| Aquatic Toxicity Screening of an ACWA Secondary Waste, GB-Hydrolysate |
Jan-2009 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Mark V Haley; Roman G Kuperman; Ronald T Checkai; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DIR
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 | The Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) Program has been tasked to demonstrate alternative technologies to incineration that will safely dispose of assembled chemical munitions. The ACWA program is currently investigating GB-hydrolysate as a secondary waste that can be transported offsite to a commercial Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF). The Microtox assay with bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri and the survival and reproduction of freshwater organism Ceriodaphnia dubia were used ... |
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| Integration of CW / Radionucleotide Detection Systems to the Fido XT Explosives Detector |
31-Jul-2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Ross J Harper; ICX TECHNOLOGIES INC STILLWATER OK ICX NOMADICS
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| The original concept of the Phase 11+ funding was to support integration of ICx Agentases's chemical weapons (CW) sensing materials into the Fido XT Explosives Detector system. It was determined however that despite marked advances in the enzymatic detection technology through the prototype, significant further work was needed before the Agentase materials would be sufficiently mature for integration. In place ofCW detection, the radiation detection capabilities of ICx Radiation (another ... |
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| Public Outreach and Participation |
09 NOV 2007 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is responsible for safely storing and eliminating chemical agent and munitions stockpiles while ensuring the safety of the public, the work force, and the environment. The Army recognizes the importance of an informed and participating public in disposing of chemical agents. CMA established the public outreach and participation program so that community members can learn about the program and provide input regarding CMA ... |
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| What are Chemical Agents and Chemical Weapons? |
08 JUN 2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Chemical agents are toxic liquid compounds. The nation's stockpile consists of two principal types of chemical agents: nerve and blister. These agents are securely stored at seven locations in the United States and are either contained in one of five types of munitions or stored in steel bulk storage containers, called ton containers. The ton containers hold about 170 gallons of liquid agent and weigh approximately 1,600 pounds empty. Over ... |
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| Demonstration/Validation of the TC-60 Controlled Detonation Chamber, Porton Down, UK: Final Demonstration Test Report |
JUN 2007 |
475 pages |
| Authors:
Raymond DiBerardo; Timothy A. Blades; Neil McFarlane; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The Demonstration/Validation testing conducted at Porton Down, UK, between July 2004 and July 2006 proved that CH2M HILL's Controlled Detonation Chamber (CDC) technology could safely and effectively destroy munitions containing CW agents without generating large quantities of process wastes. The TC-60 CDC system successfully met all the test objectives and goals of the August 2004 Final Test Plan. Residual chemical agents were completely destroyed before the carbon filters used in ... |
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| Milestones in U.S. Chemical Weapons Storage and Destruction |
MAY 2007 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| With more than 2,600 dedicated employees plus contractor support staff, the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) leads the world in chemical weapons destruction with a demonstrated history of safely storing, recovering, assessing and disposing of U.S. chemical weapons and related materials. CMA manages all U.S. chemical materiel except for the disposal of two weapons stockpiles that fall under the Department of Defense's Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives pilot neutralization program. ... |
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| Our Mission |
06 FEB 2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The mission of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is to protect, safely store, and destroy aging chemical weapons while working toward the effective recovery, treatment, and ultimate elimination of the nation's chemical warfare materiel. The CMA headquarters management team, as well as scientific, communications, and support staff, is based at the Edgewood Area of the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, while other dedicated managers and staff fulfill the ... |
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| Handling Hazardous Waste Safely at CMA Disposal Facilities and Operations |
2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The U S Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) works with federal and state environmental regulators to dispose of chemical weapons safely. An important part of CMA's work is managing hazardous wastes that are generated throughout chemical weapons storage and disposal processes in compliance with all applicable laws. At each CMA chemical weapons disposal facility's hazardous waste is identified and tightly regulated through the facility's operating permit issued by the state ... |
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| Alarms at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities and Chemical Weapons Storage Sites |
2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Alarms are a normal part of disposing of chemical weapons just as people use alarm clocks and timers to stay organized, the U.S. Army's disposal facilities use sensors and alarms on thousands of pieces of equipment. The sensors and alarms help ensure a safe process for the workforce, public and environment. These alarms and sensors are on items such as doors, switches, valves, conveyor systems, automated equipment, furnaces, and storage ... |
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| Biodegradation of HT Agent from an Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) Projectile Washout Study |
SEP 2006 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Mark A. Guelta; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DIR
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| In this study, HT agent, removed from a chemical round similar to the current stockpile stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot, was neutralized and the hydrolysate treated in a laboratory scale Immobilized Cell Bioreactor (ICB). This study was designed as a first attempt to gather biotreatability data on neutralized HT agent from a projectile washout study. Previous studies have demonstrated treatability of HD agent from ton containers and washout studies but ... |
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| U.S. Disposal of Chemical Weapons in the Ocean: Background and Issues for Congress |
13 JUL 2006 |
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| Authors:
David M. Bearden; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | The U.S. Armed Forces disposed of chemical weapons in the ocean from World War I through 1970. At that time, it was thought that the vastness of ocean waters would absorb chemical agents that may leak from these weapons. However, public concerns about human health and environmental risks, and the economic effects of potential damage to marine resources, led to a statutory prohibition on the disposal of chemical weapons in ... |
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| Taming The Next Set of Strategic Weapons Threats |
JUN 2006 |
178 pages |
| Authors:
Henry Sokolski; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Long discounted by arms control critics, traditional nonproliferation efforts now are undergoing urgent review and reconsideration even by their supporters. Why? In large part, because the current crop of nonproliferation understandings are ill-suited to check the spread of emerging long-range missile, biological, and nuclear technologies. Attempts to develop a legally binding inspections protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention, for example, were recently rejected by U.S. officials as being inadequate to ... |
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| Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Needs More Reliable Data to Better Estimate the Cost and Schedule of the Shchuch'ye Facility |
MAY 2006 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Until destroyed, Russia's stockpile of chemical weapons remains a proliferation threat, vulnerable to theft and diversion. Since 1992, Congress has authorized the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide more than $1 billion for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program to help the Russian Federation construct a chemical weapons destruction facility (CWDF) at Shchuch'ye to eliminate about 14 percent of its stockpile. Over the past several years, DOD has faced numerous ... |
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| Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2005 |
30 SEP 2005 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The Department of Defense is submitting this annual report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to the United States (U.S.) Congress pursuant to Title 50, U.S. Code (USC), Section 1521(g). The report documents the status of the U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program as of September 30, 2005. The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) manages this nationally important and internationally significant program to safely store and destroy all U.S. chemical warfare materiel ... |
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| Optimal Sampling of a Chemical Hazard Area |
MAR 2005 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer R. Plourde; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This thesis proposes a methodology for optimally sampling a chemical hazard area subsequent to a chemical weapons attack. The objective is to identify the maximum number of areas that no longer require protective gear for safe operations. We model the area as an undirected graph and employ network analysis techniques to provide a methodological framework for identifying an optimal sampling sequence within a fixed time limit. We propose four models ... |
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| Biological Warfare Improved Response Program (BW-IRP) CDC/DoD Smallpox Workshop |
2005 |
190 pages |
| Authors:
Suman Adler; Eddie Ayala; Tim Dixon; Richard Kussman; Peter Lowry; Philip Perkins; BATTELLE EDGEWOOD OPERATIONS MD
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| In March 1995 members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo attacked the Tokyo subway with the chemical warfare nerve agent sarin. The incident captured international headlines sensitizing governmental leaders around the world to the possibilities of the terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). In response to this threat the 104th U.S. Congress passed Public Law 104-210 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 which contained Title ... |
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| Application of Soviet PNE Data to the Improvement of Seismic Monitoring Capability |
AUG 2004 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
John R. Murphy; Brian W. Barker; Margaret E. Marshall; Jamil D. Sultanov; Ivan O. Kitov; TITAN CORP SAN LEANDRO CA PULSE SCIENCES DIV
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| This report provides a summary of the results of a joint research program which has been carried out by scientist from Maxwell Technologies, Inc. and the Russian Institute for Dynamics of the Geospheres to use regional seismic data recorded from Soviet PNE test and nearby earthquakes and mining events to assess the applicability of various proposed discriminants over the wide ranges of source and propagation path characteristics sampled by these ... |
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| Biodegradation of Hydrolyzed Mustard from an Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) Projectile Washout Study |
DEC 2003 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Mark A. Guelta; Laurie Fazekas-Carey; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DIR
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| Prior Demonstration (Demo) I and Engineering Design Study (EDS) I testing conducted by the PM, Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, validated biological treatment of a mixture of HD and tetrytol hydrolysates using Honeywell Immobilized Cell Bioreactor (ICB). The HD hydrolysate used in the previous tests was made from neat agent obtained from ton containers. Because the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD), Pueblo, CO, stockpile consists of assembled munitions that contain liquid agent ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
14 NOV 2003 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997, and 153 of the 178 signatories have ratified it. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and the United ... |
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| Guidelines for Responding to a Chemical Weapons Incident |
AUG 2003 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY SOLDIER AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL COMMAND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
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| This Guidelines for Responding to a Chemical Weapons Incident document has been developed by the Domestic Preparedness Program (DPP). Through the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM), Chemical Weapons Improved Response Program (CWIRP), members of the Law Enforcement, Health and Safety, and the Emergency Response Functional Groups designed these guidelines with the intent to give assistance to all response personnel in dealing with critical incident management decisions consistent ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
08 JUL 2003 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-eight of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Biodegradation of Hydrolyzed Mustard from An ACWA Projectile Washout Study |
01 JUL 2003 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Mark A. Guelta; Laurie Fazekas-Carey; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| In 1996, public laws 104-208, 105-261, and 106-79 established and expanded the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) Program. To address public concerns over safe destruction of the U.S. chemical weapon stockpile; the ACWA program was tasked to identify two or more viable alternatives technologies to the baseline destruction method of incineration. Neutralization followed by biodegradation was one technology to be successfully demonstrated in a pilot facility at the Edgewood Chemical ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
04 JUN 2003 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-eight of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) Program, Immobilized Cell Bioreactor Toxicity Monitoring |
JUN 2003 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Mark V. Haley; Carl W. Kurnas; Mark A. Guelta; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DIR
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| Until recently, incineration was the only proven technology, adopted by the U.S. Army, that successfully destroyed chemical agents. However, public opposition to incineration redirected research to evaluate alternative technologies. Through the Alternative Technology Program, the U.S. Army adopted biodegradation as a proven method for destroying the mustard stockpile at Aberdeen Proving Ground. However, research did not address the destruction of mustard when mixed with explosives generated from the destruction of ... |
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| Chemical Analysis and Reaction Kinetics of EA-2192 in Decontamination Solution for the MMD-1 Project |
MAY 2003 |
174 pages |
| Authors:
David J. McGarvey; H. D. Durst; William R. Creasy; Jill L. Ruth; Kevin M. Morrissey; EAI CORP ABINGDON MD
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| The studies reported include the development of analytical methods that are capable of identifying and determining the amount of EA-2192 S-(2- diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioic acid in a decontamination solution. The rate of breakdown of EA-2192 in a mixture of monoethanolamine and caustic water was also determined. |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
01 APR 2003 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-eight of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Non-Lethal Chemical Weapons |
01-Apr-2003 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Lester A Weilacher; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| Little more than a month after terrorists took control of four passenger aircraft in the United States and unleashed the horror of 9/11, 50 Chechen terrorists armed with automatic weapons and carrying large quantities of explosives seized the Moscow music theater during an evening performance. The terrorists immediately threatened to kill the theater's roughly 800 occupants if the Russian government did not cease its military campaign in Chechnya. Although initial ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
25 FEB 2003 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-eight of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
07 JAN 2003 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-eight of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| The Best Defense: Counterproliferation and U.S. National Security |
2003 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Jason D. Ellis; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC
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| Neither terrorism nor the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are new phenomena; states in key regions of U.S. security concern have for several years aggressively pursued nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons and missile capabilities or have engaged in or sponsored terrorism. What is new is the prospective conjuncture of these twin scourges that constitutes a combined threat greater than the sum of its parts. The Bush administration's new ... |
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| Biology of Chemical and Biologic Weapons |
DEC 2002 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph J. McArdle; NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWARK
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| Funds were provided to support a conference presenting the most current scientific information from laboratories investigating the action of chemical and biological weapons. This conference will be held at the International Public Health Research Institute in Newark NJ on March 20 and 21, 2003. A description of the conference, including the list of speakers and their topics is attached to this final report. The editors of Life Sciences have agreed ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
29 OCT 2002 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-five of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
17 SEP 2002 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-five of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, l05th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
05 AUG 2002 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-five of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Destruction of Chemical Weapons: Evaluation of the Donovan Contained Detonation Chamber (CDC) Poelkapelle, Belgium |
JUL 2002 |
173 pages |
| Authors:
Herbert C. DeBisschop; Timothy A. Blades; ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY BRUSSELS (BELGIUM)
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| The Royal Military Academy (RMA) of Belgium was requested by the Belgium Minister of Defense to study alternatives to destroy WWI chemical munitions in an environmentally safe manner (RMA Study F0016). The RMA arranged for DeMil International to ship one of its transportable Contained Detonation Chamber systems to Poelkapelle so that the RMA could evaluate its potential to destroy these munitions. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (ACE), (Huntsville, AL) ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
24 JUN 2002 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-five of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Protect and Defend: Adequacy of the Department of Defense Role Prescribed in the Federal Response to a Chemical or Biological Attack Against the Homeland |
31 MAY 2002 |
252 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Demaree; OLD DOMINION UNIV NORFOLK VA
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| President Bush s Executive Order 13228 establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of Homeland Security (OHS). The order directs the OHS to develop, coordinate, and implement a national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist attacks. One type of terrorist attack the United States may find itself responding to and recovering from is one involving chemical or biological Weapons of Mass Effects. This study finds ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
30 APR 2002 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred fortyfive of the 174 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75, 105th Congress) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and ... |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress |
13 NOV 2001 |
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| Authors:
Steven R. Bowman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| More than 100 years of international efforts to ban chemical weapons culminated January 13, 1993, in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention entered into force April 29, 1997. One hundred forty-three of the 171 signatories have ratified the Convention. On April 24, 1997, the Senate passed the CWC resolution of ratification (S.Res. 75) by a vote of 74-26. President Clinton signed the resolution and the United ... |
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| Results and Final Report from the Applied Research Proposal for the Explosive Destruction of Chemical Munitions |
28 SEP 2001 |
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| Authors:
J. M. Waters; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES PORTONDOWN (UNITED KINGDOM) DEFENSE SCIENCETECHNOLOGY LAB
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| Product Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Material (PMNSCM) at Edgewood Chemical and Biological Centre proposed techniques whereby recovered chemical weapons are destroyed by explosive opening and chemical neutralisation within a closed system. A prototype was designed to test the practicality of this proposed solution and preliminary proofing work was conducted in the U.S.. Previous toxic trials conducted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down, UK proved provisional ... |
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| Swedish Chemical Support Team for the OPCW, A Survey of the Offer According to Article X in CWC |
SEP 2001 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Per-Ake Kristensson; SWEDISH RESCUE SERVICES AGENCY (SRSA) KARLSTAD (SWEDEN)
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| Sweden signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993. After the convention had entered into force on the 27 April 1997 the Swedish government decided to declare its assistance to the convention and the OPCW. The Swedish offer consisted of a contribution to the OPCWs voluntary found according to art X paragraph 7a. The government also decides to declare that the country is prepared to consider extending assistance ... |
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| CDC Public Health Oversight of Chemical Weapons Disposal |
SEP 2001 |
2 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Joe; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ATLANTA GA
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| The Department of Health and Human Services is mandated by Congress to protect the health and safety of the workers and surrounding communities during the transportation and disposal of chemical warfare weapons. This responsibility was delegated to the Chemical Demilitarization Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC performs this mission by assessing the disposal process, evaluating the chemical agent monitoring systems, setting chemical agent exposure limits, ... |
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| Assistance and Protection Under Article X of the CWC |
SEP 2001 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Zvonko Orehovec; Ivan Jukic; Slavko Bokan; CROATIAN MILITARY ACADEMY (ZAGREB)
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| With the acceptance of the Convention on prohibition of the chemical weapons, the State Parties (SP) have clearly stated their orientations to prohibit the development, production, otherwise acquire, stockpiling and use of the chemical weapons, as well as its destruction of the already produced chemical weapons within given period of time. However, since the danger from the chemical weapons pose a threat as long as it exist, the Convention includes ... |
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| Chemical Weapons: FEMA and Army Must Be Proactive in Preparing States for Emergencies |
AUG 2001 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Millions of people live and work near eight Army storage facilities containing nearly 30,000 tons of chemical agents and are at risk of exposure from a chemical accident at these facilities. Such an accident could affect people in 10 different states. The Army plans to destroy its entire chemical weapons stockpile by 2007 and is taking measures to protect the public before and during the demilitarization process. In 1988, the ... |
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| Nuclear and Chemical Weapons and Materiel: Chemical Surety |
26 JUN 2001 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC
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| This regulation prescribes policies, procedures, and responsibilities for the Army Chemical Surety Program. It also implements DoD physical security requirements pertaining to security matters for chemical weapons (including binary weapons when uploaded with both components) and research chemical agents. It has been revised to update responsibilities, Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) procedures, transportation policies, chemical event notification, chemical accident or incident response and assistance (CAIRA) operations, and inspection requirements. It also ... |
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| Cooperative Threat Reduction Program |
09 MAR 2001 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Congress enacted Public Law 102-228, the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (the Act), to reduce the threat posed by the weapons of mass destruction remaining in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Specific objectives of the Act are to help reduce strategic arms in the former Soviet Union to Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty levels or lower, enhance security over nuclear weapons and fissile material, assist the former ... |
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| Detailed Computational Modeling of Military Incinerators |
2001 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Martin K. Denison; Christopher J. Montgomery; Adel F. Sarofim; Mike J. Bockelie; Dick Magee; Fred Gouldin; Gene McGill; REACTION ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL SALT LAKE CITY UT
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| The United States has selected incineration as one of the methods for destroying the highly toxic chemical agents and munitions contained within the Chemical Weapons Stockpile. In this paper we describe a suite of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) based models that provide the ability to conduct detailed simulations of chemical demilitarization incinerator operation. The models contain furnace and canister geometries and all of the relevant physics and chemistry. The destruction ... |
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| U.S. Assistance in the Destruction of Russia's Chemical Weapons |
DEC 2000 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Eric C. Mostoller; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The thesis examines the present status of Russia's chemical weapons destruction program, which is to be implemented according to the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). It assesses the magnitude of the challenges in destroying the world's largest chemical weapons stockpile, which is located at seven sites in western Russia. It also evaluates the environmental and international security concerns posed by the conditions at these sites and the disastrous implications of ... |
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| Explosive Destruction System (EDS) Main Trials at DERA Porton Down, UK |
15 SEP 2000 |
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| Authors:
D. Stanton; DEFENCE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AGENCY PORTON DOWN (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| This document describes the main trials of the Explosive Destruction System (EDS) for the Programme Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel, US Army at Edgewood Chemical and Biological Centre, by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency at Porton Down. The EDS is a system designed for the destruction of recovered chemical weapons by explosive opening and chemical neutralization within a closed system. This report describes technical progress ... |
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| A Comparison of VLSTRACK (and Limited SCIPUFF) Predictions with Crystal Mist Experiment Results |
2000 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Graham C. Killough; ITT SYSTEMS AND SCIENCES CORP HUNTSVILLE AL
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