Review of systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility / 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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (U.S.).

Chemical weapons disposal--Utah--Tooele Army Depot--Testing.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1993, at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, the Army completed construction of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF), the first complete facility for destruction of lethal unitary chemical agents and munitions to be built in the continental United States. The TOCDF will employ the Army's baseline incineration system to destroy the depot's increment of the nation's aging unitary chemical stockpile. This book assesses Army changes and improvements to the TOCDF in response to recommendations contained in earlier reports of the committee. It assesses aspects of the facility's readiness for safe agent handling and destruction operations, its agent monitoring system, and its site specific risk assessment.

Contents:

Review of Systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Executive Summary

FINDINGS

Public Involvement

Carbon Filtration

Program Staffing

RECOMMENDATIONS

Duration of TOCDF Operations

Coordinated with the Start of Agent Operations

Prior to the Start of Agent Operations

During the First Year of Agent Operations

1 Introduction

CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DISPOSAL PROGRAM

The Unitary Chemical Agent and Munitions Stockpile

Fundamentals of Disposal

The Baseline Incineration System

SUMMARY

2 Changes at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Response to National Research Council ...

REVIEW OF NRC RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING OPERATIONAL VERIFICATION TESTING AT JACADS

Brine Reduction Area

Changes in the TOCDF Brine Reduction Area Facility

Acceptance Test Results

Dunnage Furnace

Modifications to the Dunnage Furnace

Dunnage Furnace Nonagent Test Results

Overall Assessment of Dunnage Furnace

Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

Liquid Incinerator Slag Removal

Furnace Feed System

Residual Gelled Agent

Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Requirements

Environmental Compliance

Overall Safety

Changes Resulting from Risk Assessment

REVIEW OF NRC RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE MONITORING SYSTEM AT JACADS

General Recommendations for Agent/Nonagent Monitoring

Specific Recommendations for Agent/Nonagent Monitoring

Specific Recommendations for Laboratory Operations

Summary of Responses to Monitoring Recommendations

RECOMMENDATION ON CARBON FILTRATION

3 Evaluation of Systemization Safety Performance

SAFETY-RELATED FUNCTIONS AND REVIEWS BY OTHERS

Systems Hazard Analysis

Utah Department of Environmental Quality Required Report for the Systems Hazard Analysis.

Facility Construction Certification

Systems Requiring Construction Certification

Construction Certification Assumptions

Document Review

Inspector General Report Courtesy Chemical Surety Inspection-Tooele CDF

TOCDF Safety Evaluation Report

U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Report TOCDF Report on Design-Related Safety Issues and Evaluation of Construction Conformance…

U.S. Army "Lessons Learned" Programs

U.S. Army Subject Area Review Reports

State of Utah Inspections

STOCKPILE COMMITTEE SITE VISITS

Personnel Issues (Recruitment, Training, Turnover)

A General Observation

Shift Operations

Maintenance and Spare Parts

General Management Issues

Programmatic Issues

PRE-OPERATIONAL SURVEY

DISPOSAL PROGRAM STAFFING

4 Systemization Environmental Performance

TOCDF PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS

SURROGATE TRIAL BURNS

Liquid Incinerator #1

Deactivation Furnace System Surrogate Trial Burn

5 Community Interaction and Planning

UTAH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Utah Citizens Advisory Commission and Risk Assessment: Problems of Communication

Personal Protective Equipment

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLANNING

Training

Emergency Planning

Emergency Communications

Emergency Medical Care

ARMY CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM IN UTAH

6 Overview of Site-Specific Risk Assessment

NRC RECOMMENDATIONS ON RISK MANAGEMENT

Report on Operational Verification Testing

NRC Letter Report on the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program Risk Management Process

Recommendations for Facilities in the Continental United States

Broad Guidelines for Risk Management

Recommendations Report

TOCDF RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN

Operation of Metal Parts Furnace Feed Airlock

Weteye Bomb Aluminum and Agent Interaction

Weteye Bomb Handling and Inventories

Seismic Anchorage of the Liquid Propane Gas Tank.

TOOELE RISK ASSESSMENT

ACCIDENT QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT

Methodology

Independent Review Committee Role and Evaluation

Results

NRC EVALUATION OF THE ACCIDENT RISK PROGRAM

7 Findings and Recommendations

OVERVIEW

Responses to OVT II Report Recommendations

Responses to Monitoring Report Recommendations

General Recommendations

Agent/Nonagent Monitoring Recommendations

Laboratory Operations Recommendations

Responses to Risk Letter Report Recommendations

Responses to the Recommendations Report

Minimize Total Risk

Assessment of Risk

Public Concerns

Baseline Incineration System

Carbon Filters

Alternative Technologies and Stockpile Stability

Appendices

Appendix A Public Law 102-484-Oct. 23, 1992 (Extract)

Subtitle G-Chemical Demilitarization Program

Appendix B Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program

The Call for Disposal

Disposal Program Background and Role of the National Research Council

Description of the Stockpile

Agents

Containers and Munitions

Geographical Distribution

Storage, Transportation, and Unloading of Munitions and Containers

Disassembly and Draining

Agent Destruction

Destruction of Energetics

Metal Parts Decontamination

Pollution Abatement Systems

Auxiliary Systems

Agent Monitoring Systems

Appendix C Recommendations of the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program…

Appendix D Public Meeting Tooele County Courthouse, Tooele, Utah.

Agenda

Citizens Advisory Commission Invitation Letter

Distribution List

E Biographical Sketches

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120).

ISBN:

9786610192212

9780309175586

0309175585

9781280192210

1280192216

9780309596718

0309596718

9780585154114

0585154112

OCLC:

43477235