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Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons A Supplemental Review (2000) / Chapter Skim
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5 Update of General Findings and Recommendations
Pages 26-29

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... . The following significant issues should be resolved to reduce uncertainties about the effectiveness and safety of using hydrolysis operations for destroying energetic materials: the particle size reduction of energetics that must be achieved for proper operation the solubility of energetics in specific alkaline solutions process design of the unit operation and the identifi cation of processing parameters (such as the degree of agitation and reactor residence time)
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... General Recommendation 6. Simultaneous processing of different types of energetic materials should not be performed until there is substantial evidence that the intermediates formed from the hydrolysis of aromatic nitro compounds will not combine with M28 propellant additives or ordnance fuze components to form extremely sensitive explosives, such as lead picrate.
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... Although the committee did not have access to scientific data on the attributes of a technology that would be most acceptable to the public, input from members of the active publics and previous research indicates that technologies with the following characteristics are likely to stimulate less public opposition: minimal emissions, particularly gaseous continuous monitoring of effluents to verify that the process is operating as designed (process assurance measurement) provisions for representatives of the local community to observe and participate in the process assurance measurement General Recommendation 1.
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... B Demonstration provides sufficient information to allow moving forward to the pilot stage with reasonable probability of success. C Demonstration indicates that unit operation or process requires additional refinement and additional demonstration before moving forward to pilot stage.
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