Chemical munitions,schematic

The Explosive Destruction System, Phase 1 (EDS-1) is a trailer-monnted mobile system intended to destroy explosively confignred chemical warfare monitions that are deemed nnsafe to transport or store rontinely. The EDS can also be nsed to destroy hmited nnmbers of chemical munitions, with or withont explosive components, when the quantity of these monitions does not reqnire the nse of other destruction systems. A detailed description of the EDS and its operation is fonnd in NRC (2001). A schematic view of the EDS-1 is shown in Figure E-1. 

E-1 Schematic illustration of risk elements at a chemical agent and munitions storage and destruction site, 98... 

The EDS is a trailer-mounted system (a schematic is shown in Figure 1-1) that can be driven or flown to a site where nonstockpile chemical materiel is discovered or where recovered materiel has been stored. In the EDS, the nonstockpile munition or container of chemical agent to be destroyed is first enclosed in a sealed chamber. The munition is then opened by detonating shaped explosive charges that are also intended to detonate any explosives present inside the munition. The chemical fill thns accessed is then neutralized by appropriate reagents that are pnmped into the chamber. After the concentration of chemical agent falls... 

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