Evaluation of demonstration test results of alternative technologies for demilitarization of assembled chemical weapons : a supplemental review / Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons, 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 Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical weapons disposal--United States.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1996, the U.S. Congress enacted two laws, Public Law 104-201 (authorization legislation) and Public Law 104-208 (appropriation legislation), mandating that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) conduct an assessment of alternative technologies to the baseline incineration process for the demilitarization of assembled chemical munitions. The PMACWA had previously requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform and publish an independent evaluation of the seven technologies packages that had been selected during earlier phases of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) program and deliver a report by September 1, 1999. However, to meet that deadline, the NRC Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (ACW Committee) had to terminate its data-gathering activities on March 15, 1999, prior to the completion of demonstration tests. In September 1999, the PMACWA requested that the ACW Committee examine the reports of the demonstration tests and determine if the results changed the committee's original findings, recommendations, and comments. Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons documents the committee's reassessment of the findings and recommendations in the original report, Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons .

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Acknowledgment

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acronyms

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Burns and Roe Plasma Arc Process

3 General Atomics Technology Package

4 Parsons-AlliedSignal WHEAT1 Process

5 Update of General Findings and Recommendations

References

Appendix A Findings and Recommendations from the 1998 Report on Supercritical Water Oxidation

Appendix B Biographical Sketches of the Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309172219

0309172217

9780309516693

0309516692

OCLC:

70771485