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1. Introduction
Pages 7-10

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... There is an incentive to process the rockets as soon as safely possible since this reduces the storage risk faster. The rate at which rockets can be processed is a function of both the facility design capacity and the rate allowed in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
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... However, the total number of overpacked GB-filled M55 rockets processed at TOCDF was much smaller than the total number of gelled munitions encountered. Therefore, the delays associated with handling overpacked rockets were small compared with the longer delays associated with processing large
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... emphatically indicated that no increase in risk as a result of the processing plan modification would be tolerated (AP, 2002~.~ In this context, however, it is noteworthy that all past NRC studies and other Armysponsored risk studies indicated that the risk to workers and the public from continued storage of the chemical agents and munitions is higher than the risk from processing (NRC, 1994a; SAIC, 1998~. The discussions in this report focus on technical considerations and related issues in going from a gelled GB M55 rocket processing rate of 1.0 or 1.6 rockets per hour to 9.2 rockets per hour, which would be 6.4 rockets per hour on the basis of an expected 70 percent availability for the DFS.
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... While the report is specific to the Anniston situation, the findings and recommendations may be applicable at baseline incineration system facilities constructed at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Umatilla, Oregon. ASSESSMENT OF PROCESSING GELLED GB M55 ROCKETS AT ANNISTON ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT The chapters following this introductory chapter are as follows: · Chapter 2 briefly reviews the available information on assessments conducted by the Army of the stability of M55 rockets in storage, with an emphasis on the most recent Army report on this subject (U.S.
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