EXPLOSIVES DECONTAMINATION AT DEMILITARIZATION SITES
- Client:Global Government Contractor
- Site:Confidential Asian Pacific Island
- Date:February 2012
Situation
The site is a demilitarization facility for dismantling and neutralizing unexploded ordnance (many from WWII). Decontamination was required for:
(i) Equipment and building involved with demilitarizing old ordnance, which are contaminated with picric acid.
(ii) Dismantled shells, which are lined with crystallized picric acid.
Building & Equipment
MuniRem® solution is sprayed onto the equipment using a hand-held garden sprayer and is poured onto the contaminated concrete flooring to remove explosive substances.
