Destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles in the Russian Federation: a review
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60162694%3AG44__%2F26%3A00564104" target="_blank" >RIV/60162694:G44__/26:00564104 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60162694:G45__/26:00564104
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-024-01812-5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10311-024-01812-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-024-01812-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10311-024-01812-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles in the Russian Federation: a review
Original language description
Chemical weapons, designed for mass harm, are posing risks of contamination, accidents, and ecological damage, and thus require their destruction. However, destruction of chemical weapons is challenging, notably in the Russian Federation due to the large scale and complexity of chemical weapons stockpiles, the diverse toxic agents stored under varying conditions, logistical and political obstacles, financial constraints, and the disposal process. Here we review the Russian Federation’s chemical weapons disposal program with an emphasis on the political context, declared chemical weapons stockpiles, methods for destruction, health and environmental issues, and nerve agents. We analyze stockpiles totaling nearly 40,000 tonnes of chemical agents across seven facilities, focusing on their composition, storage conditions, and destruction technologies. Methods such as neutralization, bituminization, and thermal destruction are compared. Environmental risks include arsenic migration and groundwater contamination near disposal sites. We observe the limitations of using bitumen salt masses as a safe disposal method.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Chemistry Letters
ISSN
1610-3661
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
26
Pages from-to
393-418
UT code for WoS article
001388946100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85213849159