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Evaluation of the Army's Draft Assessment Criteria to Aid in the Selection of Alternative Technologies for Chemical Demilitarization (1995) / Chapter Skim
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4 INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE ARMY'S DECISION
Pages 20-24

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... INFORMATION INDEPENDENT OF PROCESS CHOICE Standards of Performance Agent Destruction and Reversibi/ity These performance characteristics, which are prescribed in the draft treaty, must be met by any alternative 20 process for a particular agent. The Chemical Weapons Convention specifies use of "a process by which chem~cals are converted in an essentially irreversible way to a form unsuitable for the production of chemical weapons." The Chemical Weapons Convention language has been clarified through the development of schedules of unacceptable precursors.
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From page 21...
... The conceptual design must also indicate all material flows to each site, as feeds, and from each site, as waste discharges. The level of detail required to allow both meaningful technical review and the development of meaningful cost estimates requires a complete conceptual design, including full technical data for all process steps, equipment lists, and designs This information is needed to estimate the cost of purchasing and installing individual equipment components using standard cost-estimating methods and construction-cost factors.
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From page 22...
... The layout and working space for the major pieces of equipment, plot plans for the current storage facilities, and planned methods for transporting agent containers from the storage area to the destruction facilities should be provided. FunherDeve/opment and Demonstration Plans In addition to conceptual design of a full-scale chemical demilitarization plant based on the alternative technology under consideration, preparation for the Army Systems Acquisition Review Council and Defense Acquisition Board decisions should include planning the development and demonstration activities that will be needed if the decision is to proceed with construction of a pilot plant.
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From page 23...
... Accident Risk Comparison A site-specific update of the prior accident risk assessment for the baseline system and a preliminary, accident-risk comparison for the selected alternative technology should be prepared. 23 Environmenta/ Risk Comparison A preliminary, site-specific environmental-impact comparison based on projected process emissions and local geographic considerations (e.g., population distribution, ecosystems)
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... Option 4 may result in additional program delays and increased disposal costs resulting from extended stockpile storage times. This option may increase the likelihood that a future decision on pilot demonstrations is negative because of the detrimental impact of schedule delays on overall programmatic risk and cost.
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  • disposal program
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  • weapons convention
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  • agent destruction
  • health impacts
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  • chemical demilitarization

  • process design
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  • precautionary rules
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