Effects of degraded agent and munitions anomalies on chemical stockpile disposal operations / Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program., Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biochemical engineering.

Chemical engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying its entire stock of chemical weapons. To help with stockpile disposal, the Army (TM)s Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP), in 1987, asked the National Research Council (NRC) for scientific and technical advice. This report is one in a series of such prepared by the NRC over the last 16 years in response to that request. It presents an examination of the effect of leaking munitions (leakers) and other anomalies in the stored stockpile on the operation of the chemical agent disposal facilities. The report presents a discussion of potential causes of these anomalies, leaker tracking and analysis issues, risk implications of anomalies, and recommendations for monitoring and containing these anomalies during the remaining life of the stockpile.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes

List of Acronyms

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Occurrences and Origins of Anomalies

3 Tracking and Analysis of Stockpile Leakers

4 Operational and Risk Implications of Anomalies

5 Findings and Recommendations

References

Appendixes

Appendix A Autoignition and the M55 Rocket

Appendix B Leakers by Munition Type

Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610179794

9780309166492

0309166497

9781280179792

1280179791

9780309508421

0309508428

OCLC:

60365219