Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (2008) / Chapter Skim
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2 BGCAPP and PCAPP Process Descriptions and Secondary Waste Generation
2 BGCAPP and PCAPP Process Descriptions and Secondary Waste Generation
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contribute to the secondary waste generated and disposed of by BGCAPP. Monitoring is performed during the transport from storage and unpacking operations to ensure the safety of BGCAPP PROCESS DESCRIPTION workers in recognition that some of these nonprocess wastes Insight into the secondary waste streams that will be pro- have the potential for being agent-contaminated.
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(MPT) Offgas Energetics hydrolysate Clean metal, glass fibers, Bulk organic waste Oxidizer Agent hydrolysate Energetics Offgas Neutralization Offsite System (ENS)
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Additional Treatment of Liquid Agent and Rinse Water from the MWS details on the chemistry and analysis of the hydrolysate are discussed in Chapter 3 and Appendix B The liquid agent and rinse water from the MWS is sent Secondary treatment of agent hydrolysate is mandated to the agent collection/toxic storage tanks and subsequently by the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty to ensure irto the agent neutralization reactors (ANRs)
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suits. The objective of MPT treatment is demilitarization building HVAC, where it flows through to ensure that metal parts and other secondary wastes pro- activated carbon filters.11 cessed through it attain a temperature of 1000°F throughout for at least 15 minutes, which will allow their unrestricted Mustard Agent H Projectiles release or disposal.
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ions formed from dimerization of mustard agent in the muni 12Sam Hariri, lead process engineer, BGCAPP, "Process design over- 14Yu-Chu Yang, ACWA program, "Chemical compositions of liquid HT, view," presentation to the committee, January 23, 2008. solid HT, liquid H and solid H," presentation to the Mustard Working Group 13Yu-Chu Yang, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, Meeting, September 23, 2003.
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GB- or VX-Filled M55 Rockets 16Sam Hariri, lead process engineer, BGCAPP, "Process design over The M55 rockets are filled with either GB or VX and view," presentation to the committee, January 23, 2008. 17The AFS is covered in the next section, on M55 rockets with GB and are configured with the propellant-filled rocket motors and VX fills.
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Noncontaminated rocket motors, segments. The burster energetics for the M55 rockets are which comprise a secondary waste stream, are sent to storage much different from the tetrytol found in the mustard agent for shipment offsite and subsequent disposal.
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(BPBGT, 2007) .22 Additional waste streams include rounds is also sent through the AFS.21 Most of the aluminum DPE suits and spent carbon filters from the offgas treatment must be removed before treatment in the SCWO reactor be- described above.
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Most agent-contaminated secondary wastes will be The destruction processes for chemical munitions at treated in an autoclave or supplemental decontamination unit PCAPP will involve (1) transfer and disassembly of muni- (SDU)
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/autoclave waste secondary waste area (BRA) Vent to BRA offgas treatment Offgas Offsite system, then to atmosphere Offgas from HEPA and Filter Offsite or munitions venturi Scrubber activated waste autoclave treatment unit charcoal filters Particulates Spent solution To atmosphere Recycle to agent hydrolysis reactors FIGURE 2-7 Process and waste stream diagram for PCAPP.
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cal secondary waste streams treated are DPE suits and other Spent scrubber liquid (containing particulates) is pumped personal protective equipment; sampling equipment; tools, to the spent decontamination solution tanks.
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The 30-day storage tanks vent through dedicated local Biotreatment activated carbon filters to the atmosphere. The remaining Hydrolysate that has been cleared for agent content, biotreatment tanks, including the ICBs, vent to the BTA various condensates, and process water is collected in one of OTS.
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The stripped gases produces secondary waste from the iron sponge absorber and are transferred to the BRS OTS, and the liquid effluent is secondary wastes from the prefilter, the HEPA filter, and the transferred to caustic mixing tanks, where the pH is increased activated charcoal filter secondary wastes. by the addition of sodium hydroxide to reduce corrosion in downstream equipment.
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