Author: Charles BaronianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Author: Charles BaronianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program: Public comments and responses (RC-1, RC-2, and RC-3)
Author: Charles BaronianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
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.
Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309075750
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
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.
Chemical Stockpile Programmatic Disposal Program
Author: Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030916902X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying the nation's stockpile of aging chemical weapons stored at eight locations in the continental United States and on Johnston Atoll in the Pacific. Originally, incineration was chosen for the destruction of these stores, but this method has met with public opposition, and Congress directed the Army to develop alternative technologies for destroying the stockpiles in Pueblo, CO and Richmond, KY. To assist the Army in this process, the NRC was asked to evaluate the engineering design study of the three Blue Grass candidates. This book presents an analysis of various issues pertaining to the proposed engineering design package for the Blue Grass facility.
Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309184002
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This report examines seven disposal technologies being considered by the U.S. government as alternative methods to the process of incineration for destroying mortars, rockets, land mines, and other weapons that contain chemical warfare agents, such as mustard gas. These weapons are considered especially dangerous because they contain both chemical warfare agent and explosive materials in an assembled package that must be disassembled for destruction. The study identifies the strengths and weaknesses and advantages and disadvantages of each technology and assesses their potential for full-scale implementation.
Disposal Options for the Rocket Motors From Nerve Agent Rockets Stored at Blue Grass Army Depot
Author: Committee on Disposal Options for the Rocket Motors of Nerve Agent Rockets at Blue Grass Army DepotPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309260469
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) is under construction near Richmond, Kentucky, two dispose of one of the two remaining stockpiles of chemical munitions in the United States. The stockpile that BGCAPP will dispose of is stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD). BGCAPP is a tenant activity on BGAD. The stockpile stored at BGAD consists of mustard agent loaded in projectiles, and the nerve agents GB and VX loaded into projectiles and M55 rockets. BGCAPP will process the rockets by cutting them, still in their shipping and firing tube (SFT), between the warhead and motor sections of the rocket. The warhead will be processed through BGCAPP. The separated rocket motors that have been monitored for chemical agent and cleared for transportation outside of BGCAPP, the subject of this report, will be disposed of outside of BGCAPP. Any motors found to be contaminated with chemical agent will be processed through BGCAPP and are not addressed in this report. Disposal Options for the Rocket Motors From Nerve Agent Rockets Stored at Blue Grass Army Depot addresses safety in handling the separated rocket motors with special attention to the electrical ignition system, the need for adequate storage space for the motors in order to maintain the planned disposal rate at BGCAPP, thermal and chemical disposal technologies, and on-site and off-site disposal options. On-site is defined as disposal on BGAD, and off-site is defined as disposal by a commercial or government facility outside of BGAD.
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Author: U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemical warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program: Public comments and responses (RC-1, RC-2, and RC-3)
Author: Charles BaronianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description