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... chemical weapons stockpile can be classified as follows: and health risks to individuals in surrounding communities; risks to workers at military sites in storing or destroying weapons; risks of the failure of the chosen destruction technology to perfo~ satisfactonly, resulting in shutdowns and delays.
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... This particular approach, referred to as storage and certification, can be applied to all waste streams, and watt be discussed in some detail later in this report. Technologies that greatly reduce or eliminate waste gas discharge from the destruction system offer another way to my ze concern about this potential source of air quality degradation.
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  • waste streams
  • waste gas
  • chemical weapons
  • flue gas
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  • continued storage
  • agent release
  • chemical demilitarization
  • weapons stockpile
  • surrounding communities

  • destruction technology


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