Cleanup of chemical and explosive munitions : locating, identifying the contaminants, and planning for environmental cleanup of land and sea military ranges and dumpsites
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Richard D Albright
- ناشر : Norwich, N.Y. : William Andrew
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780815515401
Description
The Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions -- Cleaning Up Old Munitions Sites -- Limitations and Expertise in Remediating Munitions Sites -- Ordnance and Related Munitions Cleanup Issues -- Explosive Ordnance -- Chemical Warfare Material -- A History of Ordnance Disposal Practices -- Ordnance Detection Technology -- Excavation and Removal of Ordnance -- Recommendations -- A History of the Spring Valley Site -- Concerns over the Adequacy of Previous Remediation Efforts -- The District of Columbia's Initial Success as a State Regulator on Spring Valley -- The Continuing Search for Burial Sites -- Expanding and Enlarging a Remediation Site -- The Dangers of Lewisite and Arsenic -- Sampling Conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers -- Conceptual Site Model for Spring Valley -- Summary.
Unexploded military ordnance and toxic chemicals, some dating back to World War I, are a worldwide concern, especially at closed military bases that will be redeveloped for housing or civilian use. In Europe and Asia, many munitions sites are former battlegrounds; in Russia and its former territories, sites are used for storage and waste disposal. Experts estimate that the United States alone could spend between $50
