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Letter Report
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... Fiori: In August 2001, the National Research Council's Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program completed and published a study assessing a modified baseline process for destruction of the mustard agent stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado (NRC, 2001~. The Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
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... The committee believes that carrying out the above-recommended activities is basic to making the proposed modified baseline process suitable for adoption. Progress in responding to the committee recommendations is noted as follows: The Army has adopted in situ freezing of mustard agent in munitions as a key element of the modified baseline process.
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... Results will be obtained both for plain activated carbon in the filter system and for activated carbon impregnated with potassium iodide and/or sulfur. Preliminary tests, subject to confirmation by trial burn results, show that capture of heavy metals to the required standard is feasible (Thomas, 2001~.
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... continuing communication process with Colorado regulatory officials means there will be no serious permitting delays clue to technical factors (Thomas, 2001~. However, the committee believes that political opposition couIcl have adverse effects on the permitting process (CAC, 2001~.
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... The committee remains satisfied that "a modified baseline process, derived from the baseline incineration system, is a workable concept for destroying the chemical stockpile at Pueblo Chemical Depot (NRC, 2001, p.
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... to be camed out. Removal of mercury and other heavy metals from the gas stream remains to be demonstrated in the trial burn to be conclucted at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.
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... 2001. Draft letter from the Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens Advisory Commission to the Defense Acquisition Board Concerning the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, undated, presented at a meeting of the CAC, Avondale, Colo., on December 6, 2001.
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  • baseline process
  • chemical stockpile
  • stockpile disposal
  • disposal program
  • army chemical

  • pueblo chemical
  • disposal facility
  • chemical agent
  • agent disposal
  • chemical depot

  • heavy metals
  • frozen rounds
  • trial burn
  • mustard agent
  • baseline incineration

  • agent cavity
  • woods hole
  • chemical weapons
  • activated carbon
  • combustion tests

  • chemical demilitarization
  • secondary waste
  • defense acquisition
  • regulatory approval
  • acquisition board

  • continuous monitoring
  • frozen mustard
  • multiprojectile combustion
  • nrc recommendations
  • incomplete combustion


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