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Appendix E: Additional Information Concering Risk
Appendix E: Additional Information Concering Risk
Pages 97-102
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The risks associated with stockpile storage are almost all related to releases of agent as a result of either internal events such as handling accidents during stockpile manipulation and maintenance, the deterioration of containment systems, the spontaneous detonation of munitions, or the spontaneous ignition of propellant or external events such as natural disasters and airplane crashes. Processing Risk Agent destruction imposes risks above and beyond the inherent risks associated with the existence and maintenance of the chemical agent and munitions stockpile.
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, the three potential consequences of the risk posed by either stockpile storage or agent destruction are acute lethality, acute and latent noncancerous health effects, and latent cancer. The potential adverse consequences for the environment are the contamination of land and water, and adverse effects suffered by native or endangered species.
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For those readers desiring more details on risk assessment and risk management, Appendix A of the National Research Council (NRC) report Risk Assessment and Management at Deseret Chemical Depot and the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NRC, 1997)
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Nevertheless, although the risk is small, it is clear that storage risk is still much greater than processing risk and that accepting the processing risk for 3 years dramatically reduces the total nsk. Using the information shown in Figure E-3, risk managers at TOCDF ascertained the relative effects of venous agent destruction campaigns.
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. Risk to Workers from Disposal Operations Workers at TOCDF, including all support and adm~nistrative staff at the facility or in nearby buildings and munition handlers responsible for removing munitions from the stockpile and transporting them to the disposal facility, were included in the Army's 1996 risk assessment.
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Improvements in the analysis of worker risk have resulted from an increased focus on worker activities and the adoption of more general methods for analyzing the effects of human error. For a number of reasons discussed in the NRC report Risk Assessment and Management at Deseret Chemical Depot and the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NRC, 1997)
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