Assessment of Processing Gelled GB M55 Rockets at Anniston (2003) / Chapter Skim
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3. Processing of M55 Rockets at JACADS and TOCDF
3. Processing of M55 Rockets at JACADS and TOCDF
Pages 15-25
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Pallets, each containing 15 rockets in individual shipping tubes secured by steel bands, are removed from storage igloos by forklifts and loaded into a transport container that is delivered by truck or tractor trailer to the disposal facility. At JACADS, each pallet was loaded into a sealed, metal vacuum box for transport (two at a time)
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As noted in the figure, the first part of the RHS comprises the following: · The rocket metering table. - The conveyor system that carries the rocket from the metering table through gates into and out of Explosive Containment Vestibule Explosion Containment Room 1/~ Rocket Shear Pallet of IS M55 Rockets in Firing Tubes Rotary Kiln Heated Discharge Conveyor FIGURE 3-1 Rocket handling system.
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Agent Disposal, Decontamination of Metal Paris, and Destruction of Energetics and Shipping Tubes The original designs for the JACADS and TODCF baseline incineration system facilities were based on the
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The PFS acts as an additional safeguard by removing any remaining traces of agent and products of incomplete combustion, giving the surrounding community additional assurance that harmful emissions have been suitably controlled in a manner that protects public health. GB M55 ROCKET DISPOSAL: ACTUAL VERSUS DESIGN RATE JACADS Rocke!
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Also interrupting processing were occasional DFS feed chute jams, which required removal by personnel in DPE suits, reducing the availability of the DFS. Thermal stressing of the DFS kiln led to cracks that were observed during maintenance and then repaired (Vaughn, 2002~.
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. impact of Ge//ed Agent Processing Gelled rockets were not in evidence at JACADS so there was no impact during disposal processing operations there.
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For example, [the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility] ANCDF is considering complementary processing of explosively configured projectiles with gelled rockets.
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Although this reduced the allowable processing rate for gelled GB rockets to 1.0 per hour, it improved a disposal schedule that had been adversely affected by munitions containing gelled agent. Overpacked leaking rockets required special handling and delayed the processing rate.
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First, the HEPA and carbon filters that make up the PFS being incorporated into the PAS in baseline facility designs for the Anniston, Umatilla, and Pine Bluff sites should reduce emissions at these facilities below those reported for JACADS and TOCDF. Second, none of the agent trial burns conducted to date at JACADS and TOCDF have included destruction of gelled GB.
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The HDC was redesigned to avoid downtime associated with molten aluminum problems encountered in the original design. Notwithstanding that each site is unique with respect to the number and type of munitions stored, lot numbers represented, regulatory climate, public affairs climate, numbers and types of anomalous munitions, and to some extent, system design, a number of issues common to baseline facilities are apparent from a review of the experience in processing M55 rockets at JACADS and TOCDF:
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25 when the need to process rockets containing gelled agent reduces throughput rates. The control and sensing of internal DFS kiln temperature and pressure remain challenging issues.
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