Review of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program Disposal of Chemical Agent Identification Sets (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: Methods of Treating Non-Stockpile Chemical Material
Appendix C: Methods of Treating Non-Stockpile Chemical Material
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Buried chemical warfare materiel includes any buried materiel. Land burial was a principal means of disposing of hazardous materials for many years, and records indicate that chemical warfare materiel was disposed of by land burial until the late ~950s.2 (Ocean dumping was also an acceptable means of eliminating chemical warfare materiel until the late 1960s.)
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Miscellaneous chemical warfare materiel includes unfilled munitions, support equipment, and devices designed to be used with chemical weapons. These include complete assembled rounds without chemical fill, with or without bursters and fuzes; simulant-fi~led munitions; inert munitions; dummy munitions; bursters and fuzes; empty rocket warheads and motors; projectile cases; and other components of metal and plastic parts.
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Chemical operations, including repackaging and agent neutralization, take place in the glove box, which is housed in the operations trailer. Air circulating through the glove box is vented through charcoal filters to trap agent or other industrial chemicals prior to the discharge of air from the trailer.
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