[CPEO-MEF] Final Report on Corrosion of UXO in Soil Environments

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Reprinted from the Fall 2004 edition of the U.S. Army Environmental
Center's "Fielding Environmental Solutions," on line at 
http://www.aec.army.mil/usaec/technology/fes00.html. 

Final Report on Corrosion of UXO in Soil Environments

The U.S. Army Environmental Center through funding provided by the
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) has
recently released a report, number CP-1226 entitled, Corrosion of
Unexploded Ordnance in Soil Environments.  The report identifies the
type, character and rate of perforations in the casings of UXO
underlying soil at U.S. Military Installations.  Understanding the
condition of UXO casings will help characterize the potential for UXO
energetic material to move into and through soil at testing and training
ranges.  

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected Field data from six ranges
actively undergoing clearance.  Approximately 200 pieces of ordnance
were studied to assess the relative impacts of various parameters on the
degradation of ordnance casings.  An analytical model predicting
perforation of ordinance in soil was constructed and allows the user to
input specific metal and soil characteristics.  

The data collected and the resulting model will provide the Department
of Defense with the ability to perform risk assessment calculations,
mitigate release rates by alternating environmental conditions, focus
cleanup resources on the highest risk area and continue training and
testing on those ranges that do not pose significant risk.

The final report can be found in the online library at the SERDP website
http://www.serdp.gov/.  

For more information contact the Army Environmental Center at
T2Hotline@aec.apgea.army.mil or 1-800-USA-4835.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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