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In response to Pubsigns for pilot plant facilities to destroy the chemical lic Law 104-201, which required the DOD to coordiweapons stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado nate with the NRC, the PMACWA requested that the and the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. To ac- NRC form a committee to evaluate the seven technolocomplish this task, the NRC established the Committee gies originally selected as candidates for demonstrato Assess Designs for Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical tion.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF The statement of task for the ACWA Design Com DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR PCAPP mittee is as follows: The PMACWA awarded the contract for a chemical The Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alterna tives (PMACWA) has awarded contracts for the design, construc- weapons destruction facility at Pueblo Chemical Depot tion, systemization, pilot testing, operation and closure activities to Bechtel National, Inc., which has teamed with sev aimed at destroying the assembled chemical weapons stockpiles at eral subcontractors; collectively they are designated as Pueblo Chemical Depot and Blue Grass Army Depot.
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The committee believes that the new MWS/CAM Steps in the core processes that will destroy the agent units are an effective and reliable approach to accessand energetic materials are as follows. There are two ing and removing the chemical agent, including agent ERHs in the PCAPP design.
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The primary hydrolysis steps for the destruction of Offgas from processes will be treated in systems conthe agent and energetic materials at PCAPP are fol- taining combinations of particulate separators, twolowed by a secondary biotreatment process in ICBs to stage catalytic oxidation (CATOX) units, and scrubtransform the combined streams resulting from the hy- bers to ensure that the offgas streams are at or below drolysis of the agent and energetics into environmen- approved levels for agent and other contaminants betally acceptable wastes.
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mature as mustard agent hydrolysis, testing dur Also, the committee notes that the award of the con- ing the earlier engineering design phase of the tracts for the PCAPP design and for the public involve- Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment ment program to the same contractor could lead to a program indicates that the energetic materials perceived conflict of interest. Thus, the committee rec- at Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado can be ommends that the Army and its contractors regularly effectively and safely destroyed by this process.
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Adequate time should formation of tars. Only wood, activated carbon, be scheduled during the design of the Pueblo Chemical and demilitarization protective ensemble suit Agent Destruction Pilot Plant for the contractor team, materials are planned as feeds during TRRP the Bechtel Pueblo team, to address integration issues.
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