New Animation Depicts Process and Presents Results to Date Distinguishing intact munitions from nonhazardous metal and geology, a process referred to as classification, is critical to the Department of Defense's efforts to cost-effectively remediate munitions-impacted sites. Through an ESTCP Pilot Program, the detection and classification capabilities of commercially available and emerging sensors are being demonstrated at a number of field sites under operational conditions. Results from the former Camp Sibert in Alabama--a relatively simple site in terms of munitions, topography and vegetation, and geology--have shown that substantial classification is in fact possible. A second set of demonstrations is now under way at the former Camp San Luis Obispo in California, a more complex site. In cooperation with regulators and program managers, the Pilot Program also is investigating how classification technologies can be implemented as part of cleanup operations. The animation available here describes the classification process as well as the results from the first phase of the Pilot Program, a continuing effort that will span several years. |
