Explosives Stabilization TestingCX(s) Applied: B3.6Date: 03/02/2010Location(s): Aiken, South CarolinaOffice(s): Environmental Management, Savannah River Operations Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
March 2, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 03/02/2010
Location(s): Aiken, South Carolina
Office(s): Environmental Management, Savannah River Operations Office
Commercial Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) detonators will be irradiated in the Digital Radiography unit in 781-A, totaling 1 gram TNT (Trinitrotoluene) equivalent at a time. Four detonators will be removed periodically. Each detonator holds 50 milligrams PETN. One detonator will be fired inside a Detonation Vessel installed in the Gun Barrel of 723-A. One powder PETN detonator will be used in x-ray diffraction analysis in Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. Two detonators will be shipped to Los Alamos National Laboratory for their testing and disposition. Explosive residues and unexploded detonators will be treated as chemical waste.