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Evaluation of safety and environmental metrics for potential application at chemical agent disposal facilities

Title
Evaluation of safety and environmental metrics for potential application at chemical agent disposal facilities / Committee on Evaluation of the Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Evaluation of the Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009], ©2009.

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  • National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Army Science and Technology.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.
  • National Academies Press (U.S.)
Description
xiv, 36 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
In the United States, destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile began in 1990, when Congress mandated that the Army and its contractors destroy the stockpile while ensuring maximum safety for workers, the public, and the environment. The destruction program has proceeded without serious exposure of any worker or member of the public to chemical agents, and risk to the public from a storage incident involving the aging stockpile has been reduced by more than 90 percent from what it was at the time destruction began on Johnston Island and in the continental United States. At this time, safety at chemical agent disposal facilities is far better than the national average for all industries. Even so, the Army and its contractors are desirous of further improvement. To this end, the Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) asked the NRC to assist by reviewing CMA's existing safety and environmental metrics and making recommendations on which additional metrics might be developed to further improve its safety and environmental programs.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
ISBN
  • 0309130921
  • 9780309130929
OCLC
  • ocn402276012
  • 402276012
  • SCSB-5476522
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries