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Suggested Citation:"A Statement of Task." National Research Council. 1993. Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2218.
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A STATEMENT OF TASK 209 A Statement of Task The Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies, established at the request of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Logistics and Environment), will carry out a study of alternatives to the baseline technology for chemical munitions demilitarization. The committee will operate under the auspices of the Board on Army Science and Technology of the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, which provides independent technical advice to the Army. The committee will meet approximately four times and will conduct a workshop at which interested parties will have the opportunity to present their analyses of proposed alternative technologies. If necessary, the committee will make field trips to examine relevant processes. The committee will: • develop a comprehensive list of alternative technologies to the baseline technology for destruction of chemical agents and munitions; • develop screening criteria for alternative technologies; • test alternative technologies against the criteria to select those that merit full evaluation; • establish evaluation parameters to fully assess and characterize selected alternative technologies; and • hold a workshop to: - describe each alternative technology; - present and discuss technical aspects, strengths and weaknesses; - assess advantages and disadvantages; - focus on plausible, developmental tasks to implement each alternative technology; and - assess the time period for implementation. After reviewing and evaluating this information, the committee will prepare a report of its findings. The committee will not select or recommend any specific alternative technology.

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The U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program was established with the goal of destroying the nation's stockpile of lethal unitary chemical weapons. Since 1990 the U.S. Army has been testing a baseline incineration technology on Johnston Island in the southern Pacific Ocean. Under the planned disposal program, this baseline technology will be imported in the mid to late 1990s to continental United States disposal facilities; construction will include eight stockpile storage sites.

In early 1992 the Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies was formed by the National Research Council to investigate potential alternatives to the baseline technology. This book, the result of its investigation, addresses the use of alternative destruction technologies to replace, partly or wholly, or to be used in addition to the baseline technology. The book considers principal technologies that might be applied to the disposal program, strategies that might be used to manage the stockpile, and combinations of technologies that might be employed.

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