As part of its long-term environmental program, the Department of Defense (DoD) is required to decontaminate and remove explosives contamination from equipment and buildings at numerous DoD installations. An environmentally- safe, non-destructive method to decontaminate facilities is by the Hot Gas Decontamination (HGD) technology developed by the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC). The HGD technology uses controlled heat to volatilize and thermally decompose the explosives contamination. The process was proven ...