Review of secondary waste disposal planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants / Committee to Review Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee to Review Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program., Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Academies Press (U.S.)

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

Chemical weapons disposal--Colorado--Pueblo.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Chemical weapons disposal--Kentucky--Richmond.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Army Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PMACWA) is charged with disposing of chemical weapons as stored at two sites: Pueblo, Colorado, and Blue Grass, Kentucky. In accordance with congressional mandates, technologies other than incineration are to be used if they are as safe and as cost effective. The weapons are to be disposed of in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention. Although an element of the U.S. Army, the PMACWA is responsible to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics for completing this mission. This book deals with the expected significant quantities of secondary wastes that will be generated during operations of the facilities and their closure. While there are only estimates for the waste quantities that will be generated, they provide a good basis for planning and developing alternatives for waste disposal while the plants are still in the design phase. Establishing efficient disposal options for the secondary wastes can enable more timely and cost-effective operation and closure of the facilities.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 BGCAPP and PCAPP Process Descriptions and Secondary Waste Generation""; ""3 Regulatory Requirements Applicable to BGCAPP and PCAPP Secondary Waste Management""; ""4 Status of Planning for the Management of Secondary Wastes at BGCAPP and PCAPP""; ""5 Public Participation""; ""6 Alternative Offsite Waste Management Options""; ""References""

""Appendix A: National Research Council Reports on the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment/Alternatives Program""""Appendix B: Definition of "Generator Knowledge"""; ""Appendix C: Physical Properties of Chemical Agents in Munitions Stored at Blue Grass Army Depot and Pueblo Chemical Depot""; ""Appendix D: Results from Technical Risk Reduction Program Activity 2a, Phase II, for GB and Activity 11 for VX""; ""Appendix E: Committee Meetings and Site Visits""; ""Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611972981

9780309178532

0309178533

9780309120517

0309120519

9781281972989

1281972983

OCLC:

308433440