Ebook: Defense Industries: Science and Technology Related to Security: Impact of Conventional Munitions on Environment and Population
- Tags: Industrial Pollution Prevention, Safety in Chemistry Dangerous Goods, Ecosystems, Landscape Ecology, Environmental Management, Waste Management/Waste Technology
- Series: NATO Science Series 44
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The state of the art in the area of security related civil science and technology concerning energetic materials and munitions is of pressing importance at the present time, because 10 years after the end of the cold war, in many countries in east and west, huge stockpiles of munitions still await destruction.
The safety behavior of munitions and their energetic material is the determining factor for all precautionary measures for the protection of environment and population. The probability of a catastrophic reaction of munitions and their energetic components will be so more likely, the closer the munitions are to the end of their life time. Residues and undetected ordnance, recycling, destruction of ammunition and depletion or reuse of energetic materials will either cause more or less damage to environment.
Scientific research and development have the aim to increase performance of munitions on one side and to improve safety in relation to unpredictable events on the other side. The impact on the environment by the production and normal use of munitions and their residues after use will acquire an increasing importance in environmental awareness.
The excellent technical presentations were classified in five Groups, according to the technical programme. The "Introduction to the subject; Methods, tests and application; Insensitive and "green" munitions; Storage and transportation; and Demilitarisation and recycling" sessions, were closed by a final and general interesting discussion among participants.
The state of the art in the area of security related civil science and technology concerning energetic materials and munitions is of pressing importance at the present time, because 10 years after the end of the cold war, in many countries in east and west, huge stockpiles of munitions still await destruction.
The safety behavior of munitions and their energetic material is the determining factor for all precautionary measures for the protection of environment and population. The probability of a catastrophic reaction of munitions and their energetic components will be so more likely, the closer the munitions are to the end of their life time. Residues and undetected ordnance, recycling, destruction of ammunition and depletion or reuse of energetic materials will either cause more or less damage to environment.
Scientific research and development have the aim to increase performance of munitions on one side and to improve safety in relation to unpredictable events on the other side. The impact on the environment by the production and normal use of munitions and their residues after use will acquire an increasing importance in environmental awareness.
The excellent technical presentations were classified in five Groups, according to the technical programme. The "Introduction to the subject; Methods, tests and application; Insensitive and "green" munitions; Storage and transportation; and Demilitarisation and recycling" sessions, were closed by a final and general interesting discussion among participants.
The state of the art in the area of security related civil science and technology concerning energetic materials and munitions is of pressing importance at the present time, because 10 years after the end of the cold war, in many countries in east and west, huge stockpiles of munitions still await destruction.
The safety behavior of munitions and their energetic material is the determining factor for all precautionary measures for the protection of environment and population. The probability of a catastrophic reaction of munitions and their energetic components will be so more likely, the closer the munitions are to the end of their life time. Residues and undetected ordnance, recycling, destruction of ammunition and depletion or reuse of energetic materials will either cause more or less damage to environment.
Scientific research and development have the aim to increase performance of munitions on one side and to improve safety in relation to unpredictable events on the other side. The impact on the environment by the production and normal use of munitions and their residues after use will acquire an increasing importance in environmental awareness.
The excellent technical presentations were classified in five Groups, according to the technical programme. The "Introduction to the subject; Methods, tests and application; Insensitive and "green" munitions; Storage and transportation; and Demilitarisation and recycling" sessions, were closed by a final and general interesting discussion among participants.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
The Impact of Munition on the Environment in a Global View....Pages 3-8
Safety and Compatibility in service of Munitions and Explosives in Romania....Pages 9-19
Energetic Materials-Models, Micro-measurements and Results....Pages 23-35
Safety Aspects of Combustible Gases and Vapours....Pages 37-63
Cookoff Test Models and Results....Pages 65-81
Micro Slapper Initiators....Pages 83-93
Environmental Problems related to Explosives and Ammunition. The Present Situation in Romania....Pages 97-111
Environmental Impact of Munitions on Military Proving Grounds....Pages 113-122
Safety Effects Caused by Insensitive Munitions....Pages 123-126
Insensitive Munitions and Green Energetics - Ways of Meeting the Need....Pages 127-140
Green Energetics at Indian Head Division. Navel Surface Warefare Center....Pages 141-207
Energetic Materials – Synthesis and Development of Insensitive and Green Compounds....Pages 209-220
Replacement of Toxic and Ecotoxic Components of Military Smokes for Screening....Pages 221-238
Today's Standardized Survivability Tests....Pages 239-254
Storage, Handling and Transportation of Ammunition after Reduction of 50% of the Existing in 1990. Security Involvement and Environmental Problems....Pages 257-262
Possible Hazards of Propellants Connected with their Chemical Composition and Decomposition....Pages 263-291
Oxidation of Unsymmmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine over Oxide and Noble Metal Catalysts. Solution of Environmental Problems of Production, Storage and Disposal of Highly Toxic Rocket Fuels....Pages 293-313
Investigations of Risks Connected to Sea Dumped Munitions....Pages 317-333
Demilitarisation and Related Environmental Research on Munition at FOI....Pages 335-347
Detection of the Composition of the Unknown Ordnance by Means of Nuclear Non-Destructive Techniques....Pages 349-356
Reuse of Demilitarized and/or Excess Energetic Materials as Ingredients in Commercial Explosives....Pages 357-360
Dismantling of Conventional Munitions and Reuse of Energetic Materials for Industrial Purposes....Pages 361-372
Environment Friendly Destruction of Energetic Materials and Munition on the Territory of Georgia....Pages 373-380
Back Matter....Pages 381-386