Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, New Bomb Open Burning/Open Detonation Grounds EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Surface Sweep - A Project Overview

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Division recently completed a contract for an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Surface Sweep of the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant (HWAAP), Nevada, New Bomb Open Burning/Open Detonation Grounds (OB/OD). The scope of the contract required the location and rendering safe of approximately 5000 tons of ordnance fragments and 25,000 items of unexploded ordnance. This was a manual labor intensive operation under the direct supervision of civilian EOD qualified supervisors. The completion of this project has demonstrated that what was once an exclusive military function can be done in a safe and effective manner by civilian forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADP005351

Entities

People

  • C. D. Douthat

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Warheads
  • Rockets
  • Supervisors
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Warheads

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering