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Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (2005)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Diagrams of Chemical Munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot." National Research Council. 2005. Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11473.
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Appendix B
Diagrams of Chemical Munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot

Figures B-1 through B-3 are drawings of the M55 rocket, 155-mm projectile, and 8-inch projectile stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot. There are also 30 M56 rocket warheads stored at BGAD. These are the same as the upper part of the M55 rocket (they lack a lower shell section containing the rocket motor and propellant and tail fins) and are not depicted separately.

FIGURE B-1 Schematic drawing and specifications for M55 rocket. SOURCE: Beth Feinberg, Office of the Program Manager for Alternative Technologies and Approaches, briefing to the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program on March 28, 2001.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Diagrams of Chemical Munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot." National Research Council. 2005. Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11473.
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FIGURE B-2 Schematic drawing and specifications for 155-mm projectile. NOTE: The projectiles stored at BGAD do not contain any energetic materials. SOURCE: U.S. Army, 1983.

FIGURE B-3 Schematic drawing and specifications for 8-inch projectile. NOTE: The projectiles stored at BGAD do not contain any energetic materials. SOURCE: U.S. Army, 1983.

REFERENCE

U.S. Army. 1983. Final Demilitarization Plan for Operation of the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah, June. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.: USATHAMA.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Diagrams of Chemical Munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot." National Research Council. 2005. Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11473.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Diagrams of Chemical Munitions at Blue Grass Army Depot." National Research Council. 2005. Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11473.
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Because of concerns about incineration, the Department of Defense plans to use alternative means to destroy the chemical agent stockpiles at the Pueblo and Blue Grass facilities. The DOD contracted with Bechtel Parsons to design and operate pilot plants for this purpose. As part of the NRC efforts to assist the DOD with its chemical demilitarization efforts, the Department requested a review and assessment of the Bechtel designs for both plants. An earlier report presented an assessment of the Pueblo design. This report provides a review of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant based on review of data and information about the initial design and some intermediate design data. Among other topics, the report presents technical risk assessment issues, an analysis of delivery and disassembly operations and of agent destruction core processes, and an examination of waste treatment.

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