REMEDIAL ACTION WORK PLAN OPERABLE UNIT 2, LANDFILL ...

DEFINITIONS
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1,Blasting Cap - A cylindrical detonator containing one or more sensitive initiating explosives used to
initiate the detonation of demolition charges. There are several types of blasting caps. None are
considered high energy detonators.
Electric blasting caps. These are capable of being set off by an electrical current.
Delay electric blasting caps. These provide for a known delay between initiation and
detonation.
Non-electric blasting caps. These are capable of being set off by a spit of fire (normally
from a safety fuse).
2.BIow In Place (BIP) - The use of explosives to destroy UXO in place without handling, moving, or
disturbing the UXO.
3. Bomblet - Anti-personnel or anti-vehicular submunition ranging in size from approximately 1.5 to 6
inches (ins.) in diameter. The ordnance items are deployed from a cluster bomb unit (CBU).
..... 4. Combustible Material - Any material that, when ignited, will sustain burning.
5. Conical Shape Charge - A shaped charge designed to puncture objects or compounds.
6. DeflaGration - Very rapid combustion sometimes accompanied by flame, sparks, and/or spattering of
burning particles. Deflagration, although classed as an explosion, generally implies the burning of a
substance with self contained oxygen so that the reaction zone advances into the unreacted material
at less than the velocity of sound in the unreacted material. The term is often used to refer to the action
of high explosive ordnance which, upon impact with a target, does not produce the usual effects of a high
order detonation. Strictly speaking, the term “low order detonation” should be used if it is intended to
connote a burning reaction.
Also see Detonation
7. Demilitarization - As used in this SOP, demilitarization refers to rendering UXO completely
unrecognizable and unusable. Demilitarization is normally accomplished by the use of high explosives,
but other methods are sometimes used, such as mechanical crushing or cutting with torches.
8.DisPosal bv Detonation - Final destruction of UXO and components achieved using high explosives.
9. Detonation - A detonation is classed as an explosion. It is a chemical reaction that propagates with
such rapidity that the rate of advance of the reaction zone into the unreacted material exceeds the
.---.yelocity of sound in the unreacted material. The rate of advance of the reaction zone is termed
detonation rate” or “detonation velocity.” When this rate of advance attains such a value that it will
continue without diminution through the unreacted material, it is termed the “stable detonation velocity.”
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