Evaluation of chemical events at Army chemical agent disposal facilities / Committee on Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical weapons disposal--United States.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Chemical agents (Munitions)--United States.

Chemical agents (Munitions).

Hazardous wastes--Incineration--United States.

Hazardous wastes.

Incinerators--United States--Safety measures.

Incinerators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 118 pages) : illustrations, map, form

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The National Research Council was asked by the Army to form a special, ad hoc committee to investigate whether incidents involving chemical warfare material stored, processed, and destroyed at the two operational Army chemical demilitarization sites provide useful information for the safe operation of future sites"--P. 1.

Contents:

The chemical demilitarization challenge Causal factors in events at chemical demilitarization facilities Responses to chemical events at baseline chemical demilitarization facilities Implications of past chemical events for ongoing and future chemical demilitarization activities Preparing for potential future chemical events at baseline chemical demilitarization facilities Findings and recommendations

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).

ISBN:

9786610182985

9780309168731

0309168732

9781280182983

1280182989

9780309503952

0309503957

OCLC:

70730824