In 1996, the U.S. Congress enacted two laws, Public Law 104-201 (authorization legislation) and Public Law 104-208 (appropriation legislation), mandating that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) conduct an assessment of alternative technologies to the baseline incineration process for the demilitarization of assembled chemical munitions.
The PMACWA had previously requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform and publish an independent evaluation of the seven technologies packages that had been selected during earlier phases of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) program and deliver a report by September 1, 1999. However, to meet that deadline, the NRC Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (ACW Committee) had to terminate its data-gathering activities on March 15, 1999, prior to the completion of demonstration tests. In September 1999, the PMACWA requested that the ACW Committee examine the reports of the demonstration tests and determine if the results changed the committee's original findings, recommendations, and comments. Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons documents the committee's reassessment of the findings and recommendations in the original report, Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons.
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Front Matter | i-xvi | |
Executive Summary | 1-3 | |
1 Introduction | 4-5 | |
2 Burns and Roe Plasma Arc Process | 6-11 | |
3 General Atomics Technology Package | 12-17 | |
4 Parsons-AlliedSignal Wheat Process | 18-25 | |
5 Update of General Findings and Recommendations | 26-29 | |
References | 30-30 | |
Appendix A: Findings and Recommendations From The 1998 Reports on Supercritical Water Oxidation | 31-33 | |
Appendix B: Biograhical Sketches of Committee Members | 34-35 |
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