Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Sheldon E. Isakoff, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Complete administrative actions, including introductions and composition/balance discussions for committee members and committee administrative support methodology; receive DoD briefings on the ACWA program concerning Demonstration II and engineering design studies (EDS) status; tour and inspect the four test sites located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) or the APG Edgewood Area; develop specific committee assignments for future activities; discuss concepts for planned reports and strategy; determine location and date for the next committee meeting.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Visit the following Demonstration II test units: AEA 12 kW SILVER II™ test unit for energetics, AEA 2 kW SILVER II™ test unit for agent, Eco Logic gas-phase chemical reduction test unit.

Visit the following EDS test units: Parsons/ Honeywell immobilized-cell bioreactor test unit.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Harrison T. Pannella.

Visit the following Demonstration II test units: Teledyne-Commodore solvated-electron technology (SET) test unit for energetics, SET test unit for agent, and fluid-jet cutting test unit; Foster Wheeler supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) test unit. Visit the following EDS test units: General Atomics SCWO test unit and dunnage shredder/hydropulping system. Tour the baseline incineration-based Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) and the adjacent chemical stockpile storage area.

Committee member: William R. Rhyne. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Receive briefings on the Parsons/Honeywell technology design package. Observe working sessions of scientists and engineers discussing preliminary examinations and possible minor modifications of the package.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell, Gwen Roby.

Receive updated briefings from the ACWA technical staff, the Citizens Advisory Technical Team (CATT), and technology providers (Foster Wheeler; Eco Logic Solutions, Inc.; AEA Technology Engineering Services, Inc.; Teledyne-Commodore; Parsons). Discuss concept drafts for NRC reports on the ACWA EDS and Demonstration II; develop writing assignments; complete composition and balance; finalize locations and dates for future committee meetings and potential site visits.

Committee member: Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Receive briefings on the General Atomics interim engineering design technology. Observe scientific and engineering working sessions on preliminary examinations and design optimization of the package.

Committee member: Leo Weitzman.

Observe the Parsons catalytic oxidation (CATOX) unit under consideration for incorporation into the General Atomics technology package and scheduled for EDS testing.

Committee member: Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella.

Attend the integrated product review meeting on the status of the engineering-scale test for the one-tenth-scale General Atomics SCWO test unit planned for treatment of VX hydrolysate at the Newport bulk storage site.

NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella.

Attend the joint Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization/Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMCD/PMACWA) Industry Day briefings to commence nontechnology-specific acquisition request for proposals (RFPs) activities for the disposal facility at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.

NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun.

Receive a briefing from the site commander of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, tour the storage bunkers, and visit the public outreach office. Attend a meeting of the Pueblo, Colorado, Citizens’ Advisory Commission.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella, Chris Jones.

Complete administrative actions, including introductions and committee composition and balance discussions. Receive updates from the PMACWA technical team and associates concerning Demonstration II, EDS, and energetics testing. Discuss initial findings and recommendations for the EDS Pueblo and Demo II reports.

Committee member: Willard C. Gekler.

Observe unit operations of the SCWO reactor being tested for use in the destruction of smoke and dye materials.

Committee members: Ruth M. Doherty, William R. Rhyne.

Attend a review of the energetics hydrolysis testing planned for Holston Army Ammunition Plant. Tour facility and observe operations. Holston is a major site for hydrolysis testing of many different types of energetic materials.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Ruth M. Doherty, John A. Merson, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun.

Provide briefings to the Dialogue on NRC activities concerning the ACWA program and attend the Dialogue meeting.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Willard C. Gekler, David S. Kosson (Parsons/Honeywell only), John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler (General Atomics only), Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella.

Receive briefings about the Parsons/Honeywell and General Atomics EDS. Results of some EDS testing were also reported.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee member: William C. Gekler.

Attend briefings prepared for the Army ACWA team by the technology providers on the status of preliminary technical reports concerning the Parsons/ Honeywell and General Atomics engineering designs. Results of testing for the engineering designs were also reported.

Committee members: Joan B. Berkowitz, Leo Weitzman.

Attend presentation by General Atomics to PMACWA on the developmental status of its SCWO reactor.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Report development; review and revise current versions of EDS-Pueblo and Demo II reports; devise path forward for first full message drafts of each report.

Committee member: William R. Rhyne. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend Dialogue meeting and provide an update of the NRC ACWA II Committee’s activities.

Committee members: Ruth M. Doherty, John A. Merson and William R. Rhyne.

Attend a working review meeting on energetics hydrolysis testing at Holston and the results of this testing to date. Become informed on the scientific and engineering issues revealed during the test procedures.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Bruce Braun, Harrison T. Pannella, Jacqueline Johnson-Campbell.

Receive briefings from the PMACWA technical staff concerning the status of EDS I, EDS II, and Demonstration II program activities and other presentations from the energetics hydrolysis testing group at Picatinny Arsenal. Review and revise reports. Define steps to EDS I report concurrence draft. Set goals for interim activities and for the next meeting.

NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Symposium on SCWO technology as it relates to materials of construction and corrosion reactions in reactors. Arrange to obtain scientific briefing packages and technical papers for distribution to committee members.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby, William Campbell.

Closed meeting for report development. Complete concurrence draft for EDS I Pueblo report and preconcurrence draft for Demo II report. Schedule next meeting date and discuss items for the agenda.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Mike Clark, Dennis Chamot, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby, William Campbell.

Receive briefings from the PMACWA technical staff concerning the status of the EDS II program activities. Prepare responses to reviewers’ comments on the EDS I (Pueblo) report and complete the concurrence draft for the Demonstration II report. Assign writing teams, set goals for interim activities, schedule next meeting date, discuss agenda items. Discuss concept drafts for the Blue Grass, Kentucky, report.

Committee members: Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, William R. Rhyne.

Inspect and evaluate the following EDS test units: Foster Wheeler and General Atomics SCWO units, Parsons Projectile Washout and Continuous Steam Treatment, and the Eco Logic Propellant Grinding System.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Willard C. Gekler, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend a presentation and review of the initial engineering design package developed by General Atomics for the demilitarization of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass, Kentucky, storage site.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, William R. Seeker. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend a presentation and review of the initial engineering design package developed by AEA Technologies for the demilitarization of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass, Kentucky, storage site.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend a presentation and review of the initial engineering design package developed by Foster Wheeler/ Eco Logic/Kvaerner for the demilitarization of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass, Kentucky, storage site.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, Stanley I. Sandler, Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Mike Clarke, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby.

Discuss press conference information for the EDS Pueblo Report and report dissemination. Discuss technology provider reviews attended in October. Integrate writing contributions and continue to develop an initial first full message draft of the EDS Blue Grass Report.

Committee members: Ruth M. Doherty, Frederick J. Krambeck.

Tour the Edgewood CDTF (Chem Demilitarization Training Facility) to become familiar with weapons structures and the complete weapons incineration plant.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Willard C. Gekler, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend presentations of General Atomics final engineering design package and most recent updates of unit demonstration test results.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Frederick J. Krambeck, Willard C. Gekler. NRC staff member: Patricia P. Paulette.

Attend presentations of AEA’s final engineering design package and most recent updates of unit demonstration test results.

Committee members: John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Richard J. Ayen. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella.

Attend presentations of the Eco Logic/Foster Wheeler/Kvaerner final engineering design package and most recent updates of unit demonstration test results.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, David S. Kosson, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William R. Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby, Catherine Lewis.

Receive briefings from the PMACWA technical staff concerning the EDS II testing plan and the Blue Grass demilitarization program status. Develop concept draft for the Pueblo letter report. Continue development of the EDS II first full message draft. Conduct a bias discussion update.

Committee members: Joan B. Berkowitz, Frederick J. Krambeck, Leo Weitzman.

Attend presentations of General Atomics final engineering design package and the most recent updates of unit demonstration test results.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Donald Siebenaler, William Campbell.

Present the NRC findings and recommendations from the NRC EDS I—Pueblo report to the Citizens Advisory Commission for Pueblo, Colorado.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, Stanley I. Sandler, William R. Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby.

Receive briefings of the most recent demonstration test results from technology providers. Develop responses to reviewer’s comments for the EDS I update letter report. Continue text development toward a concurrence draft for the Blue Grass EDS II report.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, Stanley I. Sandler, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby.

Receive briefings on “Operational Risk Assessments for Three Technologies Being Considered for Chemical Weapons Destruction at Pueblo, Colo.” Receive update of ACWA Program for Bluegrass. Continue text development toward a concurrence draft for the Blue Grass EDS II report. Set goals and confirm next meeting date and location,

Committee Chair, Robert A. Beaudet. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette. Harrison Pannella.

Attend Dialogue meeting and provide an update of the NRC ACW II Committee’s activities.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Joan B. Berkowitz, Ruth M. Doherty, Willard C. Gekler, Sheldon E. Isakoff, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, Stanley I. Sandler, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby.

Receive an update of the ACWA program and a technical presentation concerning H destruction processes. Develop responses to the reviewer comments on the current report. Lay out concept draft for the Blue Grass letter report.

Committee Chair: Robert A. Beaudet. Committee members: Richard J. Ayen, Frederick J. Krambeck, John A. Merson, William Rhyne, Stanley I. Sandler, William Seeker, Leo Weitzman. NRC staff members: Bruce Braun, Patricia P. Paulette, Harrison T. Pannella, Gwen Roby.

Receive briefings from Foster Wheeler on the results of validation testing of the transpring-wall SCWO and the evaporator/crystallizer. Evaluate the test results and discuss the objectives for the Blue Grass letter report. Complete the outline for the first full message draft and determine writing assignments. Discuss goals and significant dates in the development of the letter report.