| Most Recent Reports | | Upcoming Activities |
| The Army is in the process of destroying projectiles and mortars containing mustard agent at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ANCDF), Alabama. Rather than exposing the workers to the additional risk of manually disassembling defective munitions, the Army will use an explosive detonation technology (EDT) to destroy the munitions without disassembling them. The particular EDT system that the Army plans to use is a static detonation chamber (SDC) system manufactured by the Swedish company, Dynasafe AB.
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| The National Research Council of the National Academies established a study to assess the methodologies used by the U.S. Army for the testing of body armor. This Phase II report is focused on the behavior of ballistic clay and on other issues
relating to the test process that were raised in Phase I of the study. More detailed
evaluations of the array of issues surrounding body armor testing, both present and
future, will be presented in the final Phase III report. | | |
| Review and Assessment of Closure Plans for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System (2010-Letter Report) For this interim report, the committee examined the current status of closure plans for both the TOCDF and CAMDS based on presentations by key members of CMA staff and the systems contractor. It then developed a set of parameters based on this high-level evaluation to help ensure a consistently effective approach to the closures of the four currently operating CMA chemical agent disposal facilities. The committee also assessed regulatory requirements imposed by the state of Utah, where TOCDF and CAMDS are located. | | |
| The National Research Council of the National Academies established a study to assess the methodologies used by the U.S. Army for the testing of body armor. This Phase I report is focused primarily on the validity of laser-profiling techniques for body armor test measurements. More comprehensive and detailed evaluations of an array of issues surrounding body armor testing will be presented in the forthcoming Phase II and Phase III reports. | | |
| This report assesses the disposal of stocks of legacy nerve agent GA and lewisite at Deseret Chemical Depot. Specifically, the committee reviewed information provided to it on the 50 percent design of the Area Ten Liquid Incinerator (ATLIC) facility. This report also provides an assessment of the process design to determine the system's ability to reduce arsenic and mercury emissions to within the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) new source regulatory limits. | | |
