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POLLUTANT EMISSION FACTORS FOR A TRANSPORTABLE DETONATION SYSTEM FOR DESTROYING UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE
Citation:
Mitchell, W J., T. Borci, S. Yee, A. Hicks, G. Simpson, AND H. I. Schiff. POLLUTANT EMISSION FACTORS FOR A TRANSPORTABLE DETONATION SYSTEM FOR DESTROYING UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE. Presented at UXO/Countermine Forum, New Orleans, LA, April 9-13, 2001.
Impact/Purpose:
The objective of this task is to develop and employ PM measuring tools for EPA researchers and regulators to use to characterize the exposure of humans to PM of outdoor origin in both outdoor and indoor environments. Achieving these objectives will improve the scientific foundation for risk assessments of PM in future reevaluations of the NAAQS and in assessing exposure of humans to PM.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discourages the disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO) by open air and soil-covered detonations, because these processes cause toxic metals, organics and explosives to be released into the environment. This paper presents the results from an emissions testing study on an alternative UXO disposal technology (DeMil International Model T-10 transportable contained detonation system) while it was destroying 81-mm mortar rounds at the Massachusetts Military Reservation. The emissions testing showed that more than 98.8% of the Zn and more than 99.99% of the Cu, Mg, Mn, Fe and Al in the mortar rounds were retained in the T-10 and that the particulate emissions were 150 times less than those from an open air detonation.
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