[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Success Classifying Small Munitions at Camp Butner" (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Success Classifying Small Munitions at Camp Butner

SERDP and ESTCP Headlines
Summer 2001
Advanced electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors optimized for  
unexploded ordnance (UXO) classification produced nearly perfect  
results at the former Camp Butner in North Carolina, rising to the  
challenge of classifying smaller munitions. In this latest ESTCP  
Classification Pilot Program demonstration, these new sensors were  
paired with advanced processing methods to successfully classify  
munitions from other nonhazardous items on a site with 37-mm  
projectiles as well as larger munitions items. Successful  
classification paves the way for reduced costs and an accelerated  
timeline to remediate munitions-contaminated sites throughout the  
nation.

Pilot Program Overview

The ESTCP Classification Pilot Program is providing transparent and  
documented demonstrations of the capabilities of classification  
technologies in real-world conditions. At present, most munitions  
response projects use sensors that were originally developed for  
other purposes and adapted to the munitions response mission. Until  
recently, it has been common practice to dig every target on the  
detection list, with the result that often as few as one percent of  
the items excavated are actually hazardous. Innovative munitions  
response technologies offer a rigorous, effective, and transparent  
method for classifying and distinguishing between harmless subsurface  
scrap and dangerous buried UXO. These technologies are transitioning  
to the field through demonstrations on live munitions response sites.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.serdp-estcp.org/News-and-Events/In-the-Spotlight-Archive/ 
Success-Classifying-Small-Munitions-at-Camp-Butner

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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