Initial Closure Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants: Letter Report (2020)
Chapter: Attachment C: Acronyms
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"Attachment C: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Initial Closure Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25721.
Attachment C
Acronyms
| ABCDF | Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
| ANCDF | Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
| BGAD | Blue Grass Army Depot |
| BGCAPP | Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CMA | Chemical Materials Activity (prior to July 2012, Chemical Materials Agency) |
| CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention |
| DRE | destruction or neutralization and removal efficiency |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| GB | a nerve agent, also known as Sarin |
| GPL | general population limit |
| H | mustard agent, other designations include HD and HT |
| JACADS | Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System |
| LDR | Land Disposal Restrictions |
| MPT | metal parts treater |
| MTU | munitions treatment unit |
| NECDF | Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PBCDF | Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
| PCAPP | Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCD | Pueblo Chemical Depot |
| PEO ACWA | Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives |
| PPE | personal protective equipment |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| SCWO | supercritical water oxidation |
| SDC | static detonation chamber |
| SFT | shipping and firing tube |
Suggested Citation:
"Attachment C: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Initial Closure Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25721.
| TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act |
| TSDF | treatment, storage, and disposal facility |
| UMCDF | Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
| VSL | vapor screening level |
| VX | a nerve agent |
| WPL | worker population limit |
Suggested Citation:
"Attachment C: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Initial Closure Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25721.
Suggested Citation:
"Attachment C: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Initial Closure Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25721.
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