Deactivation of explosive/shock-sensitive chemical compounds
- Code Environmental Services, Inc., Edison, NJ (United States)
A change has occurred in how the environmental industry and scientific community view the safe handling and environmentally-protective disposal of explosive, shock-sensitive, and highly reactive chemical compounds. Until recently, the most common disposal technology for the removal of explosive chemicals such as dry picric acid or peroxidized ether compounds, was open air detonation--usually conducted by a state or local bomb squad. With the advent of more stringent environmental regulations and a heightened awareness of environmental liability and personal health and safety, uncontrolled detonation is no longer the preferred disposal option. The new standard for deactivation technologies emphasizes on-site stabilization followed by off-site incineration. Utilizing remotely-actuated equipment mounted in an explosion containment chamber, the explosive/shock-sensitive chemicals are deactivated on-site by physical or chemical means, and then disposed of off-site via incineration. Not only does this methodology minimize the risk of releasing chemical contaminants to air, water, or land, it also provides an increased level of personal protection through remote handling within an enclosed chamber, and allows for complete, documented thermal destruction at a permitted TSDF. This paper discusses available deactivation technologies and considers their practical application in the field. It also provides some insight into the High Hazard Remediation industry, and summarizes the types of high hazard materials typically encountered in laboratory and field remediation settings.
- OSTI ID:
- 78022
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9406319-; TRN: IM9531%%72
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat `94: international environmental management and technology conference and exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (United States), 15-17 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of HazMat 94 international. Twelfth annual environmental management and technology conference international: Proceedings; PB: 696 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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