Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions

Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 1994-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309050464

The U.S. Army's chemical stockpile is aging and gradually deteriorating. Its elimination has public, political, and environmental ramifications. The U.S. Department of Defense has designated the Department of the Army as the executive agent responsible for the safe, timely, and effective elimination of the chemical stockpile. This book provides recommendations on the direction the Army should take in pursuing and completing its Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.

Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System

Closure and Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2002-04-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309169658

Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS), the first fully integrated chemical agent disposal facility, is located on Johnston Island some 800 miles southwest of Hawaii. JACADS completed ten years of operations in November 2000, which resulted in the disposal of more than 2000 tons of nerve and mustard agents. In 1998, the Army began planning for closure and dismantling of the facility. In 1999, the NRC was asked to review the Army's planning. This book presents an assessment of planned and ongoing closure activities on Johnston Island in some detail. It also provides an analysis of the likely implications for closure of disposal facilities at eight continental U.S. storage sites.

Review of Systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility

Review of Systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 135
Release: 1996-04-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309054869

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: 2004-01-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309166497

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.

Disposal of Chemical Weapons

Disposal of Chemical Weapons
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher: Office of Technology Assessment
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: