2008
	Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (Forthcoming)
	Review and Assessment of Developmental Issues Concerning Metal Parts Treater Design for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA), has let contracts to design, build, operate, and close facilities intended to destroy the chemical weapons stockpiles located at the Blue Grass Army Depot and Pueblo Chemical Depot. These efforts are working in parallel to a larger activity under the direction of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA), where the balance of the chemical weapons stockpiles is being destroyed. The ACWA facilities will use neutralization technology, while the majority of the CMA sites are using incineration. This report reviews and assesses the progress through design and testing of the metal parts treater (MPT) planned for use at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. It also includes a top-level comparison with the munitions treatment unit planned for use at the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. The MPT planned for Blue Grass will be used both as part of the demilitarization process, to decontaminate drained munitions bodies, and also to process secondary wastes resulting from demilitarization operations. This report is part of the NRC’s ongoing efforts to provide scientific and technical advice to the DoD as it seeks to destroy the nation’s chemical weapons stockpiles.
	2006
	Letter Report of Review and Assessment of the Proposals for Design and Operation of Designated Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (DCAPP-Blue Grass) (Letter Report) In 2003, the Army asked for proposals for a full-scale pilot plant to destroy chemical weapons the Blue Grass Army Depot using a neutralization process. The initial proposal from Bechtel and Parsons Corporations, using a supercritical water oxidation process (SCWO), proved to be too costly, so the Army asked for a revised proposal. At the same time, the Army asked the NRC to form committees to review and assess this proposal along with one developed for the chemical weapon storage facility in Pueblo, CO. This letter report provides an assessment of the intermediate design proposal of the modified SCWO Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. The assessment is confined to the technical aspects, maturity, and schedule of the proposed facility.
	Review and Assessment of the Proposals for Design and Operation of Designated Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (DCAPP-Blue Grass II): Letter Report In 2002, the Army asked for proposals for a full-scale pilot plant to destroy chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot and, in 2003, for a similar plant for the Blue Grass Army Depot. In both cases, the initial designs proved to be too costly, and redesigns were requested. At the same time, the Army asked the NRC to form committees to review and assess these proposals. This report focuses on the technical aspects, maturity, and schedule for the proposed full intermediate design for the Blue Grass facility, less the supercritical water oxidation process, which was reviewed in a previous report.
	Review and Assessment of the Proposals for Design and Operation of Designated Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (DCAPP-Pueblo): Letter Report In 2002, the Army asked for proposals for a full-scale pilot plant to destroy chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot and, in 2003, for a similar plant for the Blue Grass Army Depot. In both cases, the initial designs proved to be too costly, and redesigns were requested. At the same time, the Army asked the NRC to form committees to review and assess these proposals. This report focuses on the technical aspects, maturity, and schedule of the proposed modified design for the Pueblo facility.
	2005
	Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant Because of concerns about incineration, the Department of Defense plans to use alternative means to destroy the chemical agent stockpiles at the Pueblo and Blue Grass facilities. The DOD contracted with Bechtel Parsons to design and operate pilot plants for this purpose. As part of the NRC efforts to assist the DOD with its chemical demilitarization efforts, the Department requested a review and assessment of the Bechtel designs for both plants. An earlier report presented an assessment of the Pueblo design. This report provides a review of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant based on review of data and information about the initial design and some intermediate design data. Among other topics, the report presents technical risk assessment issues, an analysis of delivery and disassembly operations and of agent destruction core processes, and an examination of waste treatment.
	Interim Design Assessment for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant The DOD has contracted with Bechtel National, Inc. to design and operate pilot plants for the destruction of chemical agents at both the Pueblo and Blue Grass chemical weapons storage facilities. As part of the NRC efforts to assist the DOD with its chemical demilitarization efforts, the Department requested a review and assessment of the Bechtel proposals for both plants. This letter report presents the review of the proposal for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP). This letter report also presents an assessment of an alternative design suggested by Mitretek and of the desirability of technically viable alternatives developed by the NRC study committee.
	Review and Assessment of Program Options for Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants at Blue Grass (Letter Report) The DOD has contracted with Bechtel National, Inc.-Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group, Inc. to design and operate a pilot plant for the destruction of chemical agent at the Blue Grass chemical weapons storage facilities. As part of the NRC efforts to assist the DOD with its chemical demilitarization efforts, the Department requested a review and assessment of the Bechtel-Parsons proposal. This letter report presents the review of the proposal for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP). It also presents an assessment of alternative configurations developed by the study committee. Several factors, including technical feasibility, public acceptance, equipment availability, and safety, were used to evaluate the life-cycle cost and schedule implications of the alternatives for the BGCAPP. These assessments are primarily the result of the consensus judgments of the committee based in the substantial project management experience of its members.
	Review and Assessment of Proposals for Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant at Pueblo, Colorado (Letter Report) The DOD has contracted with Bechtel National, Inc. to design and operate pilot plants for the destruction of chemical agent at both the Pueblo and Blue Grass chemical weapons storage facilities. As part of the NRC efforts to assist the DOD with its chemical demilitarization efforts, the Department requested a review and assessment of the Bechtel proposals for both plants. This letter report presents the review of the proposal for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP). This letter report presents that assessment along with one of an alternative design suggested by Mitretek and of the desirability of technically viable alternatives developed by the NRC study committee. These assessments are primarily the result of the consensus judgments of the committee based in the substantial project management experience of its members. A second letter report will be issued on the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant design.
	2002
	Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot The U.S. Army is in the process of destroying the nation’s stockpile of aging chemical weapons stored at eight locations in the continental United States and on Johnston Atoll in the Pacific. Originally, incineration was chosen for the destruction of these stores, but this method has met with public opposition, and Congress directed the Army to develop alternative technologies for destroying the stockpiles in Pueblo, CO and Richmond, KY. To assist the Army in this process, the NRC was asked to evaluate the engineering design study of the three Blue Grass candidates. This report presents an analysis of various issues pertaining to the proposed engineering design package for the Blue Grass facility.
	Update on the Engineering Design Studies Evaluated in the NRC Report, Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot (Letter Report)
	Update on the Engineering Design Studies Evaluated in the NRC Report Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot (Letter Report)
	2001
	Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot
	Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: A Supplemental Review for Demonstration II
	2000
	Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: A Supplemental Review
	1999
	Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons
	1996
	Review and Evaluation of Alternative Chemical Disposal Technologies
	1993
	Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions
	1991
	Comments on Proposed Cryofracture Program Testing (Letter Report)
	Demilitarization of Chemical Weapons by Cryofracture: A Technical Assessment
	Siting of Cryofracture Chemical Stockpile Disposal Facility (Letter Report)
	1989
	Demilitarization of Chemical Weapons: Cryofracture (Letter Report)