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evaluation of safety and environmental metrics for potential application at chemical agent disposal facilities
by the end of 2009 more than 60 percent of the global chemical weapons stockpile declared by signatories to the chemical weapons convention will have been destroyed and of the 184 signatories only three countries will possess chemical weapons the united states russia and libya . in the united states destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile began in 1990 when congress mandated that the army and its contractors destroy the stockpile while ensuring maximum safety for workers the public and the environment . the destruction program has proceeded without serious exposure of any worker or member of the public to chemical agents and risk to the public from a storage incident involving the aging stockpile has been reduced by more than 90 percent from what it was at the time destruction began on johnston island and in the continental united states . at this time safety at chemical agent disposal facilities is far better than the national average for all industries . even so the army and its contractors are desirous of further improvement . to this end the chemical materials agency cma asked the nrc to assist by reviewing cmas existing safety and environmental metrics and making recommendations on which additional metrics might be developed to further improve its safety and environmental programs .
paperback national academies press 2009 isbn13 9780309130929 isbn10 0309130921
abridged n isbn 13 9780309130929 number in series 1 number of pages 36 publisher national academies press release date 62135769600000