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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Radford Army Ammunition Plant"”.
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Air assessment of open burning at Radford Army Ammunition Plant
… of NOSIH AA-2 sheet waste propellant at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The project considers the plume and burn characteristics, the removal of nitroglycerin from the waste, the emission of metals into the air, and the modeling of pollutant emissions from open burning. The plumes …
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Airborne measurements of pollutants in the sphere of influence of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
… were measured in the sphere of influence of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant using an airborne platform. Data were obtained on twelve days between May and July 1980 and were used to map the upwind-downwind pollutant concentrations around the arsenal. Results of this investigation indicate that …
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Pollution control upgrade of a hazardous waste incinerator to comply with regulatory requirements
Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RAAP) is an industrial manufacturing facility which produces propellants used in conventional munitions. Two rotary kiln incinerators are used to destroy waste propellant generated during the manufacturing process. These two units are the only hazardous waste …
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The treatability of a munitions-manufacturing waste with activated carbon
… treatment of the TNT manufacturing waste from Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford, Virginia, with activated carbon is technically feasible. Essentially complete removal of color and nitroaromatic substances can be affected with packed-bed carbon column treatment. The optimum use of the …
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Effects of fall orphaning on white-tailed deer fawns
… conducted in the 826-hectare enclosure at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Dublin, Virginia, and was designed to determine the effect of fall orphaning on white-tailed deer fawns (Odocoileus virginianus). Data were collected on: 1) the survival rate of fawns, 2) the location of home ranges, …
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Deer behavior as it effects sex and age ratio counts
The 1971 white-tailed deer population on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Dublin, Virginia, was estimated at 426. There were 200 does, 110 bucks, and 116 fawns. Bucks were seen at about the same rate throughout the summer and fall. Since does and fawns are very seclusive in July, bucks were seen …
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Biological transformation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene under denitrifying conditions
… one with inoculum from the biological treatment plant at Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RAAP), which was acclimated to treatment of DNT munitions wastes, the other derived from an activated sludge not routinely exposed to nitroaromatics (Urbana). DNT was cometabolically transformed by both …
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A study of spermatozoan reserves of male white-tailed deer and of the reproductive physiology of fawns
… male and 21 female fawns collected from the Radford Army Ammunition Plant were examined to ascertain attainment of puberty. One female was pregnant and three males had evidence of spermatogenesis.
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The response of 12 clones of eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) to ozone and nitrogen dioxide
… white pine (Pinus strobus L.) growing at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RAAP). The 12 ortets represented 4 symptom severity classes (3 ortets/class) ranging from trees with > 25% of their crowns exhibiting necrotic tipburn (Class I) to those with healthy crowns (Class IV). Grafts were made …
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Disturbance effect of free-running dogs on deer reproduction
… white- tailed deer at the Dublin Arsenal of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant between 22 April and 3 June 1972, and from 21 October 1972 to 26 May 1973. During the first phase of the study, trained deer hounds were used to chase deer in one-half of the study area, using the other half as a …
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Contesting Risk, Expertise, and Environmental Justice on the Fenceline: The Cases of the Navajo Nation, Radford Arsenal, and Camp Minden
… next two cases: open burning hazardous waste at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, and M6 Disposal at Camp Minden, Louisiana. At Radford, scholar-activist research examines the contestations of risk at one of the most hazardous waste facilities in the nation. I analyze the construction of risk from …
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Environmental Risks, the Leverage of Scientific Information and Data, and Mediated Communication
… risk information through a case study of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RAAP). Using content analysis and logistic regression, the study examines how scientific information about local environmental issues is presented in news articles and what factors influence its inclusion. Findings …
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Investigation of a major reduction in hunter harvest of the cottontail rabbit in southeastern Virginia
… in rabbit harvest were documented, and the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (R.A.A.P.) in southwestern Virginia, known to support relatively high rabbit populations, were the study areas for this investigation. From aerial photos, it was found that little measurable change in rabbit habitat …