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Project Title: Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant

PIN: DEPS-BAST-12-02         

Major Unit:
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

Sub Unit:
DEPS Board on Army Science & Technology

RSO:
Braun, Bruce

Subject/Focus Area:
National Security and Defense


Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant
January 7, 2013 - January 9, 2013
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (Jan. 7)
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA (Jan. 8-9)


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Jim Myska
Email: jmyska@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-3118
Fax: 202-334-2620


Agenda:

The agenda for the open portion of the meeting is as follows:

General Atomics
3550 General Atomics Court
San Diego, CA

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Introductory Remarks and Introduction to the Committee
Mr. Jeff Brubaker, Site Project Manager
U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant Office

Dr. John R. Howell, Chair
Committee to Assess Supercritical Water Oxidation System
Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot
Plant

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Consideration of Statement of Task
Dr. John R. Howell, Chair
Committee to Assess Supercritical Water Oxidation System
Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot
Plant

Mr. Jeff Brubaker, Site Project Manager
U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant Office

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 – 11:45 a.m. BGCAPP Overview
Dr. John Barton, Chief Scientist
Battelle

11:45 – 12:15 p.m. Lunch

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. SCWO System Equipment and Layout
Mr. Kevin Downey, Advanced Process System Project Manager
General Atomics

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. SCWO Factory Acceptance Testing
Mr. Dan Jensen, Advanced Process System Program Manager
General Atomics

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Break

2:15 – 2:35 p.m. Cyanide – Its Presence and Potential Impacts
Mr. Dan Jensen, Advanced Process System Program Manager
General Atomics

2:35 – 3:05 p.m. BGCAPP Water Recovery System: Changes in Response to 2011 NRC
Report
Mr. Surajit Amrit, Mechanical Engineering Lead
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass Team

3:05 – 4:05 p.m. Tour

4:05 – 5:05 p.m. Travel back to hotel

Working dinner
USS Midway Museum
910 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA

5:45 – 6:30 p.m. Reception

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Discussion of Day’s Briefings and Path Forward
Dr. John R. Howell, Chair
Committee to Assess Supercritical Water Oxidation System
Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot
Plant

8:00 p.m. Adjourn

The sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 8 and 9, will be closed. They will consist of committee business, committee deliberations, and report drafting.


Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
John R. Howell (NAE)
chair
Martin A. Abraham
Eric M.V. Hoek (by phone on January 8 and 9)
Eva K. Lee
Julius Rebek (NAS)
T.W. Fraser Russell (NAE)
Philip E. Savage
Timothy J. Shepodd

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Committee business, bias discussion, deliberations about what the committee had heard, report outline, writing assignments

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: January 18, 2013