Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions (1993) / Chapter Skim
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PRIMARY GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEMILITARIZATION The committee believes that in destroying the stockpile safely and expeditiously, the following should be the primary goals of the U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program:
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- r ~ ~ ensure acceptable concentration of toxic chemicals in gas waste streams resulting from demilitarization operations; rriinimize liquid waste disposal problems by minimizing water . discharges; and ~ ze solid waste disposal problems by oxidation or conversion of organic compounds to innocuous forms.
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A decontamination solution used, DS2, is a general-purpose reactive decontaminant composed of 70 percent diethylenetriamine, 28 percent ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and 2 percent sodium hydroxide, by weight. Final decontamination, to a level allowing release of decontaminated parts to the public, requires a thermal process to the SX level, as discussed above.
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