Pat—
It's not my area of expertise but I do recall a few years back that Milan (TN) Army Ammunition Plant used something called a Donovan Chamber for enclosed detonation of munition items. Online I’ve seen reference to such chambers tested on chemical munitions too.
Several search engine hits follow--
http://www.stormingmedia.us/73/7325/A732524.html
[PDF] Draft Encyclopedia X
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units include the Donovan Blast Chamber, the Blast.
Containment Structure and the Hurd Burn Units. 2.1.2.1 Donovan
Blast Chamber. The Donovan Blast Chamber
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www.trainex.org/web_courses/subpart_x/
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA406954
I also recall something about using molten salt baths for deactivating.
And here’s a book that popped up on the topic--
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/716118/description#description
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I hope this is useful.
Rodney Sobin
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Postal: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218-1105
Street: 629 E. Main St., Richmond, VA 23219-2429
Tel. 804-698-4382
rsobin@deq.virginia.gov
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From: owner-p2tech@great-lakes.net [mailto:owner-p2tech@great-lakes.net] On
Behalf Of Pat Gallagher
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:36 AM
To: p2tech@great-lakes.net
Cc: tori George; Dennis L. Hjeresen
Subject: Alternatives for open burning, open detonation treatment of haz waste
Folks,
Is anyone aware of alternative technologies for management of explosives
other than open burning/open detonation? I know this is not a typical P2
question. We have done much to reduce the waste streams at the source and
develop greener alternatives but still have the need to do some treatment.
Any help would be appreciated.
Patricia Gallagher
EMS/P2 Team Leader
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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