tailieunhanh - REMEDIATION OF BURIED CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL

A notable achievement by the . Army as of early 2012 is that 90 percent of the legacy chemical weapons and other chemical warfare materiel (CWM) from the Second World War and cold war eras and then stockpiled by the United States have been safely destroyed. 1 Whatever cumulative risk had been posed by the existence of this CWM to communi-ties surrounding the six military sites where it was guarded and safely maintained since the mid-twentieth century is now zero. Within a decade, the remaining 10 percent of the stockpiled CWM at two other military sites will likewise no longer exist. This. | REMEDIATION OF BURIED CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL I1H REMEDIATION OF BURIED CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL Committee on Review of the Conduct of Operations for Remediation of Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel from Burial Sites Board on Army Science and Technology Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract No. W911NF-11-C-0213 between the National Academy of Sciences and the . Army. Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. International Standard Book Number-13 978-0-309-25790-9 International Standard Book Number-10 0-309-25790-5 Limited copies of this report are available from Additional copies are available from Board on Army Science and Technology National Research Council 500 Fifth Street NW Room 940 Washington DC 20001 202 334-3118 The National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street NW Keck 360 Washington DC 20001 800 624-6242 or 202 334-3313 Internet http Front cover Upper Worker in personnel protective equipment lifting a single-round container . Army Corps of Engineers photo . Left Degraded military munitions found at Spring Valley District of Columbia . Army Corps of Engineers photo . Lower background German Traktor rocket bases filled with hydrogen mustard