Assessment of the Continuing Operability of Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities and Equipment (2007) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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Although focused on equipment/facilities obsoles cal guidance to the Army on important aspects of the stockcence at chemical agent stockpile incineration facilities, the pile disposal plans and programs with an overarching goal of report takes a broader view of the problem in the context of safe and expeditious implementation of stockpile destructhe ability of the facilities to satisfactorily complete their tion. This guidance has taken the form of over 40 reports site and programmatic missions.
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2003 ABCDF commenced operations (now in closure) • degradation of agent leading to crystallization or gel ANCDF commenced operations ling that impedes agent draining during processing; 2004 Life-cycle program cost estimate $24.7 billion • corrosion problems leading to leakage; and UMCDF commenced operations • potential destabilization of M55 rocket propellant 2005 NRC standing Committee on Chemical Demilitariza- grains.
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ANCDF/Anniston, AL 7.1 All agents 3rd generation incineration plant Munitions and bulk 18.7% destroyed (all GB) UMCDF/Umatilla, OR 11.6 All agents 3rd generation incineration plant Munitions and bulk 7.9% destroyed PBCDF/Pine Bluff, AR 12.0 All agents 3rd generation incineration plant Munitions and bulk 4.7% destroyed NECDF/Newport, IN 3.9 VX ton containers Neutralization started Hydrolysate being stored pending disposal decision PCAPP/Pueblo, CO 9.9 HD In design and site preparation Munitions BGCAPP/Blue Grass, KY 1.6 All agents In design and site preparation Munitions and bulk SOURCE: Adapted from Chemical Stockpile Disposal (CSD)
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Not only do delays in the program increase costs but Environmental they also prolong the risk to the public of exposure to the Human Resources agents in the aging stockpile. Information Management Normal chemical industry practices for preventing obsolescence in process plants likewise apply only in part to stockpile processing plants because of their unique design Chemical Weapons Processing3 and finite length of operation.
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A description of the three tier levels dress is as follows: follows: At the request of the director of the Army's Chemical Mate rials Agency, the NRC will establish an ad hoc committee to • Tier 1: Recommendations critical to the life-cycle assess and evaluate current and proposed policies and ap- operability of the chemical stockpile disposal program; proaches by the Army and its contractors to adequately an- • Tier 2: Recommendations that are important initiatives ticipate and address equipment/facilities obsolescence at supporting higher-level recommendations; and chemical demilitarization facilities. The assessment will ex • Tier 3: Recommendations that are other desirable ac amine the extent to which these policies and approaches are tion items.
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21 (Lessons-learned program) 1 (Continuing operational security analyses)
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