Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

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Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Contract No. DAAD 19-01-C-0051 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Defense. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

International Standard Book Number 0-309-08629-9

Cover: Decontaminated chemical munitions and containers at Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System. Photographs for composite image courtesy of Colin Drury.

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Copyright 2002 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Front Matter (R1-R16)

Executive Summary (1-6)

1. The Chemical Demilitarization Challenge (7-16)

2. Causal Factors in Events at Chemical Demilitarization Facilities (17-25)

3. Responses to Chemical Events at Baseline Chemical Demilitarization Facilities (26-36)

4. Implications of Past Chemical Events for Ongoing and Future Chemical Demilitarization Facilities (37-43)

5. Preparing for Potential Future Chemical Events at Baseline Chemical Demilitarization Facilities (44-50)

6. Findings and Recommendations (51-56)

References (57-58)

Appendix A: Specific Design Features of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Baseline Incineration System (59-70)

Appendix B: Chronicle of Chemical Events and Other Occurrences at TOCDF and JACADS as Identified by PMCD (71-78)

Appendix C: List of Individual Incidents form the Chemical Weapons Working Group (79-89)

Appendix D: List of Individual Incidents from Calhoun County Commission, Anniston, Alabama (90-96)

Appendix E: Additional Information Concering Risk (97-102)

Appendix F: Causal Tree Analysis of December 3-5, 2000, Event at JACADS (103-105)

Appendix G: Memorandum of Understanding Between Deseret Chemical Depot and Tooele County for Information Exchange (106-113)

Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (114-116)

Appendix I: Committee Meetings (117-118)