05173nam 2200673 a 450 991045590600332120200520144314.01-280-19612-297866101961280-309-59635-10-585-14478-8(CKB)110986584751346(EBL)3376731(SSID)ssj0000101631(PQKBManifestationID)11128349(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101631(PQKBWorkID)10042532(PQKB)10302329(MiAaPQ)EBC3376731(Au-PeEL)EBL3376731(CaPaEBR)ebr10057008(CaONFJC)MIL19612(OCoLC)814272275(EXLCZ)9911098658475134619931020d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlternative technologies for the destruction of chemical agents and munitions[electronic resource] /Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies [and] Board on Army Science and Technology [and] Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems [of the] National Research CouncilWashington, DC National Academy Press19931 online resource (341 p.)Committee chairman: John P. Longwell.Report of work supported by contract from Department of the Army.0-309-04946-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-309) and index.""Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF ALTERNATIVE DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Low-Temperature, Low-Pressure, Liquid-Phase Detoxification""; ""Low-Temperature, Low-Pressure, Liquid-Phase Oxidation""; ""Moderate-Temperature, High-Pressure Oxidation""; ""High-Temperature, Low-Pressure Pyrolysis""; ""High-Temperature, Low-Pressure Oxidation""; ""WASTE STREAM HANDLING""; ""Gas Effluents""""Treated Metal Parts and Containers""""Salts""; ""Liquid Wastes""; ""STRATEGIES AND SYSTEM IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMILITARIZATION""; ""Afterburners""; ""GENERAL OBSERVATIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""THE U.S. CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DISPOSAL PROGRAM""; ""RISK AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS""; ""ALTERNATIVE DEMILITARIZATION SYSTEMS""; ""TRANSPORTATION OF UNTREATED WEAPONS AND AGENTS""; ""PRIMARY GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEMILITARIZATION""; ""SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY""; ""2 The U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile""; ""DESCRIPTION OF THE AGENTS""; ""Toxicity of the Agents""""DESCRIPTION OF THE MUNITIONS""""GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE STOCKPILE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 U.S. and Foreign Experience with Chemical Weapons Destruction""; ""U.S. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION EXPERIENCE""; ""CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT DESTRUCTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""4 Requirements and Considerations for Chemical Demilitarization Technologies""; ""CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF AGENTS AND THEIR BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS""; ""WASTE STREAMS IN CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION""; ""PROCESSING RATES""; ""PERFORMANCE STANDARDS""; ""Worker Standards""; ""Air Quality Standards""; ""Liquid Wastes""""Solid Wastes""""GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ASSESSING UNTESTED ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Decontamination Standards""; ""Chlorinated Dioxins""; ""MONITORING""; ""EFFLUENT RETENTION TIME REQUIREMENTS""; ""TIME REQUIRED FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION""; ""TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION COSTS""; ""ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES""; ""5 Thermal Treatment and Preprocessing and Postprocessing Operations""; ""PREPROCESSING OPERATIONS""; ""Cryoprocessing""; ""Mechanical Disassembly of Explosives, Propellants, and Solidified Agent""; ""THERMAL TREATMENT""""POSTPROCESSING OPERATIONS""""Solid Wastes""; ""Control of Nitrogen Oxides""; ""Water Recycle""; ""Reduction of Waste Gas Volume""; ""Waste Gas Storage Requirement""; ""Storage and Retention Technologies""; ""Activated-Carbon (Charcoal) Adsorption Systems""; ""6 Low-Temperature, Liquid-Phase Processes""; ""CHEMICAL DETOXIFICATION PROCESSES""; ""GB (Sarin)""; ""VX""; ""H (Mustard)""; ""Reduction Methods Conceivably Applicable to GB, VX, and H""; ""DETOXIFICATION WITH IONIZING RADIATION""; ""LOW-TEMPERATURE AND LOW-PRESSURE OXIDATION PROCESSES""; ""Chemical Oxidation""""Electrochemical Oxidation""Chemical weapons disposalChemical agents (Munitions)Chemical weapons disposalUnited StatesElectronic books.Chemical weapons disposal.Chemical agents (Munitions)Chemical weapons disposal623.4/45Longwell John P887256MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455906003321Alternative technologies for the destruction of chemical agents and munitions2173909UNINA