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6 Hydrolysate Treatment Criteria for Success and Decision Framework
6 Hydrolysate Treatment Criteria for Success and Decision Framework
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latory requirements for land disposal, BGCAPP staff and system contractors have described • WRS brines that are planned to be sent offsite for their efforts to ensure that BGCAPP complies with perfor disposal, and mance requirements and satisfies its performance goals as • Decontaminated scrap metals that can be recycled. a full-scale pilot plant using first-of-a-kind technologies such as SCWO.1 If the criteria established for the SCWO The focus of this chapter is on the processing steps system and the WRS cannot be met, and if this results in an that follow the production of hydrolysates and removal of increase to the munition processing time in BGCAPP, it will a luminum from the energetics hydrolysate stream -- namely, not be possible to achieve the risk reduction associated with the SCWO system and the WRS.
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ments may become more specific and/or quantitative as The committee anticipates that performance goals in systemization proceeds. particular may be modified as preoperational testing of the BOX 6-1 Requirements for the SCWO and the WRS • eet conditions of the RCRA RD&D Permit for GB and the RCRA Part B Permit for VX for SCWO treatment of blended hydrolysates and for downstream M treatment of SCWO effluent in the WRS; • atisfy Chemical Weapons Convention treaty requirements for agent and munition destruction; and S • eet or exceed requirements set by the Program Executive Officer for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives regarding efficiency, cost, and M schedule.
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can be addressed. A graded evaluation of system failure risk that will be taken to improve SCWO and WRS performance; would be useful to allow stakeholders to qualitatively rate identification of alternative water sources for SCWO should the potential for overall program success at any point in the the WRS not perform; and any onsite hydrolysate processing project.
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Other than a potential out the entire agent operations period before there would be increase in risk associated with prolonged storage of muni- an impact on BGCAPP agent hydrolysis operations.4 This tions and hydrolysates as onsite mitigation is done, these is predicated on the availability of quench water of suitable actions should have less of an impact on BGCAPP opera- quality, as discussed in Chapters 2 and 7. tions, require few if any permit modifications, have little if any impact on the local stakeholders, and be consistent with the commitment to onsite treatment made by the Program 2 J
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left decision diamond in Figure 6-1. A decision to replace or repair nonperforming equipment in order to comply with hydrolysate processing goals may be economically justified PREOPERATIONAL TESTING FACTORING INTO early in SCWO processing, when 2-3 years of such process- THE DECISION PROCESS ing remains; a similar decision may not be justifiable a month To minimize the performance risks associated with the or two before the end of SCWO processing.
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For each factor, the potential impact on system careful data collection, evaluations of system performance, performance is described, a performance grade based on and any resultant mitigation actions will reduce negative experience to date is assigned, and alternative onsite continimpacts to the overall operations schedule and thus also gency options are identified. Since preoperational testing to reduce overall operating costs.
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Richmond, Ky.: Blue Grass Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. Washington, D.C.: The Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant Program Office.
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