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3 CRITICAL FACTORS FOR EVALUATING CRITERIA
Pages 14-19

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... SYNOPSIS OF CRITICAL FACTORS Using the guiding principle of minimization of total risk, coupled with the requirements of Public Law 102484, the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty, and input from host communities surrounding the stockpile sites, the Stockpile Committee determined four primary factors, each of which corresponds to a question that must be answered when evaluating an alternative technology. These factors and their corresponding questions are: 1.
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From page 15...
... Detoxification of Agent Destruction of the agent of interest (e.g., mustard or VX) requires that the detoxification reaction proceed to 15 residual concentrations below a defined limit and that the products be reduced in toxicity to the extent necessary for management of the process residuals2 through aqueous discharges to waste-water treatment facilities, solid waste disposal at hazardous-waste landless, or release as atmospheric emissions.
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From page 16...
... A second major question for management of process residuals is at what point wastes can be transferred to private sector facilities for subsequent management. This question requires consideration of appropriate waste-management options (e.g., aqueous discharge, solidification/stabilization, land filling, thermal destruction)
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From page 17...
... Evaluation of exposure risks from agent destruction should be based on processing throughout the projected facility operating period and consideration of the limited scale and finite time of stockpile destruction operations at each site. The risk evaluation should include comparison of: risk of agent release and exposure; risk from latent health effects of exposure to nonagent releases (carcinogenic and noncar.
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From page 18...
... Key steps that may result in schedule delays or offer the potential to accelerate the schedule should be identified. Schedules for completion of stockpile destruction using the baseline system and using alternative technologies should be compared on the basis of currently projected schedules and should include both optimistic scheduling and reasonable worst-case delays.
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From page 19...
... Since these actions are not treaty requirements, the schedule for facility removal should not be based solely on treaty deadlines. Discounting It is a standard business practice to discount cost streams to their present value when comparing alternative investment opportunities.
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  • process residuals
  • alternative technologies
  • storage risks
  • stockpile destruction
  • treaty requirements

  • chemical weapons
  • stockpile committee
  • weapons convention
  • residual concentrations
  • total risk

  • stockpile storage
  • destruction process
  • critical factors
  • stockpile locations
  • atmospheric emissions

  • major process
  • agent destruction
  • guiding principle
  • process development
  • destruction facility

  • air cleaning
  • storage risk
  • primary agent
  • process streams
  • major question

  • primary guiding
  • host communities
  • aqueous discharge
  • latent health
  • projected schedules


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