Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions.

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Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE UNITARY CHEMICAL AGENT AND MUNITIONS STOCKPILE""; ""FUNDAMENTALS OF DISPOSAL""; ""HEALTH, SAFETY, AND RISK CONSIDERATIONS""; ""THE PRESENT BASELINE SYSTEM""; ""COMPARISON OF THE BASELINE SYSTEM AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Expeditious Progress""; ""Risk Analyses""; ""Public Concerns""; ""Current System""; ""Alternatives""; ""Stockpile Safety""; ""Staffing Needs""; ""1 Introduction""
  • ""THE CALL FOR DISPOSAL""""THE CALL FOR RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY SELECTION BACKGROUND-THE ROLE OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMITTEES""; ""RELATED OPTIONS AND ISSUES""; ""Health and Environmental Impacts""; ""Schedule""; ""Transportation""; ""Community Concerns""; ""PUBLIC FORUM""; ""Human Impacts""; ""External Driving Factors""; ""Management Capabilities""; ""Site-Specific Impacts""; ""Ecological Impacts""; ""SCHEDULES""; ""2 The Unitary Chemical Agent and Munitions Stockpile""; ""AGENTS""; ""CONTAINERS AND MUNITIONS""; ""GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION""
  • ""CONDITION OF THE CHEMICAL STOCKPILE""""M55 PROPELLANT STABILITY""; ""3 Fundamentals of Disposal""; ""INTERMEDIATES AND END PRODUCTS OF AGENT DESTRUCTION""; ""MATERIAL FEED AND PROCESSING STREAMS""; ""PROCESSING OF NON-AGENT MATERIALS""; ""WASTE STREAM REGULATIONS""; ""4 Selection Criteria""; ""RISK""; ""RISK AS A MEASURE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY (WORKERS, THE PUBLIC, THE ENVIRONMENT)""; ""THE RISK OF CHEMICAL STOCKPILE STORAGE""; ""THE RISK OF CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS""; ""HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""The Health Effects Of Accidental Releases""
  • ""The Health Effects From Normal Operations""""RISK ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES""; ""Programmatic Risk Assessment""; ""Site-Specific Risk Assessment""; ""RELATIVE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL STEPS OF DISPOSAL OPERATIONS""; ""Overall""; ""Internal Events""; ""External Events""; ""RELATIVE RISKS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGIES""; ""ISSUES OTHER THAN RISK""; ""Socioeconomic Impacts""; ""Open Decision-Making Process""; ""Schedule""; ""Cost""; ""Citizen Involvement""; ""SUMMARY""; ""5 The Present Baseline System""; ""BASELINE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION""
  • ""Storage, Transportation, And Unloading Of Munitions And Containers""""Disassembly and Draining""; ""Agent Destruction""; ""Energetics Destruction""; ""Metal Parts Decontamination""; ""Pollution Abatement Systems""; ""Auxiliary Systems""; ""Agent Monitoring Systems""; ""BASELINE PERFORMANCE AT JACADS DURING OVT""; ""6 Comparison of the Baseline System and Alternative Technologies""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BASES FOR SELECTING ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Safety""; ""Inherent Safety Features""; ""Requirements for Engineered Safeguards""; ""Risk Potential""; ""Process Readiness""