UXO and Hazardous Metallic Waste Detection Technologies for Use in Litigation-Conscious Environments

P228 UXO AND HAZARDOUS METALLIC WASTE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR USE IN LITIGATION-CONSCIOUS ENVIRONMENTS Abstract 1 Digital electromagnetic and total field magnetometers operated at ground level have been determined from trials in many diverse environments as the most appropriate technologies currently available for locating buried hazardous metallic objects such as unexploded ordnance. Appropriately used these devices enable a very high detection probability to be economically achieved with quantifiable and defensible assurance. Introduction Since the first digital metal detecting technology with automatic recording of positioned data was developed for the Australian Department of Defense in 1985 unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection has been