Assessment Of The Army Plan For The Pine Bluff Nonstockpile Facility 1st Edition National Research Council Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences Board On Army Science And Technology Committee On Review And Assessment Of The Army Nonstockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program Pine Bluff by National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Board On Army Science And Technology; Committee On Review And Assessment Of The Army Non-stockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program: Pine Bluff 9780309529891, 0309529891 instant download after payment.

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.