Risks by handling old, environmentally inflienced dynamite and other civilian explosives

Authors:

  • Dennis Menning

Publish date: 2007-03-15

Report number: FOI-R--2244--SE

Pages: 41

Written in: Swedish

Keywords:

  • Dynamite
  • civilian explosives
  • commercial explosives

Abstract

The report gives an account for the development of dynamite explosives and other civilian explosives from the year 1867 up to modern time. Different types of dynamite, ANFO explosives and slurry explosives are described, from a national perspective. Handling risks, concerning each type of explosive, are described, focusing on dynamite explosives.