Identification and Toxicological Assessment of Thermal Degradation Products of Organic Constituents of Parts Comprising LLNL Design ARG Phase 2 Interim Report

The goals of Phase II of the Non Rad Toxics Project were: (1) To identify and quantify the major chemicals comprising smoke from smoldering plastics most prevalent in the LLNL designed weapons as well as materials unique to LANL designed weapons and SANDIA parts found in the LLNL and LANL weapons; and (2) To perform toxic assessment of the identified chemicals using existing literature information or TOPKAT, a computer program designed for toxic assessment of organic and certain organo-metallic compounds. This project was in support of the ARG Program needs No.15, Table XI, Accident Response Group.