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Environmental Impact of Energetics on Test Ranges
Author(s) -
Hristov Hristo P.,
Hristov Hristo I.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.201600157
Subject(s) - pollution , environmental science , contamination , test (biology) , environmental protection , explosive material , environmental planning , heavy metals , environmental impact assessment , geography , political science , ecology , law , environmental chemistry , archaeology , chemistry , biology
Abstract In recent years, pollution of environmental components onsite training and test ranges has drawn attention of governments and defence ministries. In a great number of NATO and EU countries, measures have been taken including an assessment of test ranges status and their pollution content. A number of researches have been conducted in this area and their results have been published. Most of them comprise disturbing data on the measured contamination levels of explosives and heavy metals in soil and groundwater. This qualifies the problem on management of sites contamination with munitions constituents as a serious one and of international concern.