Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System

The ERH testing was described in the NRC report on EDS I testing (NRC, 2001a). The tests were conducted at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System test site in Utah. They consisted of rate-of-hydroly-sis tests for the following feed materials ... 

U.S. Army. 1983. Final Demilitarization Plan for Operation of the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah, June. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. USATFIAMA. 

Recent results obtained during analysis of the VX hydrolysate produced at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System for the planned SCWO EST indicate that the hexane extraction method can repeatably achieve a detection limit of less than 20 ppb (NIVA Consultants et al., 1999). However, this method not only requires approximately six hours to complete under optimum conditions, it also appears to be sensitive to both the technician performing the analysis and the laboratory (e.g., instrumentation model) where the analysis is carried out. These limitations suggest that further specification and validation will be necessary to achieve reliable results for routine use. 

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Figure 14. Chemical agent munitions disposal system (CAMDS) at Tooele Army...

A verbal presentation was made and submitted in writing by Gary Harris, a former employee and whistle-blower at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) facility and at TOCDF, at the committee s meeting of October 18, 2001. 

During the 1970s, the Army, as DOD s lead service in chemical matters, constructed and operated a pilot Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah. Using this pilot system, the... 

Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) Research facility at Tooele, Utah, capable of destroying non-stockpile munitions containing agent fills not easily accommodated at other facihties, e.g., lewisite... 

Deseret. The incineration facility at Tooele provides a technically feasible alternative for destruction of 157 of the 174 non-stockpile items stored at Deseret. The other 17 items contain lewisite and are better suited for destruction at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS). The Tooele CDF is scheduled to complete its stockpile mission in the fourth quarter of 2003, so it would be available to treat the non-stockpile items. Existing permits would need to be modified and the public would need to agree. 

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