Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot (2001) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
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, which mandates that destruction be completed by April 29, 2007. The CSDP currently operates two baseline incineration systems facilities one on Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean and one at the Deseret Chemical Depot near Tooele, Utah.
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Two of the three technology packages use base hydrolysis as the primary treatment step to destroy agent and energetic materials. Because most of the uncertainties concerning these technology packages pertain to the secondary treatment of products from the primary treatment step, the PMACWA provided hydrolysates for nerve agents GB and VX and mustard agent HD, for testing unit operations.5 Approximately 1,100 gallons of GB hydrolysate and 400 gallons of VX hydrolysate were produced at the Army's Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS)
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In Public Law 105-261, Congress mandated as follows: The program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment shall continue to manage the development and testing (including demonstration and pilot-scale testing) of technologies for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated alternatives to the baseline incineration program.
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Thus, the following three test programs were initiated: . The testing program sponsored by PMACWA to develop data for optimizing engineering designs for the hydrolysis of energetic materials (as discussed in Chapter 2)
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Army, 1997. TABLE 1-3 Physical Properties of Mustard Agents at Pueblo Chemical Depot Agent Characteristic HD HT Chemical formula Molecular weight Boiling point (°C)
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This report found that the primary treatment processes could decompose the chemical agents with destruction efficiencies of 99.9999. However, major concerns for each technology package remained, including the adequacy of secondary treatment of agent hydrolysates and the primary and secondary treatment of energetic materials contained in the chemical weapons.
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15 · produce a report for delivery to the PMACWA by March 2001 provided the engineering design packages are received by October 2000 Task 3 For the third task, the NRC will assess the ACWA EDS phase in which General Atomics will conduct test programs to gather the information required for a final engineering design package representing a chemical demilitarization facility at the Lexington/Blue Grass, Kentucky stockpile site. The testing will be completed by December 31, 2000.
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Chapter 5 summarizes the committee's evaluation of the two technology packages, presents some new general findings, and reevaluates the findings and recommendations of the ACW I Committee reports.
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