Metals Emissions from the Open Detonation Treatment of Energetic Wastes
Abstract
The NAVAIR Weapons Division (NAVAIR WD), China Lake, CA, is the Navy's largest research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) facility. China Lake's mission includes the design, characterization, and qualification of new weapons systems. This RDT&E mission generates sizeable quantities of widely varying energetic wastes. Due to the damaged and/or potentially unstable nature of these wastes, they cannot be transported off-Center and must be treated on-site. The preferred method of treatment is by open detonation (OD). This report describes the use of metals in munitions and the fate of these metals in OD treatment events. Most of the metals present in munitions are part of the munition casing. The report presents data to prove that the metals from the bomb, warhead, and motor casings produce fragments, and to disprove the assumption that "all casing material vaporizes". In addition, it discusses the fate of metals used as fuels in the explosive/propellant fill and of metals in platings, paints and coatings. This report recommends emission factors for metals from the munition casings, and platings, paints and coatings for various munition types. These emission factors are to be added to the emission factors for the various families of propellants, explosives and other energetics that are treated by open detonation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA433712
Entities
People
- B. M. Abernathy
- D. Wooldridge
- J. E. Hibbs Jr.
- K. R. Wells
- L. A. Zellmer
- M. Martyn
- M. Pepi
- O. E. Heimdahl
- R. L. Gerber
- T. L. Boggs
- T. M Atienzamoore
Organizations
- Naval Air Systems Command