ROCKETDYNE TO EXPLODE OLD AMMUNITION AT LAB.Byline: Douglas Haberman Daily News Staff Writer This morning, Boeing-Rocketdyne plans to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d 53 rounds of anti-tank and anti-personnel ordnance dating from the 1950s to the 1970s, which were found at the company's Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
No threat to the public is involved in the single explosion, said Ron Baker Ronald Baker (born November 19, 1954 in Gary, Indiana) was a former American football offensive lineman between 1978 and 1988 for the Baltimore Colts and the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He played college football at Oklahoma State University. , spokesman for the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, which issued an emergency permit for the detonation. ``There is absolutely no danger at all,'' said Rocketdyne spokesman Dan Beck. A specialized company, UXB UXB abbr. unexploded bomb International, will carry out the detonation, which will take place in a concrete bunker with steel-reinforced walls. People in the vicinity will not hear a boom, officials said. The nearest homes are hundreds of yards away in Bell Canyon, Beck said. ``If you hear anything it'll sound like a muffled muf·fle 1 tr.v. muf·fled, muf·fling, muf·fles 1. To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy. 2. a. thump,'' Baker said. A plume of smoke is expected to rise up from the explosion but will not be toxic or harmful, he said. The 20 mm to 30 mm shells - mostly 6 to 8 inches long and 3 to 4 inches in diameter - were part of tests Rocketdyne conducted between the 1950s and the 1970s to study propellants and the shells' explosive impact, Baker said. A contractor performing cleanup of the testing site discovered the shells in the ground during the past three to six months using ground-penetrating radar Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. This non-destructive method uses electromagnetic radiation in the microwave band (UHF/VHF frequencies) of the radio spectrum, and detects the reflected signals from . They are considered unstable because they did not explode and could still be live after all these years, Baker said. |
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