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5 Agent and Nonagent Monitoring and Measurements
Pages 19-21

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... solid salts or sludges separated from aqueous streams ton containers and metal parts following clean-out operations Analysis for agent contamination of solid phases will also be required for nonprocess wastes, including spent activated carbon, process sludges, dunnage, and personal protective equipment. Monitoring Solid Materials Monitoring for residual agent in solid materials is required for both baseline and bulk-site disposal facilities.
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From page 20...
... Nevertheless, measurement is necessary for the following purposes: · to verify the efficacy of the primary agent destruction step (e.g., 99.9999 percent destruction) to delist the hydrolysate so that it can be managed as a nonhazardous waste in subsequent processing steps (biological treatment for HD hydrolysate, SCWO for VX hydrolysate)
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From page 21...
... Evaluation of this approach suggests the possible formation of VX under the analysis conditions from the original agent impurities. Recent results obtained during analysis of the VX hydrolysate produced at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System for the planned SCWO EST indicate that the hexane extraction method can repeatably achieve a detection limit of less than 20 ppb (NIVA Consultants et al., 1999~.
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Key Terms

  • agent destruction
  • process streams
  • verify agent
  • hydrolysate storage
  • extraction followed

  • waste streams
  • detection limits
  • six hours
  • chemical agent
  • subsequent processing

  • residual agent
  • agent monitoring
  • requires approximately
  • neutralization process
  • disposal facilities

  • agent munitions
  • agent concentrations
  • detectable agent
  • downstream processing
  • bulk sites

  • activated carbon
  • extraction method
  • chloroform extraction
  • solid materials
  • alternative technology

  • environmental regulations
  • munitions disposal
  • poorly mixed
  • chloride extraction
  • protective equipment


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