Chunks' default behavior is to memoize everything on a two hour refresh.  If you want to update it on a more frequent interval, you should be able to do this by setting parameters in your parameters/ad.tcl  The following  should set chunks to expire information once it is an hour old.
ns_section ns/server/${server}/acs/chunks
ns_param  newscachelength         3600
ns_param  bboardcachelength       3600
ns_param  eventscachelength       3600
ns_param  classifiedscachelength  3600
ns_param  auctionscachelength     3600