Advanced Agent Program: Risk Assessment.

Abstract

Halon 1211 has been widely used throughout the United States Air Force (USAF) as a streaming agent to extinguish fires. Because it is a depleter of stratospheric ozone, however, its production has been halted. The USAF has been performing research to identify potential replacements. Most "first generation" candidates, those chemicals that were readily available and had significant toxicological information, are not as effective as Halon 1211, and many have environmental an toxicological drawbacks. Consequently, the USAF has initiated a search for advanced streaming agents. Technology review have identified promising chemical families. This report provides a description of the National Academy of Science (NAS) risk assessment paradigm and its use in assessing specific chemicals and families of chemicals identified as having potential to replace Halon 1211 for streaming applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358561

Entities

People

  • Everett W. Heinonen
  • Robert E. Tapscott
  • Stephanie R. Skaggs
  • Ted A. Moore

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Elements
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Organic Chemistry

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology

Technology Areas

  • Space