United States Munitions Demilitarization Priorities & Capabilities NATO RTO AVT-115 Meeting 12-14 September 2007 Mr. Larry Nortunen Defense Ammunition Center McAlester, OK

Agenda Goals Stockpile Priorities Demilitarization Capabilities Global Demilitarization Symposium and Exhibition

Demil Enterprise Goals Reduce the Demil Stockpile Emphasize Closed Disposal Implement Resource Recovery and Recycling Promote Design for Demil Match Demil Execution Infrastructure Capability and Capacity to Execution Requirements Use Strategic Planning to Guide Operational Action Pursue, Transition and Integrate R&D Technologies that Close Capability Gaps Safety and Environmental Stewardship

Stockpile (~500,000 tons) by Family HI ICM & CBUs HC HE CTGs HB HE Bombs PC Propellant Charges SC Misc and Incinerable HD High Explosive “D” PD Propellant Munitions SF Fuzes

Top Priorities PROJ, 155MM M483 Bomb, GP 750# M117 CTG, 105MM M1 CBU-71/B and CBU-58B

Closed Disposal Demilitarization HE Cartridge Disassembly Explosive Components Projectile Propellant Inert Components

Prime-Deprime Machine Ammunition Peculiar Equipment (APE) APE 1002M3 Defuzing Machine APE 1106M2 Prime-Deprime Machine

Missile Recycling Center (MRC) MLRS Motor entering nozzle removal station Access Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) warhead & motor Removal of Center Core Burster Nozzle separation exposing propellant grains

Closed Disposal Demilitarization SUPPLEMENTARY CHARGE HE Cartridge FUZE PRIMER Disassembly Projectile Explosive Components Propellant Inert Components

Destructive Technologies Closed-Loop Demilitarization Explosive Components Destructive Technologies Waste Gases APE 1236 Deact Furn Wet Scrubber Clean Gas Plasma Ordnance Disposal System Clean Metal Contained Burn Slag Contained Detonation Commercial Disposal Hydrolysis Hydrolysate

APE 1236 Deactivation Furnace Small arms ammunition, primers, fuzes & boosters Flash: 75-120mm projectiles

Contained Detonation 155mm HE & smaller HE projectiles and miscellaneous ammunition items, parts and/or components

CAD/PAD Hydrolysis Project Cartridge/Propellant Actuated Devices (CADs/PADs) Currently processing 11 types of CADS Residual Metals require flashing prior to recycling

Closed Disposal Demilitarization PROJECTILE HE Cartridge HE CHARGE Disassembly Explosive Components Projectile Propellant Inert Components

Closed-Loop Demilitarization Projectile Explosives Removal Conv to Energetics Induction Heating Explosives Recycled Clean Gas Expl Cont Solid Expl Rework MSO Solid Waste Meltout Expl Cont Liquid SCWO Clean Water Gas

APE 1401 Autoclave Meltout 75mm, 105mm, 8inch, 750 lb bomb Removes energetic from item for reclamation Variations at McAlester AAP, Hawthorne Army Depot and proposed in Korea

Explosives Rework TNT/Tritonal Re-flakes melted-out TNT for reuse in new munitions loading

Closed Disposal Demil HE Cartridge Disassembly Explosive Components PROPELLANT HE Cartridge Disassembly Explosive Components Projectile Propellant Inert Components

Closed-Loop Demilitarization Stability Testing Recovered Propellant Propellant Conversion Propellant Slurry Organic Fertilizer Mining Charges

Propellant Conversion Large grain gun propellant conversion to slurry mining charges

Closed Disposal Demil HE Cartridge Disassembly Explosive Components PROJECTILE CARTRIDGE CASE HE Cartridge ROTATING BAND Disassembly Explosive Components Projectile Propellant Inert Components

Closed-Loop Demilitarization Inert Components Decontamination Hot Gas Decontamination APE 2048 Flashing Furnace Commercial Flashing Furnace Clean Metal

Hot Gas Decontamination Decontaminate munition items with trace energetics - up to 750 lb bombs

Flashing Furnace Transportable Flashing Furnace to decontaminate munition items with trace energetics - up to 750 lb bombs

2008 GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION Global Demil Symposium 2008 GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION 5-9 May 2008 Salt Lake City, Utah For more information Phone: 918-420-8139 Email: mcal.td-functions@conus.army.mil

Demil Summary Safe – Efficient – Environmentally Acceptable No “Silver Bullet” for demil of all munitions MIDAS Analysis: Ammunition Families Tons (vs. quantities) Capabilities Global Demilitarization Symposium and Exhibition – May 2008, Salt Lake City, USA