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... THE ALTTECH PANEL To conduct the review requested by the Army, the National Research Council formed the Panel on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Chemical Disposal Technologies (AltTech Panel)
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... These five technical chapters are similar in format; after a short introduction to the technology, each chapter presents the scientific principles underlying the agent-destruction process, the developmental status of the technology, operational requirements and other detailed process considerations, instrumentation and control, stability and reliability of the process, materials of construction, utility and scale-up requirements, safety issues, and an estimate of the time required to completely destroy the stockpiles at the two sites. NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND STATE REGULATORS The most significant impetus for seeking alternative technologies to destroy chemical agents has been opposition to incineration and support for an alternativeby members of the communities around the stockpile sites.
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... For any technology that is to be pilot-tested, the Army should support an in-depth analysis of the agent-destruction test results by a competent, independent third party not associated with the Army or any of the TPCs. Specific Finding 2.
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... VX at Newport Specific Finding 7. Neutralization of chemical agent VX with sodium hydroxide solution destroys agent effectively and substantially lowers the toxicity of the process stream.
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... If successful off-site treatment of VX hydrolysate at an existing treatment, storage, and disposal facility is not confirmed by appropriate treatability studies, and successful on-site treatment of VX hydrolysate with existing commercial processes cannot be demonstrated, then the Army should pilot-test the electrochemical oxidation of VX for potential use at the Newport site.
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  • comprehensive design
  • broad set
  • test conditions
  • newport site

  • existing commercial
  • stockpile sites
  • pilot plant
  • quantitative risk
  • chemical weapons

  • selected technology
  • electrochemical oxidation
  • environmental risk
  • technical review
  • process leading

  • commercial processes
  • low toxicity
  • affected communities
  • process residuals
  • pilot demonstration


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