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Title: Evaluation of decommissioning alternatives for the Pilot Plant Complex, Aberdeen Proving Ground

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/195755· OSTI ID:195755

This report presents an evaluation of four decommissioning alternatives for the Pilot Plant Complex (PPC), an inactive chemical weapons research, development, and production facility consisting of nine buildings located in the Edgewood Area of the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Decommissioning the PPC involves six steps: (1) assessing existing conditions; (2) dismantling the aboveground portions of the buildings (including the floor slabs, paved roads, and sidewalks within the PPC); (3) reducing the size of the demolition debris and sealing the debris in containers for later testing and evaluation; (4) testing and evaluating the debris; (5) conducting site operation and maintenance activities; and (6) recycling or disposing of the debris with or without prior treatment, as appropriate.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
195755
Report Number(s):
ANL/ESD/TM-119; ON: DE96006015
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English