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	DefendAmerica News - Air Force Team Cleans Up Unexploded Ordnance
		Back at their home station of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, the majority of the calls the explosive ordnance disposal technicians field are to render aircraft munitions and flares safe that didn't employ or fire correctly, and to inspect and dispose of suspicious packages.
		An Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician holds a scrap of shrapnel from a piece of ordnance, Oct. 6, 2004.
		To help explosive ordnance disposal technicians assess whether an object is unexploded ordnance or just a piece of intimidating-looking junk, callers should offer EOD as much detail as they can about the object without moving it, while at the same time maintaining a safe distance from it.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/oct2004/a102904f.html (444 words)

	Lebanon: Protect Civilians From Unexploded Weapons (Human Rights Watch, 16-8-2006)
		Such measures include marking and monitoring affected areas under their control, educating people about the importance of never handling unexploded ordnance, and having all parties to the conflict share information on the types, quantities and locations of weapons used to facilitate clearance.
		The threat from unexploded ground and naval launched artillery will remain a persistent hazard to both humanitarian aid workers and the local population until it is located and destroyed.
		An unexploded artillery projectile laying on the ground in a town in South Lebanon.
	www.hrw.org /english/docs/2006/08/16/lebano14011.htm (1095 words)

	Parsons Project Profile--Kaho'olawe Island Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearnace Project
		Congress required the Navy to return the island to the state of Hawaii and directed the Navy to conduct a cleanup of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from the naval activities, and environmental restoration of the island in consultation with the State.
		In 1997, Parsons, in a joint venture with UXB International, Inc. (PUXB), was awarded a multi-year contract to manage the clearance of ordnance from the island of Kaho'olawe.
		This effort includes surveying the site to locate unexploded ordnance and removing or disposing of the UXO material from selected portions of the island.
	www.parsons.com /about/press_rm/potm/09-2001/index.html (724 words)

	Unexploded Ordnance and Mines - Unexploded ordnance, Mines
		The second, mines, are a type of unexploded ordnance that are deliberately hidden and which are meant to cause damage to people or property at a later time.
		Unexploded ordnance is generally considered less dangerous than a mine because it is often found on the surface of the ground, although in many instances, unexploded ordnance can be feet or meters beneath the surface.
		At former bombing, artillery, or gunnery ranges, unexploded ordnance may be found at depths of several meters or feet if a projectile impacted the earth with considerable force and failed to detonate.
	www.espionageinfo.com /Ul-Vo/Unexploded-Ordnance-and-Mines.html (1767 words)

	The Raw Story \| Unexploded ordnance a deadly new problem for Lebanon by Weedah Hamzah
		by Weedah Hamzah, Beirut- The unexploded ordnance left across South Lebanon as a result of 33 days of the Israel blitz on Lebanon is posing an immediate and lethal threat on the country's residents, United Nations organzations warned Friday.
		The UN Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) is reporting an increase in the number of incidents relating to unexploded ordnance following the massive return of civilians to their villages in the south following the Israeli offensive that was ended by a UN-brokered ceasefire.
		According to casualty figures provided by the National Demining Office of the Lebanese Army, 12 people were reported to have been killed and 51 wounded due to explosions of cluster bombs since the cessation of hostilities came into effect on August 14.
	rawstory.com /news/2006/Unexploded_ordnance_a_deadly_new_pr_08252006.html (563 words)

	Injuries and deaths caused by unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unexploded military material in Afghanistan cause more injuries and deaths than landmines especially among children, according to research published on bmj.com today.
		Of these, 57% of injuries in 2002 were caused by unexploded ordnance compared to 36% by landmines - an exact reverse of statistics from 1997.
		Almost half (42%) of injuries caused by unexploded ordnance in children were due to the tampering or playing with explosives.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=7171 (365 words)

	BillingsGazette.com :: Trained dogs try to sniff out unexploded ordnance
		This wouldn't be a problem, except there are 15 million acres nationwide where unexploded ordnance cleanup needs to be done.
		Unexploded ordnance dogs are taught to only identify the chemicals used in explosives and to ignore any other material.
		The longer the unexploded ordnance has been in the ground, the more likely the scent has come to the surface.
	www.billingsgazette.net /articles/2006/10/12/news/wyoming/30-dogs.txt (1023 words)

	US CODE: Title 10,2710. Inventory of unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munitions constituents at ...
		(A) Whether there are known, versus suspected, unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, or munitions constituents on all or any portion of the defense site and the types of unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, or munitions constituents present or suspected to be present.
		The term does not include unexploded ordnance, military munitions that are being held for future use or planned disposal, or military munitions that have been properly disposed of, consistent with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
		(3) The term “munitions constituents” means any materials originating from unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, or other military munitions, including explosive and nonexplosive materials, and emission, degradation, or breakdown elements of such ordnance or munitions.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00002710----000-.html (938 words)

	Mass DEP :: MA DEP: BWSC Nomans Land Island-Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Assessment
		The objectives of this survey were to identify the distribution patterns of subsurface ordnance and ordnance debris and to correlate this information with existing environmental data to help determine the course of further environmental investigations.
		Pictured above and below are examples of over 11,000 pieces of ordnance and ordnance debris that were removed from the surface of the island.
		Other types of ordnance may have been used, as several service branches used the island for target practice, although none were discovered within the area of the surface clearance.
	www.mass.gov /dep/cleanup/sites/nliuxo.htm (773 words)

	Unexploded Ordnance - EnviroTools.org
		However, many “formerly used defense sites” (known as FUDS in military parlance) have been left with unexploded ordnance that present a special kind of hazard to those workers involved with cleaning up the site, and for any future use of the area.
		Types of former military installations where UXO may be encountered during environmental cleanup typically include depots where ordnance may have been stored and decommissioned, as well as bombing, artillery, and gunnery ranges used for firing practice.
		Individual risk is defined as the probability of a person being exposed to ordnance during a given activity on a FUDS.
	www.envirotools.org /factsheets/unexploded_ordnance.shtml (2360 words)

	DefenseLink News Release: U.S. SPONSORED UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE SEMINARS IN PANAMA
		In compliance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the United States is undertaking a massive effort to clear former training and impact areas of unexploded ordnance prior to the required turnover of all facilities to the Panamanian Government by Dec. 31, 1999.
		However, a small part of the former training areas that consists primarily of steep hills and extremely dense jungle foliage cannot be cleared of unexploded ordnance without both inordinate risk to explosive ordnance disposal personnel and doing irreparable damage to watershed areas that sustain water levels of the Panama canal.
		As a result, of the 143,219 hectares of Canal Zone land that are scheduled to be turned over, about 3,171 hectares will not be cleared of unexploded ordnance, or about two percent of the overall land to be returned.
	www.defenselink.mil /releases/release.aspx?releaseid=1906 (332 words)

	UNICEF - At a glance: Lao People's Democratic Republic - Mitigating the threat of unexploded ordnance to children
		Bombing and ground fighting in the 1960s and 70s left behind large quantities of unexploded ordnance in 16 of the country’s 18 provinces.
		The bright colours or unusual shapes of some kinds of unexploded ordnance, such as butterfly mines or cluster bombs, can exert a deadly fascination for children.
		It is a ready source of food, and children often dig for them in fields that could hide unexploded ordnance.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/laopdr_30924.html (532 words)

	Clearing unexploded ordnance In Lebanon - Everywhere - tribe.net
		The ordnance is proving a major obstacle to the restoration of normal life.
		While most of the approximately one million Lebanese who fled the month-long war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group have returned to their home areas, in many cases access to both their houses and the fields that provide their livelihoods has been blocked by unexploded ordnance (UXO), especially the bomblets scattered by cluster bombs.
		"The conflict in Lebanon has resulted in an unprecedented unexploded ordnance contamination south of the Litani river and in areas in the north and east of the country," said Christopher Clark, programme manager of UNMACC in Tyre.
	www.tribe.net /recommendation/Clearing-unexploded-ordnance-In-Lebanon/432f3fa6-4777-4255-80c6-2a2eefb52b60 (579 words)

	Unexploded ordnance is a threat to returning Lebanese civilians and aid workers
		Unexploded ordnance is a threat to returning Lebanese civilians and aid workers
		Beirut-Action by Churches Together member Christian Aid has warned that displaced Lebanese civilians returning home when a ceasefire is agreed should be on their guard against unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions fired by Israeli forces.
		It is estimated that around 10 percent of these munitions have not exploded, so it is likely there are more than 7,000 unexploded munitions across the conflict zone.
	www.churchworldservice.org /news/archives/2006/08/529.html (1367 words)

	Unexploded ordnance continues to kill Iraqi children - UNICEF
		Unexploded ordnance continues to kill Iraqi children - UNICEF
		In some neighbourhoods cluster munitions, some shaped like tiny bottles with short ribbons and others that are yellow with tissue parachutes, litter gardens and roof tops, UNICEF said.
		Heavier unexploded bombs are sometimes buried by impact in the floors of houses occupied by families who have nowhere else to live.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7758&Cr=iraq&Cr1=relief (565 words)

	More Equipment to Clear Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance in Vietnam
		As part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen U.S.-Vietnamese relations, the Department of State recently provided nearly $1 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment to Vietnam to help clear unexploded ordnance and landmines left there from past conflicts.
		It included mine detectors, bomb locaters, spare parts, personal protective equipment, explosive ordnance disposal suits, and medical trauma kits to treat any Vietnamese deminers injured during the course of clearance.
		The equipment will enable Vietnam to increase its national capacity to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance and some will also be used by Vietnamese explosive ordnance disposal teams which are supporting the Landmine Impact Survey in selected provinces in Central Vietnam that are severely affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2007/78487.htm (376 words)

	Robots, Airmen defuse unexploded ordnance
		The Airmen are 332nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians.
		When unexploded ordnance or any other unidentified munitions are discovered, it is time to go to work.
		Before new waves of technology put smaller, faster, better-equipped robots in the hands of EOD Airmen, large lumbering machines were used that needed to be put on trailers.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123010674 (475 words)

	Metal detection UXO Unexploded Ordnance and Land Mines
		Foerster's Metal Detection and Magnetics Division S is involved in development, production and marketing of: Metal detectors for UXO unexploded ordnance and ammunition detection Passive sensors incorporating magnetometer technology, active sensors incorporating eddy-current technology, extensive software applications for measurement data evaluation and mapping.
		Extensive training facilities are available, in particular for the sector of unexploded ordnance and ammunition detection.
		Detection, localization and mapping of unexploded ammunition, explosives and chemical pollutants in ferro-magnetic containers or with ferromagnetic constituents.
	www.foerstergroup.com /UXO (266 words)

	Qualissol-Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance-Clearance Verification Services
		Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) are collectively defined as explosive ordnance that have been used or fired but have failed to function as intended thus creating Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).
		They also include stocks of explosive ordnance left behind on the battlefield or military training areas, and may consist of a variety of items including rocket projectiles, artillery and mortar shells, hand grenades, cluster bomb sub-munitions, and landmines.
		Qualissol are specialists in the development, implementation, monitoring, and auditing of ERW clearance and disposal operations throughout the world using proven and internationally accepted management systems that ensure the delivered end-product meets or exceeds currently accepted safety and quality standards.
	www.qualissol.com (330 words)

	TEEX Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
		Upon successful completion of the five-week course, graduates will be able to assist in the safe detection, location, identification and disposal of unexploded ordnance.
		It is estimated that 16 million acres of land are contaminated with unexploded ordnance in the United States.
		This is significantly less than the number of UXO Technicians currently needed, and the workforce needed is expected to increase in time.
	www.teex.com /teex.cfm?pageid=PublicSafetyprog&area=PublicSafety&templateid=1469 (434 words)

	News & Analysis: Unexploded ordnance poses great problem in the south (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unexploded mines, shells and other ordnance litter southern Iraq in the wake of the war, causing great concern to agencies trying to protect the population.
		Children tag along as he walks past the unexploded ordnance (UXO), and he immediately starts stressing the danger of what they are playing with.
		Sohlberg said it was the responsibility of the combatants in any war to clear areas containing unexploded ordnance, but often it was the United Nations that ended up with the job.
	electroniciraq.net /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/14/736 (1009 words)

	USARPAC News - Corps Offers Certified Unexploded Ordnance Training on Big Island
		The intent of the training is to improve awareness of potential risks from unexploded ordnance among community members and to have trained individuals ready locally as jobs become available throughout the course of this contract and other future FUDS work.
		Ordnance clearance was started in late January 2004 and is continuing through the present time.
		Streck says subsurface ordnance detectors have been refined to a point where they now distinguish between a pipe or other debris and a piece of ordnance, without requiring workers to dig it up.
	www.usarpac.army.mil /news/releases_2005/uxo-training-1.asp (772 words)

	World: Treaty On Unexploded Ordnance Comes Into Force
		The debris is unexploded munitions — ranging from bombs to artillery shells.
		Former warring parties must also mark areas where unexploded munitions remain and warn civilians away from those areas until they are cleared.
		But he says it should raise attention to the problem of unexploded ordnance and this may encourage additional funding for existing ordnance-clearing efforts in many parts of the world.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/nov/1165.html (851 words)

	Aberdeen Proving Ground Installation Restoration Program (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As a result of these activities and the historic practice of disposing of ordnance by burying it, there exists the possibility of encountering unexploded ordnance during Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Installation Restoration Program.
		Unexploded ordnance is the small percentage of munitions that did not detonate at the time they were fired or were disposed of by burial.
		Unexploded ordnance is categorized by the type of fill inside the munitions.
	www.harfordcountymd.gov /EOC/EmerPlan/apg.html (1141 words)

	about :: Ordnance Cleanup
		Unexploded ordnance can be very unstable and exposure is a serious safety hazard.
		The areas the Army has identified as areas where ordnance and explosives may have been used range in size from less than one acre to more than 1,000 acres, although most of the areas are less than 200 acres.
		Unexploded ordnance can be very unstable and may be a serious safety hazard.
	www.monterey.edu /site/x9471.xml (2592 words)

	World Education - Feature Stories - Laos: Learning to Avoid Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Laos
		Such unexploded ordnance are still plentiful in Laos.
		The lessons are taught during the school year in all five primary grades, reinforcing other community awareness messages, as well as providing a base for UXO accident-preventing messages in the community.
		Unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos has caused thousands of deaths and injuries, and continues to pose major threats to farmers and children living in the affected areas.
	www.worlded.org /WEIInternet/features/laos_unexploded_ordnance.cfm (800 words)

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