Review and Assessment of Proposals for Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant at Pueblo, Colorado Letter Report (2005) / Chapter Skim
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. The committee's assessment considers the proposed design provided by Bechtel National, an alternative suggested by Mitretek, and the desirability of technically viable alternative configurations developed by the committee itself with respect to cost and schedule.1 This letter report, the first of two reports, addresses only the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant.
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In addition, a recently completed NRC report -- Interim Design Assessment for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (NRC, 2005) -- provided an in-depth analysis of the main unit processes and the issues regarding performance that may be encountered for each of these.
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The committee developed seven design alternatives to the Bechtel proposal that could result in more substantial cost and/or schedule savings by modifying some of the design constraints originally required in the RFP. All of the alternatives proposed by the committee are considered to be technically feasible and utilize technologies that either are proven or present a lower risk than those in Bechtel National's proposed design.
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ASSESSMENT FACTORS FOR ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS To assess the alternative configurations developed by the committee and the alternative proposed by Mitretek, the committee selected factors consistent with the overall programmatic goal of safe and expeditious disposal of the chemical weapons stockpile: · Technical Feasibility and Operational Risk: Evaluation of this factor included assessing whether the technology is in commercial use or is under development following completion of detailed engineering design. · Integration of the Unit Operations and Availability of Equipment: Evaluation of this factor included assessing whether a unit operation or alternative configuration could be easily integrated into the overall system and if it would impact the plant's throughput.
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Evaluation of this factor included assessing whether a change to the Bechtel design would increase or reduce the total life-cycle cost. · Impact on Schedule for Agent Destruction: Evaluation of this factor included an assessment of the impact that changes to the Bechtel design would have on meeting the 2012 Chemical Weapons Convention treaty date for destruction of agent.
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Transport of uncontaminated energetic materials is an accepted practice in the United States; · Using currently available nonstockpile technology to handle leakers and reject munitions in parallel with disposing of all other munitions in the main processing line, thereby saving processing time; · Disposing of agent hydrolysate at an existing treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF) ; · Disposing of energetics hydrolysate at an existing TSDF; · Shipping assembled munitions (except leakers)
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Sincerely, Peter B Lederman, Chair Committee to Review and Assess the Proposals for Design and Operation of the Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant Attachments: A Statement of Task B Committee Membership -- Roster and Biographies C References D Assessment (proprietary; not available to the public)
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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 desirability of alternate configurations with respect to cost 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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Dr. Lederman has more than 50 years of broad experience in all facets of environmental management, control, and policy development; considerable experience in hazardous substance treatment and management, as well as in process design and development in the petrochemical industry; and more than 18 years of experience as an educator.
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Beaudet is chair of the Committee to Assess Designs for Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants. Previously, he served as a member of the Board on Army Science and Technology (BAST)
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His extensive experience includes membership on general NRC committees on assembled chemical weapons alternatives and on the expert panel reviewing the quantitative risk assessments and safety analyses of hazardous materials handling, storage, and waste treatment systems for the Anniston, Umatilla, Pine Bluff, Aberdeen, and Newport chemical disposal facilities. He was also project manager for development of facility design criteria for the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal system.
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Chandra M Roy is a managing engineer in Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., a mechanics and materials practice in Irvine, California.
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2005. Interim Design Assessment for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant.
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App., as amended by the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 1997, PL 105-153, December 17, 1997, 111 Stat.
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Elisabeth M Drake, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stephen Drew, MMA Scientific Partners Henry J
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