NAS backs alternatives to munitions OB/OD

A National Academies of Sciences (NAS) panel is urging the Defense Department (DOD) to develop a plan to shift from open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of conventional munitions to cleaner alternatives, but the panel also notes that EPA and state regulators have not adopted policies signaling a preference for such alternative technologies. The NAS committee, in a Dec. 6 report , also cautions that such a shift by the military will be “impossible” unless the Army has a clear directive for...