Index
Aberdeen Proving Ground (Maryland), 9, 14, 29, 41, 44, 49, 57, 65, 69, 80-1, 86, 98,
see also Chemical Transfer Facility, MAPS
ACWA (Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (Program)), 5, 21, 37, 40, 64-5, 67-8
Anniston Army Depot (Alabama), 9, 22, 29, 82
Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (Program). See ACWA
binary chemical warfare materiel, 2, 4, 10-11, 14, 19, 21, 24, 35, 41, 49, 50, 53, 88
Blue Grass Army Depot (Kentucky), 9, 22-3, 29, 49, 82
CAIS (chemical agent identification sets), 4-5, 7-8, 10-15, 19, 24, 27, 30-3, 39, 44, 46, 48, 51-2, 58, 61-2, 88, 91-2, 99,
see also SCANS
CAMDS (Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System), 4, 15, 18, 24, 49, 53, 83,
see also Deseret Chemical Depot
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act), 6, 29, 30, 56-8, 61-2, 92, 98, 100-1
CG. See phosgene
chemical oxidation, 17-18, 37-8, 40, 48, 51, 54, 61
Chemical Transfer Facility, 4, 15, 18, 19, 24, 53,
see also Aberdeen Proving Ground
Chemical Weapons Convention, 8, 10, 14, 15, 56, 98
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. See CERCLA
CTF. See Chemical Transfer Facility
CWC. See Chemical Weapons Convention
DBC. See Donovan blast chamber
Deseret Chemical Depot (Utah), 4, 6, 9, 15, 24, 29-31, 49, 54, 57, 82-3, 91, 100-1,
see also CAMDS
DF, 4-5, 10-11, 14, 19, 21, 23, 35, 41-2, 49, 50, 53
Donovan blast chamber, 2, 6, 18, 27, 32-4, 47-8, 51-2, 54, 65
drill-through valve, 6, 47, 51-2, 54
Dugway Proving Ground (Utah), 14, 26, 49, 52, 56, 98, 100
EDS (Explosive Destruction System), 2, 4-6, 15, 18-19, 25, 28-9, 34, 39, 40, 47-51, 53-4, 57, 61, 65, 68, 87, 92-4, 104-5
electrochemical oxidation, 5, 35, 40, 51
Explosive Destruction System. See EDS
gas-phase chemical reduction, 5, 35, 40, 51
GB (sarin), 10-15, 19, 22-4, 26, 28-9, 34-5, 37, 39-41, 43, 56-7, 93, 101
lewisite, 12, 13, 15, 19, 24, 29, 35, 49
MAPS (Munitions Assessment and Processing System), 2, 6, 15, 18-21, 23-4, 49, 54, 57, 59, 62, 65, 86-7, 100,
see also Aberdeen Proving Ground
MMD. See Munitions Management Device
multiple-round container, 2, 44-5
Munitions Assessment and Processing System. See MAPS
Munitions Management Device, 19, 56-7, 101
mustard agent, 10, 15, 19, 22-4, 29, 33, 37, 57, 87, 91, 93,
see also H, HD
National Research Council, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 19, 21, 25, 27- 9, 37, 39, 61, 64
nerve agents. See GB, GD, VX
neutralization, 4, 5, 9, 15, 17-9, 21, 23, 25, 40-1, 47, 50, 62
Newport Chemical Depot (Indiana), 9, 29
non-stockpile, 5, 8-9, 14, 17, 21, 59
NRC. See National Research Council
OB/OD (open burning/open detonation), 18, 42-3, 47, 53-4
Pine Bluff Arsenal (Arkansas), 4-5, 9, 14, 22-3, 29, 35, 49, 51, 53-4, 57, 65, 68-9, 83-5, 87, 92, 98
PBNSF, 2, 5-6, 15, 18-9, 21-2, 42, 49-51, 58, 62, 86-9, 100-1
phosgene, 10, 13, 15, 19, 24, 35, 56, 91, 93
plasma arc, 4, 18, 21, 34, 40, 47-8, 50-1, 53-4, 65, 87
Pueblo Chemical Depot (Colorado), 9, 22-3, 29, 85
QL, 5, 10-11, 14, 19, 21, 23, 35, 41-2, 49, 53
Rapid Response System. See RRS
RCRA. See Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
recovered chemical warfare materiel, 7-8, 14, 55, 58, 62, 87
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 6, 17, 21, 56, 62, 96-101, 104
Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Colorado), 4, 6, 13, 26, 28, 34, 41, 49, 52, 54, 56-7, 68
RRS (Rapid Response System), 2, 4-5, 15, 18, 27, 29-32, 37, 47, 50-1, 57, 59, 61, 88-9, 91-2, 104-5
sarin. See GB
SCANS (Single CAIS Accessing and Neutralization system), 2, 4, 18, 27, 30, 32, 40, 47-8, 52, 92, 104-5
SCWO (supercritical water oxidation), batch mode, 18, 35, 39, 40, 47, 51, 87
continuous mode, 5, 21, 35, 40, 51
solvated electron technology, 5, 40, 51
stockpile, 1-2, 4, 8-10, 15, 17-18, 22-4, 64-5
tent-and-foam, 5, 18, 43, 47, 50, 54
Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility (Utah), 22, 83
treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF), 5, 17-19, 22-5, 41, 51, 58, 61, 100-1
TSDF. See treatment, storage, and disposal facility
Umatilla Chemical Depot (Oregon), 9, 22-3, 29, 85
VX, 10-12, 14-15, 19, 22-3, 37, 40-1
