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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2001. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10182.
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Appendix C
Committee Meetings and Site Visits

Committee Meeting 1, June 8–9, 2000 Edgewood, Maryland

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Sheldon E. Isakoff, David S.Kosson, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R.Rhyne, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T.Pannella, and Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Objectives

Complete administrative actions, including introductions and composition/balance discussions for committee members, and committee administrative support methodology; receive DOD briefings on the ACWA program concerning Demonstration II and engineering design studies (EDSs) status; tour and inspect the four test sites located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) or the APG Edgewood Area; develop specific committee assignments for future activities; discuss concepts for planned reports and strategy; determine location and date for the next committee meeting.

Site Visit 1, June 9, 2000 (in Conjunction with Meeting 1) Aberdeen Proving Ground Edgewood Area, Maryland, and Aberdeen, Maryland

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A.Merson, William R. Rhyne, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella, and Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Objectives

Visit the following Demonstration II test units: AEA 12kW Silver II test unit for energetics, AEA 2 kW Silver II test unit for agent, EcoLogic gas-phase chemical reduction test unit. Visit the following EDS test units: Parsons/Honeywell immobilized-cell bioreactor test unit.

Site Visit 2, June 20–21, 2000

Dugway Proving Ground and Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Willard C.Gekler, Sheldon E.Isakoff, Hank C.Jenkins-Smith, John A.Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Harrison T.Pannella.

Objectives

Visit the following Demonstration II test units: TeledyneCommodore solvated-electron technology (SET) test unit for energetics, SET test unit for agent, and fluid-jet cutting test unit; Foster Wheeler supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) test unit. Visit the following EDS test units: General Atomics SCWO test unit and dunnage shredder/hydropulping system. Tour the baseline incineration-based Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the adjacent chemical stockpile storage area.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2001. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10182.
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Site Visit 3, August 2–3, 2000

Parsons, Inc., Pasadena, California

NRC Participants

Committee member: William R.Rhyne. NRC staff member: Patricia P.Paulette.

Objectives

Receive briefings on the Parsons/Honeywell technology design package. Observe working sessions of scientists and engineers discussing preliminary examinations and possible minor modifications of the package.

Committee Meeting 2, August 8–9, 2000

National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Ruth M.Doherty, David S.Kosson, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A.Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T.Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell, and Gwen Roby.

Objectives

Receive updated briefings from the ACWA technical staff, the Citizens Advisory Technical Team (CATT), and technology providers (Foster Wheeler; EcoLogic Solutions, Inc.; AEA Technology Engineering Services, Inc.; Teledyne-Commodore; Parsons). Discuss concept drafts for NRC reports on the ACWA EDS and Demonstration II; develop writing assignments; complete composition and balance; finalize locations and dates for future committee meetings and potential site visits.

Site Visit 4, August 17–18, 2000

Arthur D.Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts

NRC Participants

Committee member: Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Patricia P.Paulette.

Objectives

Receive briefings on the General Atomics interim engineering design technology. Observe scientific and engineering working sessions on preliminary examinations and design optimization of the package.

Site Visit 5, August 25, 2000

Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois

NRC Participants

Committee member: Leo Weitzman.

Objectives

Observe Parsons CATOX unit under consideration for incorporation into the General Atomics technology package and scheduled for EDS testing.

Site Visit 6, September 6, 2000

Aberdeen Proving Ground Edgewood Area, Maryland

NRC Participants

Committee member: Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette and Harrison T.Pannella.

Objectives

Attend the integrated product review meeting on the status of the engineering-scale test for the one-tenth-scale General Atomics SCWO test unit planned for treatment of VX hydrolysate at the Newport bulk storage site.

Site Visit 7, September 7, 2000

Aberdeen Proving Ground Edgewood Area, Maryland

NRC Participants

NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, and Harrison T.Pannella.

Objectives

Attend the joint Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization/Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMCD/PMACWA) Industry Day briefings to commence non-technology-specific acquisition RFPs activities for the disposal facility at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

Site Visit 8, October 10, 2000

Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo, Colorado

NRC Participants

NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette and Bruce Braun.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2001. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10182.
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Objectives

Receive a briefing from the site commander of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, tour the storage bunkers, and visit the public outreach office. Attend a meeting of the Pueblo, Colorado, Citizens’ Advisory Commission.

Committee Meeting 3, October 19–20, 2000

J.Erik Jonsson Center of the National Academies, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Ruth M.Doherty, Willard C.Gekler, Sheldon E.Isakoff, David S.Kosson, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A.Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T.Pannella, and Chris Jones.

Objectives

Complete administrative actions, including introductions and committee composition and balance discussions. Receive updates from the PMACWA technical team and associates concerning Demonstration II, EDS, and energetics testing. Discuss initial findings and recommendations for the EDS Pueblo and Demonstration II reports.

Site Visit 9, October 25, 2000

Pine Bluff Chemical Depot, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

NRC Participants

Committee member: Willard C.Gekler.

Objectives

Observe unit operations of the SCWO reactor being tested for use in the destruction of smoke and dye materials.

Site Visit 10, October 30, 2000

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingston, Tennessee

NRC Participants

Committee members: Ruth M.Doherty and William R. Rhyne.

Objectives

Attend a review of the energetics hydrolysis testing planned for Holston Army Ammunition Plant. Tour facility and observe operations. Holston is a major site for hydrolysis testing of many different types of energetic materials.

Site Visit 11, November 3, 2000

ACWA Dialogue Meeting, Pueblo, Colorado

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Ruth M.Doherty, John A.Merson, and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette and Bruce Braun.

Objectives

Provide briefings to the Dialogue on NRC activities concerning the ACWA program and attend the Dialogue meeting.

Site Visit 12, November 8–10, 2000

Parsons, Inc., Pasadena, California

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Willard C.Gekler, David S.Kosson (Parsons/Honeywell only), John A.Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler (General Atomics only), and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette and Harrison T.Pannella.

Objectives

Receive briefings on the Parsons/Honeywell and General Atomics EDS. Results of EDS testing were also reported.

Site Visit 13, November 26–28, 2000

Parsons, Inc., Pasadena, California

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee member: William C.Gekler.

Objectives

Attend briefings prepared for the Army ACWA team by the technology providers on the status of preliminary technical reports on the Parsons/Honeywell and General Atomics engineering designs. Results of testing for the engineering designs were also reported.

Site Visit 14, December 7, 2000

Edgewater, Maryland

NRC Participants

Committee members: Joan B.Berkowitz and Leo Weitzman.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2001. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10182.
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Objectives

Attend presentation by General Atomics to PMACWA concerning the developmental status of its SCWO reactor.

Committee Meeting 4, December 14–15, 2000

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Ruth M.Doherty, Willard C.Gekler, Sheldon E.Isakoff, Hank C.Jenkins-Smith, David S.Kosson, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler, William R. Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T.Pannella, and Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Objectives

Report development; review and revise current versions of EDS Pueblo and Demonstration II reports; devise path forward for first full message drafts of each report.

Site Visit 15, January 4, 2001

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, Tennessee

NRC Participants

Committee members: Ruth M.Doherty, John A.Merson, and William R.Rhyne.

Objectives

Attend a working review meeting on energetics hydrolysis testing at Holston and the results of this testing to date. Note the scientific and engineering issues revealed during the test procedures.

Site Visit 16, January 24, 2001

ACWA Dialogue Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky

NRC Participants

Committee member: William R.Rhyne. NRC staff member: Patricia P.Paulette.

Objectives

Attend Dialogue meeting and provide an update of the NRC ACW II Committee’s activities.

Committee Meeting 5, February 8–9, 2001

Washington, D.C.

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Ruth M.Doherty, Willard C.Gekler, David S.Kosson, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A.Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T.Pannella, and Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Objectives

Receive briefings from the PMACWA technical staff concerning the status of EDS I, EDS II, and Demonstration II program activities and other presentations from the energetics hydrolysis testing group at Picatinny Arsenal. Review and revise reports. Define steps to EDS I report concurrence draft. Set goals for interim activities and for the next meeting.

Information-Gathering Activity, March 11–14, 2001

Houston, Texas

NRC Participants

NRC staff member: Patricia P.Paulette.

Objectives

Attend National Association of Corrosion Engineers symposium on SCWO technology as it relates to materials of construction and corrosion reactions in reactors. Arrange to obtain scientific briefing packages and technical papers for distribution to committee members.

Committee Meeting 6, March 26–27, 2001

Beckman Center, Irvine, California

NRC Participants

Committee Chair: Robert Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Ruth M.Doherty, Willard C.Gekler, Sheldon E.Isakoff, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A.Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia Paulette, Harrison Pannella, Gwen Roby, and William Campbell.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2001. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10182.
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Objectives

Closed meeting for report development. Complete concurrence draft for EDS I Pueblo report and preconcurrence draft for Demonstration II report. Schedule next meeting date and discuss items for the agenda.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2001. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10182.
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The Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMACWA) of the Department of Defense (DOD) requested the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the engineering design studies (EDSs) developed by Parsons/Honeywell and General Atomics for a chemical demilitarization facility to completely dispose of the assembled chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo, Colorado. To accomplish the task, the NRC formed the Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: Phase II (ACW II Committee). This report presents the results of the committee's scientific and technical assessment, which will assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in selecting the technology package for destroying the chemical munitions at Pueblo.

The committee evaluated the engineering design packages proposed by the technology providers and the associated experimental studies that were performed to validate unproven unit operations. A significant part of the testing program involved expanding the technology base for the hydrolysis of energetic materials associated with assembled weapons. This process was a concern expressed by the Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (ACW I Committee) in its original report in 1999 (NRC, 1999). The present study took place as the experimental studies were in progress. In some cases, tests for some of the supporting unit operations were not completed in time for the committee to incorporate results into its evaluation. In those cases, the committee identified and discussed potential problem areas in these operations. Based on its expertise and its aggressive data-gathering activities, the committee was able to conduct a comprehensive review of the test data that had been completed for the overall system design. This report summarizes the study.

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