ARL among experts reviewing long debated chemical rocket handling, disposal options i

[The Patriot]

An expert panel recently recommended to the Defense Department that thermal and chemical technologies may present the best disposal options of the more than 69,000 Cold War-era M55 rockets containing nerve agents currently stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot.The committee on "Disposal Options for the Rocket Motors from Nerve Agent Rockets Stored at Blue Grass Army Depot" of the Board on Army Science and Technology at the National Research Council completed its nine-month review in October. The panel teamed to offer guidance on technologies and options for the disposal of the rocket motor sections of the M55 rocket.

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