Review of Systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility

Review of Systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
Author: Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1996-04-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309596718

In 1993, at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, the Army completed construction of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF), the first complete facility for destruction of lethal unitary chemical agents and munitions to be built in the continental United States. The TOCDF will employ the Army's baseline incineration system to destroy the depot's increment of the nation's aging unitary chemical stockpile. This book assesses Army changes and improvements to the TOCDF in response to recommendations contained in earlier reports of the committee. It assesses aspects of the facility's readiness for safe agent handling and destruction operations, its agent monitoring system, and its site specific risk assessment.

Effects of Degraded Agent and Munitions Anomalies on Chemical Stockpile Disposal Operations

Effects of Degraded Agent and Munitions Anomalies on Chemical Stockpile Disposal Operations
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2004-02-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309089182

The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying its entire stock of chemical weapons. To help with stockpile disposal, the Army's Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP), in 1987, asked the National Research Council (NRC) for scientific and technical advice. This report is one in a series of such prepared by the NRC over the last 16 years in response to that request. It presents an examination of the effect of leaking munitions (leakers) and other anomalies in the stored stockpile on the operation of the chemical agent disposal facilities. The report presents a discussion of potential causes of these anomalies, leaker tracking and analysis issues, risk implications of anomalies, and recommendations for monitoring and containing these anomalies during the remaining life of the stockpile.