Assessment of Explosive Destruction Technologies for Specific Munitions at the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants Paperback / softback

The Army's ability to meet public and congressional demands to destroy expeditiously all of the U.S. declared chemical weapons would be enhanced by the selection and acquisition of appropriate explosive destruction technologies (EDTs) to augment the main technologies to be used to destroy the chemical weapons currently at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) in Kentucky and the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) in Colorado.

The Army is considering four EDTs for the destruction of chemical weapons: three from private sector vendors, and a fourth, Army-developed explosive destruction system (EDS). This book updates earlier evaluations of these technologies, as well as any other viable detonation technologies, based on several considerations including process maturity, process efficacy, process throughput, process safety, public and regulatory acceptability, and secondary waste issues, among others.

It also provides detailed information on each of the requirements at BGAD and PCD and rates each of the existing suitable EDTs plus the Army's EDS with respect to how well it satisfies these requirements. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction2 Evaluation Factors Specific to ACWA Sites Application3 Current Status of Explosive Destruction Technologies4 Rating of Explosive Destruction Technologies for Proposed BGCAPPand PCAPP ApplicationsAppendixesAppendix A: Chapter 4 from the 2006 NRC Report *Review ofInternational Technologies for Destruction of Recovered ChemicalWarfare Materiel*Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Site VisitsAppendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members