Risk Standards for Ordnance and Explosives Removal

Abstract

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH) provides central program management, safety, and special engineering expertise for the Corps of Engineers to identify, evaluate, and clean up Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) contaminated with Ordnance and Explosives (OE). Inherent in this process is the need for risk-based site evaluations and clearance standards. There are currently no widely accepted procedures to define acceptable OE risk. The USAESCH has developed and continues to improve such a risk based methodology. This paper discusses the basis of this methodology and the extension of its use to include comparative risk data and consequences effects. The intent is to provide a clear means to relate OE hazards to common activities the public is exposed to regularly and for which comparative risk data are extensively collected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA513281

Entities

People

  • Paul M. Lahoud

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Blast
  • Contamination
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Explosives
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Program Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Standards

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).