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Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Chemical Agent Identification Set Disposal
Review of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309068797
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This study is a review and evaluation of the U.S. Army's Report to Congress on Alternative Approaches for the Treatment and Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS). CAIS are test kits that were used to train soldiers from 1928 to 1969 in defensive responses to a chemical attack. They contain samples of chemicals that had been or might have been used by opponents as chemical warfare agents. The Army's baseline approach for treating and disposing of CAIS has been to develop a mobile treatment system, called the Rapid Response System (RRS), which can be carried by several large over-the-road trailers.
Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
Author: United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Project Manager for Chemical Demilitarization and Installation RestorationPublisher:
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Category : Chemical agents (Munitions)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
Author: William R. BrankowitzPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This report covers all demilitarization and disposal activities carried on in the Chemical Agent Identification Sets Disposal Plant from 8 May 1981 to 22 December 1982. Chemical Agents demilitarized included mustard, GB and Lewisite. Agents were destroyed in three phases. Phase 1 (8 May 1981 - 28 January 1982) included only the sets wooden boxes. Phase 3 (22 April 1982 - 22 December 1982) destroyed all remaining sets. The report summarizes operations, air monitoring, laboratory efforts, data collection and data analysis methods. Also given is a concise history of air monitoring, laboratory efforts, data collection and data analysis methods. Also given is a concise history of air monitoring, downtime and number of sets destroyed. (Author).
Chemical Agent Identification Set Disposal
Author: Disposal of Neutralent Wastes
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309072875
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Chemical warfare materiel (CWM) is a collection of diverse items that were used during 60 years of efforts by the United States to develop a capability for conducting chemical warfare. Nonstockpile CWM, which is not included in the current U.S. inventory of chemical munitions, includes buried materiel, recovered materiel, binary chemical weapons, former production facilities, and miscellaneous materiel. CWM that was buried in pits on former military sites is now being dug up as the land is being developed for other purposes. Other CWM is on or near the surface at former test and firing ranges. According to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which was ratified by the United States in April 1997, nonstockpile CWM items in storage at the time of ratification must be destroyed by 2007. The U.S. Army is the designated executive agent for destroying CWM. Nonstockpile CWM is being handled by the Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program (NSCMP); stockpile CWM is the responsibility of the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program. Because nonstockpile CWM is stored or buried in many locations, the Army is developing transportable disposal systems that can be moved from site to site as needed. The Army has plans to test prototypes of three transportable systems-the rapid response system (RRS), the munitions management device (MMD), and the explosive destruction system (EDS)-for accessing and destroying a range of nonstockpile chemical agents and militarized industrial chemicals. The RRS is designed to treat recovered chemical agent identification sets (CAIS), which contain small amounts of chemical agents and a variety of highly toxic industrial chemicals. The MMD is designed to treat nonexplosively configured chemical munitions. The EDS is designed to treat munitions containing chemical agents with energetics equivalent to three pounds of TNT or less. These munitions are considered too unstable to be transported or stored. A prototype EDS system has recently been tested in England by non-stockpile program personnel. Although originally proposed for evaluation in this report, no test data were available to the committee on the composition of wastes from the EDS. Therefore, alternative technologies for the destruction of EDS wastes will be discussed in a supplemental report in fall 2001. Treatment of solid wastes, such as metal munition bodies, packing materials, and carbon air filters, were excluded from this report. Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program: Disposal of Neutralent Wastes evaluates the near-term (1999-2005) application of advanced (nonincineration) technologies, such as from the Army's Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program and the Alternative Technologies and Approaches Project, in a semi-fixed, skid-mounted mode to process Rapid Response System, Munitions Management Device, and Explosive Destruction System liquid neutralization wastes.
Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado. Volume 2. Appendices A-D.
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Languages : en
Pages : 357
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Contents: Operation of the Data Entry/Data Print Programs; Listing of the Data Entry/Data Print Programs; Operation of the Statistical Programs; and Listing of the Statistical Programs.
Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309050464
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The U.S. Army's chemical stockpile is aging and gradually deteriorating. Its elimination has public, political, and environmental ramifications. The U.S. Department of Defense has designated the Department of the Army as the executive agent responsible for the safe, timely, and effective elimination of the chemical stockpile. This book provides recommendations on the direction the Army should take in pursuing and completing its Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.
Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado. Phase 1. Pilot Testing
Author: John A. ScottDisposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado. Mustard Operations: Phase 1
Author: William R. BrankowitzPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
This report covers the demilitarization and disposal activities carried on in the Chemical Agent Identification Sets Disposal Plant from 8 May 1981 through 28 January 1982. This portion of the operations destroyed all sets containing only the chemical warfare agent mustard. The report summarizes operations, air monitoring and laboratory efforts and data collection and analysis methods. It provides a concise history in terms of inventory, air monitoring and downtime of the mustard disposal portion of the project. (Author).