Assessment of the Army Plan for the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2004
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9780309529891
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying its chemical weapons stockpile and related, non-stockpile chemical materiel. At the request of the Army, the National Research Council (NRC) has published a number of studies over the last 16 years providing scientific and technical advice on that disposal effort. For this study, the NRC was asked to assess the design of the facility at the Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Arsenal intended to dispose of a large amount of non-stockpile materiel, including 1250 recovered old chemical weapons.This is the first of a series of studies directed at reviewing and assessing the Product Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel initiatives for destruction of this materiel. The report provides the results of the Pine Bluff assessment. It includes a description of the Pine Bluff facility; a discussion of worker and public safety; management issues; regulatory, permitting, and public involvement; and the role of alternative destruction technologies currently residing at the facility.

Table of contents

• FrontMatter
• Preface
• Acknowledgment of Reviewers
• Contents
• Figures and Tables
• Acronyms and Definitions
• Executive Summary
• 1 Background and Overview
• 2 The Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility
• 3 Worker Protection and Potential for Offsite Release
• 4 Management of Process and Nonprocess Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility Secondary Wastes
• 5 Regulatory Approval and Permitting and Public Involvement
• 6 A Greater Role for the Explosive Destruction System in Destruction of the Pine Bluff Inventory of Recovered Chemical Warfare Material
• References
• Appendixes
• Appendix A Committee Member Biographical Sketches
• Appendix B Committee Meetings and Other Activities
• Appendix C Analysis of the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility Schedule