Schofield Barracks destruction operations demonstrate successful Army partnerships
EDS missions to Dover Air Force Base - continued success
SCANS completes successful mission to Holloman Air Force Base
SCANS performs first treatment at Fort McClellan
Chemical Agent Identification Set items treated at Fort Richardson
Explosive Destruction System treats 15 munitions in Spring Valley
Mortar shell treated at former Camp Sibert
Bomblets treated at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Successful treatments performed by RRS at Deseret Chemical Depot
Schofield Barracks destruction operations demonstrate successful Army partnerships
In summer 2008, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) completed support operations at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, facilitating the destruction of recovered chemical warfare materiel (RCWM). NSCMP was tasked by the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, DASA (ESOH), to provide operational planning and testing of the Transportable Detonation Chamber (TDC) TC-60. The TDC explosively treats RCWM on site in a blast containment vessel, while capturing any vapor with redundant air filtration systems. Operators treated the last of the 71 recovered items on July 30, with an outstanding safety and environmental record. NSCMP partnered with Schofield Barracks to extensively coordinate the destruction effort with local, state and federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, Hawaii State Department of Health, and the City and County of Honolulu. This deliberative and collaborative effort ensured safeguards were in place to protect the health safety of the community and the environment. Operations were enhanced by NSCMP’s prior non-intrusive assessment operations, which allowed for the safe handling and storage of items awaiting treatment. Waste resulting from the operation was labeled and transferred to a permitted treatment, storage and disposal facility. The TDC has been removed from the site and shipped back to the mainland for future destruction operations.
EDS missions to Dover Air Force Base - continued success
Starting in fall 2004, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) began successfully treating World War I-era 75 mm projectiles at Dover Air Force Base (DAFB), Del. First recovered by the Delaware State Police in Bridgeville, Del., munitions periodically recovered have been transported to DAFB for safe storage and eventual treatment. NSCMP treats the munitions using its Explosive Destruction System (EDS), a mobile system designed to safely treat recovered chemical warfare materiel. The EDS last deployed to Delaware in fall 2008. DAFB and NSCMP continue to partner in the successful safe storage, assessment and treatment of recovered chemical warfare materiel.
SCANS completes successful mission to Holloman Air Force Base
The Single CAIS Access and Neutralization System (SCANS) treated eight Chemical Agent Identification Set (CAIS) vials at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., in September 2004. CAIS items were used to train Soldiers to safely handle, identify and decontaminate chemical warfare agents. Prior to the SCANS mission, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project deployed the Raman Spectrometer to assess the contents of the items, identified as diluted mustard or lewisite agent. The assessment also identified seven vials of industrial chemicals, disposed of separately as hazardous waste by Holloman AFB.
SCANS performs first treatment at Fort McClellan
The Single CAIS Access and Neutralization System (SCANS) performed its first treatment of a Chemical Agent Identification Set (CAIS) item at Fort McClellan, Ala. on Dec. 17, 2003. SCANS treated an ampoule belonging to one of the approximately 160,000 CAIS once produced by the U.S. Army. CAIS were used to train Soldiers in the safe handling, identification and decontamination of chemical warfare agents. Prior to treatment operations at Fort McClellan, the Raman Spectrometer, an assessment system developed by the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project, evaluated the contents of the CAIS ampoule and identified it as chemical agent.
Chemical Agent Identification Set items treated at Fort Richardson
In July 2003, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) successfully completed treatment operations at Fort Richardson, Alaska. The Rapid Response System, a mobile system specially designed to safely treat recovered Chemical Agent Identification Set (CAIS) items, treated seven CAIS items and their chemical agent fill in its neutralization chamber. Operations also included processing and decontaminating 14 containers whose contents varied from broken glass pieces to 34 empty CAIS bottles. A 1993 environmental cleanup project in the Poleline Road Disposal Area of Fort Richardson recovered the items, resulting in their inclusion in the Survey and Analysis Report prepared by NSCMP.
Explosive Destruction System treats 15 munitions in Spring Valley
In summer 2003, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) successfully treated 15 World-War I-era 75 mm projectiles recovered at a burial site in the Spring Valley area of northwest Washington, D.C. Recovered in 1999 after site investigations identified two likely burial locations, the munitions contained mustard agent. NSCMP treated the munitions with the Explosive Destruction System, a mobile system designed to safely treat recovered chemical warfare materiel.
Mortar shell treated at former Camp Sibert
In late 2002, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) successfully treated a phosgene-filled mortar shell recovered during an environmental cleanup project at the former Camp Sibert, Ala. Explosives experts used NSCMP assessment technologies, transported on the Mobile Munitions Assessment System, to identify the contents of the shell. NSCMP treated the mortar shell using the Explosive Destruction System, a mobile system designed to safely treat recovered chemical warfare materiel.
Bomblets treated at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
In the spring and summer of 2001, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (NSCMP) successfully treated 10 bomblets recovered at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colo. Recovered throughout 2000 and 2001, the munitions contained the nerve agent, sarin. NSCMP treated the munitions with the Explosive Destruction System, a mobile system designed to safely treat recovered chemical warfare materiel.
Successful treatments performed by RRS at Deseret Chemical Depot
In its first mission, the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project's Rapid Response System (RRS) successfully treated approximately 700 Chemical Agent Identification Set (CAIS) items that had been stored at the Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah. CAIS inventory includes glass vials, bottles and ampoules containing two milliliters to four ounces of chemical agent, which the military once used to train Soldiers in the safe handling, identification and decontamination of chemical warfare agents. The operation began in fall 2000 and finished in early 2001. As its first deployment, the RRS team used the initial 500 CAIS items to test the technology. The remaining 700 items were then destroyed following the successful testing.
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