Cleanup of chemical and explosive munitions : locating, identifying contaminants, and planning for environmental remediation of land and sea military ranges and ordnance dumpsites / Richard D. Albright
The Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions -- Cleaning Up Old Munitions Sites -- Limitations and Expertise in Remediating Munitions Sites -- Ordnance and Related Munitions Cleanup Issues -- Explosive Ordnance -- Chemical Warfare Material -- A History of Ordnance Disposal Practices -- Ordnance Detection Technology -- Excavation and Removal of Ordnance -- Recommendations -- A History of the Spring Valley Site -- Concerns over the Adequacy of Previous Remediation Efforts -- The District of Columbia's Initial Success as a State Regulator on Spring Valley -- The Continuing Search for Burial Sites -- Expanding and Enlarging a Remediation Site -- The Dangers of Lewisite and Arsenic -- Sampling Conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers -- Conceptual Site Model for Spring Valley -- Summary
Summary
"Unexploded military ordnance and highly toxic chemical munitions, some dating back to World War I, are a worldwide concern - especially at closed military bases that are being redeveloped for housing or civilian use. Experts estimate that the United States alone could spend between $50 and 250 billion dollars to clean up these sites, many of which are now in densely populated residential areas." "Richard Albright's Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions is an invaluable tool for these very communities who find they must undertake the daunting task of cleaning up old military ordnance ranges and explosive and chemical weapons dumpsites at their back door. The book explains what, how, and where to look for munitions and their residual contamination."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index
