Unexploded Ordnance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029097",
  "term": "Unexploded Ordnance",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The term exploded ordnance refers to any munition, weapon delivery system, or ordnance item that contains explosives, propellants, and chemical agents. Unexploded ordnance (UXO) consists of the same items after they (1) have been armed or otherwise prepared for action; (2) have been launched, placed, fired, or released in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material; and (3) remain unexploded either by design or by malfunction, or for any other reason.\n\n2. Military munitions that have been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action, and have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installation, personnel, or material and remain unexploded either by malfunction, design, or any other cause.\n\n3. The FFSEP Project will use the term \"UXO\" as defined in the Military Munitions Rule. \"UXO means military munitions that have been primed, fuzzed, armed, or otherwise prepared for action, and have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, personnel, or material and remain unexploded either by malfunction, design, or any other cause.\" This definition also covers all ordnance-related items (e.g., low-order fragments) existing on a non-operational range. (40 CFR Part 266.201, 62 FR 6654, February 12, 1997).",
  "abbreviation": "UXO",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "40 CFR 266.201 (CFR 2013)",
    "Superfund Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/unexploded-ordnance/"
}