Assessment of the Army plan for the Pine Bluff non-stockpile facility / Committee on Review and Assessment of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program: Pine Bluff, 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 Review and Assessment of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program: Pine Bluff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical weapons disposal--Arkansas--Pine Bluff.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Military engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying its chemical weapons stockpile and related, non-stockpile chemical materiel. At the request of the Army, the National Research Council (NRC) has published a number of studies over the last 16 years providing scientific and technical advice on that disposal effort. For this study, the NRC was asked to assess the design of the facility at the Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Arsenal intended to dispose of a large amount of non-stockpile materiel, including 1250 recovered old chemical weapons. This is the first of a series of studies directed at reviewing and assessing the Product Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel initiatives for destruction of this materiel. The report provides the results of the Pine Bluff assessment. It includes a description of the Pine Bluff facility; a discussion of worker and public safety; management issues; regulatory, permitting, and public involvement; and the role of alternative destruction technologies currently residing at the facility.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Acronyms and Definitions""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Background and Overview""; ""2 The Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility""; ""3 Worker Protection and Potential for Offsite Release""; ""4 Management of Process and Nonprocess Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility Secondary Wastes""; ""5 Regulatory Approval and Permitting and Public Involvement""; ""6 A Greater Role for the Explosive Destruction System in Destruction of the Pine Bluff Inventory of Recovered Chemical Warfare Material""

""References""""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Committee Member Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix B Committee Meetings and Other Activities""; ""Appendix C Analysis of the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility Schedule""

Notes:

"This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. DAAD19-03-C-0046, between the National Academies of Sciences and the Department of the Army"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographcial references (p. 65-66).

ISBN:

9786610176458

9781280176456

1280176458

9780309529891

0309529891

OCLC:

55636649