- Client:Donjon Marine as Prime for United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Site:Savannah River Harbor Expansion, Savannah - Georgia, USA
- Date:September - November 2015
Situation
H-6 (1.1D) explosives contamination was present in bulk and residual form on a Melter/Flaker machine within a building, as well as at fixtures within the building. After review of multiple solutions, the client specified the use of MuniRem® Reagent for safe recovery and neutralization of the bulk explosives to remove the explosion hazard for safe disassembly of all equipment and decontamination of the Bay area building fixtures. The photo below shows the small footprint of MRE’s decontamination set-up next to the building of interest.
Solution
A MRE process was successfully applied to remove the main charge and the threat of a detonation and fragmentation of the munitions safely without disturbing the most hazardous part of the munition (the fuze). Thereafter, the amount of explosives remaining within the projectile was contained within the fuze. Subsequently, the fuze was rendered safe by unscrewing and inerting in MuniRem® solution or drilling directly through the fuze body to access and neutralize the explosives again using a solution of MuniRem®. All explosive material flushed from the munitions was fully neutralized with MuniRem® solution for safe disposal as non-hazardous waste.
Result
