Review and assessment of developmental issues concerning the metal parts treater design for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant / Committee to Review and Assess Developmental Issues Concerning the Metal Parts Treater Design for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, 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 to Review and Assess Developmental Issues Concerning the Metal Parts Treater Design for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Army Science and Technology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Dept. of Defense. Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program--Evaluation.

United States.

Chemical weapons disposal--Kentucky--Richmond.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States is in the process of destroying its chemical weapons stockpile. In 1996, Congress mandated that DOD demonstrate and select alternative methods to incineration at the Blue Grass and Pueblo sites. The Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program was setup to oversee the development of these methods, and pilot plants were established at both sites. One of the new technologies being developed at the Blue Grass pilot plant are metal parts treaters (MPTs) to be used for the empty metal munitions cases. During recent testing, some issues arose with the MPTs that caused the ACWA to request a review by the NRC to investigate and determine their causes. This book presents a discussion of the MPT system; an assessment of the MPT testing activities; an analysis of thermal testing, modeling, and predicted throughput of the MPT; and an examination of the applicability of munitions treatment units under development at Pueblo for the Blue Grass pilot plant.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Box""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Metal Parts Treater System""; ""3 Assessment of Metal Parts Treater Testing Activities""; ""4 Thermal Testing, Modeling, and Predicted Throughput of the Metal Parts Treater""; ""5 Applicability of PCAPP Munitions Treatment Unit at BGCAPP""; ""6 General Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

""Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Site Visits""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 42).

ISBN:

9786611300418

9780309178600

0309178606

9781281300416

1281300411

9780309115162

0309115167

OCLC:

929504608