Chemical Weapons Technology

Petrov, V.G., and A.V. Trubachev. 2000. On certain problems of technical and ecological safety during chemical weapons destruction in the Udmurt Republic. Proceedings of Munster 2000, The 2nd International Symposium, Destruction of Chemical Weapons—Technologies and Practical Aspects, July 30-August 3, 2000. Munster, Germany Munster Expo 2000 Committee. 

Symposium, Destruction of Chemical Weapons—Technologies and Practical Aspects, July 30-August 3. Munster, Germany Munster Expo 2000 Committee. 

J. Brin, Ending the Scourge of Chemical Weapons, Technology Review, vol.93 (April 1993), pp.33-40. 

Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons Phase II... 

COMMITTEE ON REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEMILITARIZATION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS PHASE II... 

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The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying the country s stockpile of aging chemical weapons, stored at eight locations in the continental United States and on Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The deadline for completing the destruction of these weapons, as specified by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) international treaty, is April 29, 2007. Originally, the Army selected incineration as the preferred baseline destruction technology, and it currently operates two incineration facilities—one on Johnston Atoll and one at the Deseret Chemical Depot near Tooele, Utah. The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) completed destruction of the stockpile on Johnston Island in late 2000, and closure of the... 

As a result of Public Laws 104-201 and 104-208, DoD created the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) program to select and evaluate technologies that would be appropriate for destroying the stockpiles at Pueblo Chemical Depot and Blue... 

In 1996 Congress enacted two laws, Public Law 104-201 (authorization) and Public Law 104-208 (appropriation), mandating that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) assess technology alternatives to the baseline incineration system developed by the Army for the demilitarization of assembled chemical weapons and that it conduct demonstration tests for at least two of them. The laws included the following stipulations ... 

Demo II testing these technology packages were deemed viable options for destroying assembled chemical weapons, they would also be considered for implementation at the Blue Grass Army Depot and could progress to the EDP. 

AEA Technologies, Eco Logic, and General Atomics were awarded contracts to develop EDPs and to perform further required demonstration testing for disposal of the chemical weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. The initial (preliminary) EDPs were submitted in July 2001, and drafts of the final EDPs were submitted to PMACWA in October 2001. 

At the request of the DoD s Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMACWA), the NRC Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons will provide independent scientific and technical assessment of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) program. This effort will be divided into three tasks. In each case, the NRC was asked to perform a technical assessment that did not include programmatic (cost and schedule) considerations. 

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