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NATO RTO AVT-115 Meeting12-14 September 2007
United States Munitions Demilitarization Priorities &
Capabilities
Mr. Larry Nortunen Defense Ammunition
CenterMcAlester, OK
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• Goals
• Stockpile
• Priorities
• Demilitarization Capabilities
• Global Demilitarization Symposium and Exhibition
Agenda
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• Reduce the Demil Stockpile
• Emphasize Closed Disposal
• Implement Resource Recovery and Recycling
• Promote Design for Demil
• Match Demil Execution Infrastructure Capability and Capacity to Execution Requirements
• Use Strategic Planning to Guide Operational Action
• Pursue, Transition and Integrate R&D Technologies that Close Capability Gaps
• Safety and Environmental Stewardship
Demil Enterprise Goals
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UNCLASSIFIEDStockpile (~500,000 tons) by Family
SF4%
HI30%
PD5%
HD5%
SC6%
PC6%
HB8%
HC11%
OTHER25%
HI ICM & CBUs
HC HE CTGs
HB HE Bombs
PC Propellant Charges
SC Misc and Incinerable
HD High Explosive “D”
PD Propellant Munitions
SF Fuzes
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Top Priorities
PROJ, 155MM M483 Bomb, GP 750# M117
CTG, 105MM M1 CBU-71/B and CBU-58B
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Closed Disposal Demilitarization
Disassembly
Explosive Components
Projectile PropellantInert
Components
HE Cartridge
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UNCLASSIFIEDAmmunition Peculiar Equipment
(APE)
APE 1002M3APE 1002M3Defuzing MachineDefuzing Machine
APE 1106M2APE 1106M2Prime-Deprime MachinePrime-Deprime Machine
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Missile Recycling Center (MRC)
• Access Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) warhead & motor
Removal of Center Core Burster
MLRS Motor entering nozzle removal station
Nozzle separation exposing propellant
grains
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Closed Disposal Demilitarization
Disassembly
Explosive Components
Projectile PropellantInert
Components
SUPPLEMENTARYCHARGE
FUZE
PRIMER
HE Cartridge
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Closed-Loop Demilitarization
Explosive ComponentsDestructive Technologies
Clean Metal
Slag
Waste Gases
Wet Scrubber
Clean GasAPE 1236
Deact Furn
Plasma Ordnance Disposal System
Contained Burn
Contained Detonation
Hydrolysis HydrolysateCommercial
Disposal
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• Small arms ammunition, primers, fuzes & boosters
• Flash: 75-120mm projectiles
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Contained Detonation
• 155mm HE & smaller HE projectiles and miscellaneous ammunition items, parts and/or components
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CAD/PAD Hydrolysis Project
• Cartridge/Propellant Actuated Devices (CADs/PADs)
• Currently processing 11 types of CADS
Residual Metalsrequire flashing prior to recycling
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Closed Disposal Demilitarization
Disassembly
Explosive Components
Projectile PropellantInert
Components
HE CHARGE
PROJECTILE
HE Cartridge
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Closed-Loop Demilitarization
Projectile Explosives Removal
Clean Water
Recycled
SCWO
CleanGas
MSO
Explosives
Expl Cont Solid
Expl ContLiquid
Solid Waste
Gas
Conv to Energetics
Meltout
Expl Rework
Induction Heating
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APE 1401 Autoclave Meltout
• 75mm, 105mm, 8inch, 750 lb bomb
• Removes energetic from item for reclamation
Variations at McAlester AAP, Hawthorne Army Depot and proposed in Korea
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Explosives Rework
• TNT/Tritonal
• Re-flakes melted-out TNT for reuse in new munitions loading
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Closed Disposal Demil
Disassembly
Explosive Components
Projectile PropellantInert
Components
PROPELLANT
HE Cartridge
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Closed-Loop Demilitarization
Recovered Propellant
Mining ChargesOrganic Fertilizer
Propellant Conversion
Propellant Slurry
Stability Testing
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Propellant Conversion
• Large grain gun propellant conversion to slurry mining charges
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Closed Disposal Demil
Disassembly
Explosive Components
Projectile PropellantInert
Components
CARTRIDGECASE
ROTATING BAND
PROJECTILE
HE Cartridge
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Closed-Loop Demilitarization
Inert ComponentsDecontamination
Clean Metal
APE 2048 Flashing Furnace
Commercial Flashing Furnace
Hot Gas Decontamination
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Hot Gas Decontamination
• Decontaminate munition items with trace energetics - up to 750 lb bombs
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Flashing Furnace
• Transportable Flashing Furnace to decontaminate munition items with trace energetics - up to 750 lb bombs
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UNCLASSIFIEDGlobal Demil Symposium
2008GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION
SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION
5-9 May 2008Salt Lake City, Utah
For more informationPhone: 918-420-8139
Email: [email protected]
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• Safe – Efficient – Environmentally Acceptable
• No “Silver Bullet” for demil of all munitions
• MIDAS Analysis:– Ammunition Families – Tons (vs. quantities) – Capabilities
• Global Demilitarization Symposium and Exhibition – May 2008, Salt Lake City, USA
Demil Summary