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Integrated design of alternative technologies for bulk-only chemical agent disposal facilities / Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, Board on Army Science and Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical weapons--United States.
- Chemical weapons.
- Chemical agents (Munitions).
- Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.).
- Explosive ordnance disposal.
- Hazardous wastes--Incineration--United States.
- Hazardous wastes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 42 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The US Army is pilot testing chemical hydrolysis as a method for destroying the chemical agents stockpiled at Aberdeen, Maryland, and Newport, Indiana. This title focuses on the overarching issues in the process designs integrating individual processing steps, including potential alternative configurations and process safety and reliability.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Acquisition Design Package Processes and Modifications""; ""3 Supercritical Water Oxidation Process for the Treatment of VX Hydrolysate""; ""4 Management of Process and Nonprocess Wastes""; ""5 Agent and Nonagent Monitoring and Measurements""; ""6 Risk Management""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Process Description for the Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility""
- ""Appendix B Process Description for the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility"" ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780309171885
- 0309171881
- 9780309516211
- 0309516218
- OCLC:
- 923254964
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