Distribution and Fate of Energetics on DoD Test and Training Ranges
Abstract
The current state of knowledge concerning the nature and extent of residual explosives contamination on military testing and firing ranges is inadequate to ensure management of these facilities as sustainable resources. The objective of this project is to develop techniques for assessing the potential for enviromnental impacts from energetic materials on testing and training ranges; methods for defining the physical and chemical properties, concentration, and distribution of energetics and residuals of energetics in soils; and the potential for transport of these materials to groundwater. The approach includes characterization of posthiast residues from various heavy artillery munitions and from hand grenades by sampling surface soils in craters from both high- and low-order detonations. Residues from specific munitions will also be determined by sampling soot deposited on snow by the blast. Where possible, groundwater and surface water associated with the ranges will also be sampled. In addition to range characterization, the study will also generate soil transport parameters for explosives and explosives breakdown products for which such data are lacking. Transport parameters of interest include dissolution kinetics, soil/water partitioning coefficients, and transformation/degradation rates.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA398393
Entities
People
- Alan D. Hewitt
- Judith C. Pennington
- Marianne E. Walsh
- Thomas A. Ranney
- Thomas F. Jenkins
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center