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1 online resource (341 pages)
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9780309596350
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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.
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ISBN 9780309049467
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