System - 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 Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2002-04-22. Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS), the first fully integrated chemical agent disposal facility, is located on Johnston Island some 800 miles southwest of Hawaii. JACADS completed ten years of operations in November 2000, which resulted in the disposal of more than 2000 tons of nerve and mustard agents. In 1998, the Army began planning for closure and dismantling of the facility. In 1999, the NRC was asked to review the Army's planning. This book presents an assessment of planned and ongoing closure activities on Johnston Island in some detail. It also provides an analysis of the likely implications for closure of disposal facilities at eight continental U.S. storage sites.
