Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot (2002) / Chapter Skim
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This report contains the ACW II Committee's assessment of the engineering design packages (EDPs) and associated testing for the three alternative technologies being considered for Blue Grass Army Depot.
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In 1999, Congress passed Public Law 105-261, which mandated as follows: The program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment shall continue to manage the development and testing (including demonstration and pilot-scale testing) of technologies for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated alternatives to the baseline incineration program.
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Lockheed Martin decided not to continue as technology provider for its process, so this technology development is continuing with Foster Wheeler, a former member of the Lockheed Martin team along with ELI Eco Logic, as the prime contractor. ELI Eco Logic is the technology provider for the gas-phase chemical reduction (GPCR™)
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3The Teledyne-Commodore technology did not successfully complete the Demo II testing. 4The testing program on energetics hydrolysis that PMACWA sponsored to improve the technology base for this means of disposal was initially reviewed in Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot (NRC, 2001a)
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The stockpile at Blue Grass Army Depot contains munitions with nerve agents VX and GB and the blister agent H (see Table 1-3~. Originally, references supplied to the committee indicated that the projectiles at Blue Grass contained distilled mustard, HD (U.S.
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. TABLE 1-3 Description of the Chemical Weapons in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile Agent per Total Energetics Total Munition Agent Weight per Energetics Item Fill Quantity (lb)
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the PMACWA's demonstration testing results database, the committee will: perform an in-depth review of the data, analyses, and results of the unit operation demonstration tests contained in the above and update as necessary the 1999 NRC report, Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (the ACW report) determine if any of the AEA Technologies, Teledyne Commodore, and Foster Wheeler/Eco Logic technologies have reached a technology readiness level sufficient to proceed with implementation of a pilot-scale program produce a report for delivery to the PMACWA by July 2001 provided the demonstration test reports are made available by November 2000.
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perform an in-depth review of the data, analyses, and results of the EDS tests assess process component designs, integration issues, and overarching technical issues pertaining to the proposed engineering design packages for a chemical demilitarization facility design for disposing of both nerve and mustard munitions produce a report for delivery to the PMACWA by April 5, 2002 provided the engineering design package is received by November 15, 2001. SCOPE AND APPROACH OF THIS STUDY As mentioned above, this report is the ACW II Committee's response to Task 3 of its statement of task (i.e., review and evaluate EDP drawings, documentation, and tests developed for the destruction of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot)
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