The objective of this presentation is to describe the innovative technologies currently under development in the DoD’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and in the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) that are focused on remediation and/or characterization of energetic materials in soils and groundwater. In addition, future research needs in this area will be discussed. Munition constituents may be released from either low- or high-order detonations on live- fire training ranges. Such constituents may then be deposited on the soil surface and eventually leach into groundwater by precipitation. Many of the munition constituents are toxic to human health, plants, and both terrestrial and aquatic species. Over the past several years, SERDP and ESTCP have funded research to target the assessment, fate and effects, containment, and remediation of munition constituents such as trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), 1,3,5,7-tetranitroperhydro-1,3,5,7- tetrazocine (HMX), propellants, and heavy metals in soil and groundwater. Significant effort has been expended in understanding and optimizing the methods for characteriza- tion of energetic residues on ranges, both at the impact area and at the firing position.
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