Site Visit 3, August 2–3, 2000

Parsons, Inc., Pasadena, California

Committee member: William R.Rhyne. NRC staff member: Patricia P.Paulette.

Receive briefings on the Parsons/Honeywell technology design package. Observe working sessions of scientists and engineers discussing preliminary examinations and possible minor modifications of the package.

Committee Meeting 2, August 8–9, 2000

National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Committee Chair: Robert A.Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J.Ayen, Joan B.Berkowitz, Ruth M.Doherty, David S.Kosson, Frederick J.Krambeck, John A.Merson, William R.Rhyne, Stanley I.Sandler, William R.Seeker, and Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T.Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell, and Gwen Roby.

Receive updated briefings from the ACWA technical staff, the Citizens Advisory Technical Team (CATT), and technology providers (Foster Wheeler; EcoLogic Solutions, Inc.; AEA Technology Engineering Services, Inc.; Teledyne-Commodore; Parsons). Discuss concept drafts for NRC reports on the ACWA EDS and Demonstration II; develop writing assignments; complete composition and balance; finalize locations and dates for future committee meetings and potential site visits.

Site Visit 4, August 17–18, 2000

Arthur D.Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts

Committee member: Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Patricia P.Paulette.

Receive briefings on the General Atomics interim engineering design technology. Observe scientific and engineering working sessions on preliminary examinations and design optimization of the package.

Site Visit 5, August 25, 2000

Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois

Committee member: Leo Weitzman.

Observe Parsons CATOX unit under consideration for incorporation into the General Atomics technology package and scheduled for EDS testing.

Site Visit 6, September 6, 2000

Aberdeen Proving Ground Edgewood Area, Maryland

Committee member: Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette and Harrison T.Pannella.

Attend the integrated product review meeting on the status of the engineering-scale test for the one-tenth-scale General Atomics SCWO test unit planned for treatment of VX hydrolysate at the Newport bulk storage site.

Site Visit 7, September 7, 2000

Aberdeen Proving Ground Edgewood Area, Maryland

NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette, Bruce Braun, and Harrison T.Pannella.

Attend the joint Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization/Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMCD/PMACWA) Industry Day briefings to commence non-technology-specific acquisition RFPs activities for the disposal facility at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

Site Visit 8, October 10, 2000

Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo, Colorado

NRC staff members: Patricia P.Paulette and Bruce Braun.