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... Parker Director Chemical Materials Agency 5183 Blackhawk Road Edgewood Area Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424 Re: Review and Assessment of the Proposals for Design and Operation of Designated Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (DCAPP­Blue Grass II)
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... BACKGROUND In 2003, the Army issued a request for proposal to design, build, operate, and close a fullscale pilot plant facility for the destruction of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD)
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... RCM ­ Rocket Cutter Machine MPT ­ Metal Parts Treater RSM ­ Rocket Shear Machine OTM ­ Offgas Treatment System for MPT PMD ­ Projectile Mortar Disassembly OTE ­ Offgas Treatment System for EBH MWS ­ Munitions Washout System SCWO ­ Supercritical Water Oxidation EBH ­ Energetics Batch Hydrolyzer RO ­ Reverse Osmosis ENR ­ Energetics Neutralization Reactor * - non contaminated rocket motor ANS ­ Agent Neutralization System (NCRM)
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... ; Update on the Engineering Design Studies Evaluated in the NRC Report, Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot: Letter Report (2002) ; Review and Assessment Program Options for Agent Destruction Pilot Plants at Blue Grass: Letter Report (2005)
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... The effort made to redesign the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant has resulted in a potentially effective design provided that adequate and representative testing and development are performed prior to use. The technical risk will be reduced to an acceptable level provided satisfactory performance is demonstrated by the test programs.
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... for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Pueblo, Colorado, and the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Kentucky, to consider the technical aspects of systems configurations, maturity, and schedule. The committee will provide a review to the Army of these proposals to advise them in their procurement decisions regarding award of the task order.
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... He was chair of an Army Science Board committee that addressed chemical detection and trace gas analysis. He also was the chair of an Air Force technical conference on chemical warfare decontamination and protection.
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... His extensive experience includes membership on NRC's ACWA committee and on the Mitretek Systems expert panel reviewing the quantitative risk assessments and safety analyses of hazardous materials handling, storage, and waste treatment systems for the Army's Anniston, Umatilla, Pine Bluff, and Aberdeen chemical agent disposal facilities. He also 8
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... His expertise is in hazard evaluation, quantitative risk analysis, reliability assessment, and database development for risk and reliability.
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... 2006a. Study Report on the Methods for Disposal of Non-Contaminated Rocket Motors, Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP)
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... Stone and Webster.
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... (3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
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... Puyear, Independent Consultant Lanny A Robbins, NAE, Larco Technologies, LLC W


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