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Assessment of Explosive Destruction Technologies for Specific Munitions at the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Board on Army Science and Technology (Author)

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ISBN: 0309126835     ISBN-13: 9780309126830
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE: $43.70  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare
- Technology & Engineering | Military Science
- Political Science | Security (national & International)
Dewey: 623.445
LCCN: 2009502940
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" L (0.90 lbs) 134 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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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.

 
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