%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants %@ 978-0-309-12050-0 %D 2008 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12210/review-of-secondary-waste-disposal-planning-for-the-blue-grass-and-pueblo-chemical-agent-destruction-pilot-plants %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12210/review-of-secondary-waste-disposal-planning-for-the-blue-grass-and-pueblo-chemical-agent-destruction-pilot-plants %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Conflict and Security Issues %K Environment and Environmental Studies %K Math, Chemistry, and Physics %P 84 %X The U.S. Army Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PMACWA) is charged with disposing of chemical weapons as stored at two sites: Pueblo, Colorado, and Blue Grass, Kentucky. In accordance with congressional mandates, technologies other than incineration are to be used if they are as safe and as cost effective. The weapons are to be disposed of in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention. Although an element of the U.S. Army, the PMACWA is responsible to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics for completing this mission. This book deals with the expected significant quantities of secondary wastes that will be generated during operations of the facilities and their closure. While there are only estimates for the waste quantities that will be generated, they provide a good basis for planning and developing alternatives for waste disposal while the plants are still in the design phase. Establishing efficient disposal options for the secondary wastes can enable more timely and cost-effective operation and closure of the facilities. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership %@ 978-0-309-12208-5 %D 2008 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12258/review-of-the-21st-century-truck-partnership %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12258/review-of-the-21st-century-truck-partnership %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %K Energy and Energy Conservation %P 130 %X The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP), a cooperative research and development partnership formed by four federal agencies with 15 industrial partners, was launched in the year 2000 with high hopes that it would dramatically advance the technologies used in trucks and buses, yielding a cleaner, safer, more efficient generation of vehicles. Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership critically examines and comments on the overall adequacy and balance of the 21CTP. The book reviews how well the program has accomplished its goals, evaluates progress in the program, and makes recommendations to improve the likelihood of the Partnership meeting its goals. Key recommendations of the book include that the 21CTP should be continued, but the future program should be revised and better balanced. A clearer goal setting strategy should be developed, and the goals should be clearly stated in measurable engineering terms and reviewed periodically so as to be based on the available funds.