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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: mcal.td-functions@conus.army.mil

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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