Review of Systemization of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (1996) / Chapter Skim
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2 CHANGES AT THE TOOELE CHEMICAL AGENT DISPOSAL FACILITY IN RESPONSE...
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. As a result, the Stockpile Committee recommended that this activity be addressed satisfactorily prior to the start-up of the TOCDF: Complete the brine reduction area (to include its pollution abatement system)
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with modifications for the difference in processing rates. The results of the Tooele material balance performance tests are reported in Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, Phase 3 Systemization Demonstration Report, Brine Reduction Area Lines 1&2 (EG&G, 1994a)
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Therefore, the Stockpile Committee recommended that satisfactory operation be demonstrated prior to the start of agent operations at the TOCDF: Demonstrate the dunnage furnace performance with various levels of chlorinated waste; if needed, either modify the pollution abatement system design (e.g., add acid gas scrubbing) or limit feed materials to those that can be handled by the existing design; alternatively, satisfactory land disposal options must be identified.
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Draft Fan Failure. Operating difficulties were experienced with the JACADS dunnage furnace after the induced draft fan failed with dunnage fuel still in the primary combustion chamber; the failure of the fan also locked out the furnace burner fuel supply.
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. In the final analysis, the level of exhaust gas emissions from the modified dun 15 acceptable, but the Stockpile Committee recommended that NOx emissions be analyzed with respect to more stringent requirements that might apply to U.S.
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Based on the JACADS experience, shutdown and manual removal procedures would limit availability of the TOCDF liquid incinerator to only 30 percent of peak design throughput. The Stockpile Committee recognized this as a significant problem: Develop and demonstrate the proposecl hot-slag removal system for the liquid incinerator system.
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Furnace Feed System The Stockpile Committee recommended that better methods for tracking various types of munitions be implemented to avoid furnace feed errors of the kind encountered during OVT testing at lACADS: Eliminate furnace feed errors by improved monitoring and control of the deactivation furnace and metal parts furnace feed systems and by improved methods for tracking the various types of munitions.
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The changes made and tested at the TODCF address the problems identified during the JACADS OVT and should provide for substantially safer furnace feed performance than at JACADS. Residual Gelled Agent Determining the residual agent level and detecting residual gelled agent in ton containers and spray tanks (bulk containers)
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The comprehensive sets of activities outlined above should ensure the safe destruction of agent, adherence to regulatory requirements, and effective plant operations. Environmental Compliance The Stockpile Committee believes that environmental compliance and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program should go hand in hand.
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; the monitor support building; the chemical assessment laboratory; the outbuildings at the TOCDF; the residue handling area; the brine reduction area; the pollution abatement systems; TOCDF satellite accumulation sites; the process and utility building; and the 90-day hazardous waste storage sites. In addition, environmental procedures have been developed for hazardous waste transport audits; environmental self-assessment; environmental inspections; and incorporating environmental compliance requirements into operating procedures, project regulatory procedures, and drawings.
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Changes Resulting from Risk Assessment At the following recommendation of the Stockpile Committee, the Army undertook a site-specific quantitative risk assessment (QRA) at the TOCDF: Complete the risk assessment for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility during the systemization period.
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In addition, the agent monitoring program did not have experience in procuring and managing research and development and has been slow to master these new skills. ~1 General Recommendations for Agent/Nonagent Monitoring In the Monitoring report, the Stockpile Committee made five general recommendations.
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A single false positive requires shutdown of agent operations but does not by itself initiate the response appropriate for a major agent release. False positive signals disrupt plant operations and increase the potential for human error and equipment degradation.
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Both the Stockpile Committee and the Army recognize that new monitoring technology will be required to reduce the desired response times to a few seconds, rather than the few minutes possible with staggered ACAMS. The Army has contracted for the development and demonstration of a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)
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. They consider their training at the Chemical Demilitarization Training Facility as good preparation for their jobs at the TOCDF because there are only minor differences between the equipment and procedures at the training facility and the disposal facility.
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Therefore, the response appropriate for a major agent release should not be triggered by sporadic ACAMS false positive alarms. At other sites, where the disposal facility is in closer proximity to communities, the emergency response may have to be activated sooner following an initial alarm.
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If the evaluations are positive, the Army has chosen the TOCDF as the site for a demonstration unit; a primary reason for the selection of this site was the availability of an exhaust gas stream for testing purposes. This choice does not appear to be a prejudgment on whether a full-scale application of a carbon filter system would be warranted at the TOCDF or elsewhere.
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