(628e) Navy Demilitarization R&d Efforts

The primary objective of the Demilitarization Technology Project at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) are to pursue the development of safe and environmentally acceptable demil processes that will remove, reclaim, and reuse the energetic material found in munition items; for those items where it is unfeasible to reclaim the energetic, contained detonation technology is being pursued. The Demil Technology Project increases the joint service activities of Team Crane by strengthening the bond between NSWC Crane and Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) by providing new demil capabilities to CAAA for the benefit of its demil execution mission. Some of the technologies being explored and developed by NSWC Crane include: Abrasive Waterjet Cutting/Washout, Cryofracture of Submunitions, Induction Heating Melt-Out, Manufacturing Commercial Products from Large-Grain Gun Propellants, HMX Recovery and Requalification, Magnesium Recovery, Contained Detonation Chambers, and Molten Salt Oxidation.