Demonstration Results of Hot Gas Decontamination for Explosives at Hawthorne Army Depot. Volume 1.
Abstract
TVA demonstrated at Hawthorne Army Depot in June-October 1994 that the Hot Gas Decontamination (HGD) process was effective in removing and destroying residues of explosives from obsolete munitions as the final step of the demilitarization process. Prior testing demonstrated the applicability of the process to decontaminate residues of TNT and Ammonium Picrate from various items singly or in small lots. The present tests extended the process to additional munitions and explosives and tested them in quantities approaching the projected usage of the facility in routine operations. Specimens of actual contaminated munitions were examined in a baseline study to determine whether spiking levels were representative of actual conditions and whether sampling and analytical methods prescribed for spiked munitions were effective for actual contaminants and residues. The test program was comprised of 34 tests of five explosives (Ammonium Picrate, Comp A-3, Comp B, HBx, and TNT) and six munitions (3-inch, 5-inch, 106mm, and 175mm projectiles, MK 25 Ship Nines, and MK 54 Depth Bcmbs) with treatment times of 6 to 32 hours
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA341523
Entities
People
- C. W. Brown Jr.
- J R Watson
- J. J. Hoagland
- M. C. Crim
- T. R. Stumpe
Organizations
- Tennessee Valley Authority