Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

Committee on Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 The Chemical Demilitarization Challenge; 4 2 Causal Factors in Events at Chemical Demilitarization Facilities; 5 3 Responses to Chemical Events at Baseline Chemical Demilitarization Facilities; 6 4 Implications of Past Chemical Events for Ongoing and Future Chemical Demilitarization Activities; 7 5 Preparing for Potential Future Chemical Events at Baseline Chemical Demilitarization Facilities; 8 6 Findings and Recommendations; 9 References; 10 Appendix A Specific Design Features of the Toole Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Baseline Incineration System; 11 Appendix B Chronicle of Chemical Events and Other Occurrences at TOCDF and JACADS As Identified by PMCD; 12 Appendix C List of Individual Incidents from the Chemical Weapons Working Group; 13 Appendix D List of Individual Incidents from Calhoun County Commission, Anniston, Alabama; 14 Appendix E Additional Information Concerning Risk; 15 Appendix F Causal Tree Analysis of December 3-5, 2000, Event at JACADS; 16 Appendix G Memorandum of Understanding Between Deseret Chemical Depot and Tooele County for Information Exchange; 17 Appendix H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 18 Appendix I Committee Meetings