Old Mortar Mixed In With Clams Delivered to Plant

Millville, New Jersey Workers at the LaMonica Fine Foods food processing plant on Gorton Road were surprised when they found an old mortar shell mixed in with a shipment of clams they received. New Jersey State Police responded to the call along with technical support from the New Jersey State Bomb Disposal unit.

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Lewisite Lost at Sea, a Look at Munitions Sea Disposal Site Data

In this 2nd article in a series of articles on the 2007 Annual Defense Environmental Report to Congress, UXOInfo.com analyzes Munitions Sea Disposal Sites. A new appendix to the Annual Report to Congress added in 2006, summary data on munitions sea disposal sites is now included in the report. A comparison of FY2006 data (i.e. Appendix R of the 2006 Report) to FY2007 data (i.e. Appendix S of the FY2007 report) yields some interesting observations. In 2006, DoD reported that 29,401 tons of CWM Munitions were dumped at sea at 19 sites in U.S. Waters. In 2007, DoD reported the total number of sites at 30 and the total amount of CWM munitions disposed at 29,652 tons.

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Threat of UXO Causes A Major Change in Underwater Pipeline Project

Stockholm, Sweden: Nord Stream AG (a Swiss-Registered Company) announced a change in the planned route for their 750-mile underwater natural gas pipeline designed to connect Russia with Germany. The company announced that the reason for the change was due in part to the explosives safety hazard caused by underwater munitions within the original planned pipeline path. Underwater munitions are suspected of being in the area from WWII era activities. These activities included the sea disposal of tens of thousands of pounds of munitions and related materials.

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