Minutes of the Explosives Safety Seminar (25th) Held in Anaheim, California on 18-20 August 1992. Volume 2

Abstract

This document contains information on: Risk assessment methodology to evaluate public risk for cleanup of ordnance at formerly used defense sites; Operation Desert Sweep--the restoration of Kuwait; Ordnance removal and the public: Public affairs at formerly used defense sites; Overview and R and D Test planning for the Joint U.S./ROK R and D and Test Program for new underground ammunition storage technologies; Effect of blast traps on air blast propagation in underground explosive storages; Blast attenuation effect of access tunnel configurations for underground magazines--a parameter study; A geographic information system (GIS) for explosives facility sitting analysis; Sitting of an explosives assembly and storage operation for maximum utilization of limited available area; Uncertainties and probabilistic risk assessment of explosive safety; Consequences of pressure blast--The probability of fatality inside buildings; The role of risk analysis in directing the quality assurance program of the U.S. Army Chemical Material Destruction Agency; Chemical warfare material at formerly used defense sites; Hot gas decontamination of explosives-- contaminated equipment; Decontamination of chemical agent contaminated structures and equipment; Camp stanley underground magazine design validation test; Hydrocode calculations for simulation of 1/3-scale munitions storage facility tests; Ground motions form detonations in underground magazines in rock; Brick model tests of shallow underground magazine; Measures proposed to improve the safety of material within the defence establishment; Storage cost- benefit analysis in case of giving up 1.1 munitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1992
Accession Number
ADA260985

Entities

People

  • C. D. Douthat
  • D. J. Hewkin
  • Edward W. Soleau
  • Fred Dibella
  • Helge Langberg
  • Ken Crawford
  • L. A. Twisdale
  • Larry D. Becker
  • So-young Song
  • Thomas Kartachak

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Chemistry
  • Explosives
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.