TECHNOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AMMUNITION DISPOSAL IN MINING ENTERPRISES OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The chronology of formation of ammunition disposal with expired shelf life is considered. The characteristics of ammunition utilization technologies developed in Ukraine are given, their shortcomings are pointed out. Data on emissions of toxic compounds into the environment due to the implementation of domestic technologies are presented. There is a lack of state control over environmental pollution by toxic compounds during the disposal of various types of ammunition. At the same time, the problem of creating a charge from the PSU, which allows the disposal of ballistic checkers (BС) using them without prior grinding, while increasing the safety of loading. A method of forming a borehole charge of explosives from military ammunition for mass explosions by creating in the core of the well the transfer of detonation to each part of the charge, made of bundles of ballistic checkers, which will ensure the completeness of the initiation of the entire charge and thereby improve the quality of crushing rocks in the lower part of the ledge (sole), reduce the effects of seismic waves, especially on residential buildings, while disposing of ammunition. The developed technique of conducting mass explosions pursues two goals, one of which is aimed at preparing the rock mass for extraction at opencast mining with low-cost explosives, and the second, no less important, solves the problem of disposal of expired ammunition. It is clear that the third no less important goal is lined up for this technology - to provide the technology of economically attractive utilization of BP with new environmentally efficient technological solutions.