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

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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 BurningOpen Detonation Grounds OBOD. 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.

Author(s):
Douthat, C. D.
Author Organization(s):
CORPS OF ENGINEERS HUNTSVILLE AL
Supplementary Note:
This article is from 'Minutes of the Explosives Safety Seminar (22nd) Held in Anaheim, California on 26-28 August 1986. Volume 2,' ADA181275, p1223-1236. DOI: 10.21236/ADP005351
Pagination:
0016

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Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
COE
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6.4.2_Protect Data and Networks
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL, *INSPECTION, *MUNITIONS INDUSTRY, AMMUNITION FRAGMENTS, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ARMY FACILITIES, BOMBS, COMBUSTION, DEMILITARIZATION, DETONATIONS, EXPLOSIVES DETECTION, SAFETY, SYMPOSIA, UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Safety Engineering, Ammunition and Explosives
Keyword(s):
COMPONENTS REPORTS
Report Date:
1986 Aug 01