Review criteria for successful treatment of hydrolysate at the Blue Grass chemical agent destruction pilot plant / Committee on Review Criteria for Successful Treatment of Hydrolysate at the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants [and three others] contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Army Science and Technology, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical weapons disposal--Colorado.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Chemical weapons disposal--Environmental aspects--Colorado.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 85 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2015.

Summary:

In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty outlawing the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons. The chemical weapons stockpiles at five of the U.S. chemical weapons storage sites have now been destroyed. At those sites, the munitions were robotically opened and the chemical agent was removed, collected, and incinerated. One of the remaining sites with chemical weapons stockpiles is the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky. In this case, caustic hydrolysis will be used to destroy the agents and energetics, resulting in a secondary waste stream known as hydrolysate. Review Criteria for Successful Treatment of Hydrolysate at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant develops criteria for successfully treating the hydrolysate, identifies systemization data that should factor into the criteria/decision process, suggests potential modifications to suggested treatment that would allow continued onsite processing, and assesses waste disposal procedures. This study further examines the possibility of delay or failure of the existing technology and examines possible alternatives to onsite treatment.

Contents:

The supercritical water oxidation and water recovery system processes planned for use at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant

Stakeholder interests and issues

Regulatory requirements for offsite hydrolysate shipment and treatment

Transportation of chemical materials

Hydrolyste treatment criteria for success and decision framework

Underperformance and failure risks, systemization, and contingency options.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309376433

0309376432

9780309376419

0309376416