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

2. Agenda
Goals
Stockpile
Priorities
Demilitarization Capabilities
Global Demilitarization Symposium and Exhibition

3. 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

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

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

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

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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. APE 1236 Deactivation Furnace
Small arms ammunition, primers, fuzes & boosters
Flash: mm projectiles

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

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

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

15. 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

16. 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

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

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

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

20. Propellant Conversion
Large grain gun propellant conversion to slurry mining charges

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

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

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

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

25. 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:

26. 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