Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program

Committee to Review Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Board on Army Science and Technology Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences... 

COMMITTEE TO REVIEW SECONDARY WASTE DISPOSAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM... 

Tliis report on the management of the anticipated secondary yvastes from the Pueblo and Blue Grass facilities yvaste yvas initiated by the National Research Council (NRC) at the request of the PMACWA to inform the latter s consideration of potential yvaste management options. The statement of task for the Committee to Review Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program is as follows ... 

Yu-Chu Yang, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program,... 

In Kentucky, community members view DOD s 2002 selection of neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) as a commitment to the community. Together with Blue Grass Army Depot, the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program has worked with the community in selecting neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) as the technology to destroy the... 

The Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program is now referred to as die Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program, although the acronym, ACWA, remains die same. 

Committee to Review Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Detonation Technologies... 

COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM DETONATION TECHNOLOGIES... 

The Committee to Review Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Detonation Technologies was appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request by the U.S. Army s Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PMACWA). 

Recommendation 3-1. While the Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass Team and the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives are not in violation of regulatory requirements and have ample time to meet the requirement to submit a waste analysis plan for BGCAPP 18 months prior to receipt of munitions at the facility, it would be prudent to develop and submit the plan as early as possible in order to determine the requirements that may be placed on the operations by the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection and avoid unnecessary delays to the operation. 

Recommendation 4-2, The Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives should continue to pursue the acceptance of the plarmed offsite shipment and disposal of secondary waste through pennit modifications and stakeholder involvement. 

A review and analysis of public participation in the current phase of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program is presented in tliis chapter, wliich also contains information gathered during visits to the coiranuni-ties adjacent to the BGCAPP and PCAPP sites to ascertain stakeholder perspectives on secondary waste issues. 

In the section Transportation Risk Assessments in Chapter 4. it was reported that the Army s Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) had written specific guidance for offsite shipments of selected secondary wastes from currently operating chemical agent disposal facilities. This guidance, wliich the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program expects to follow, includes the following ... 

BPT (Bechtel Pueblo Team). 2004. Initial Design for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) Project, Rev. A—redacted for release to NRC, January 16. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives. 

PMACWA (Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives). 2003. Transportation Risk Assessment Options for the Offsite Shipment and Disposal of Residual Wastes from the Destruction of Chemical Weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, April. 

In determining the evaluation factors to use for this study, the committee first examined factors used in similar evaluations in the past. The committee examined earlier NRC reports, including those pertaining to the U.S. Army s Alternative Technology Program and the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program.2 Technology selection factors used in these reports address the special consider-... 

A noteworthy indication of the variance in public attitudes toward plasma arc is that in one case, after careful consideration, the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program Dialogue Group accepted plasma arc as a valid alternative to incineration. However, in contrast with this, a spokesperson for the Non-Stockpile Chemical Weapons Citizens Coalition characterized plasma arc as a synonym for incineration and expressed concern that NSCMP was prematurely embracing the technology. As with incineration, the degree of public concern about plasma arc may vary with specific implementation and specific location (NRC, 2002). 

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