Explosives symposium to be held

By Andrew Stackpool

TRENDS in explosive ordnance technologies will be the focus of a forthcoming symposium.

PARARI, the 7th Australian explosive ordnance (EO) symposium, will be held at the Melbourne Sofitel from November 8-10.

The Directorate of Ordnance Safety and ADI Limited will host the internationally recognised event, which attracts delegates from the EO community of more than 13 nations.

Over the three days, the symposium will explore topics such as: EO technologies and new projects, insensitive munitions design and testing, explosives design and use, explosives manufacturing, testing, risk assessment and environmental aspects, UXO disposal and management, transport, blast and quantity distance, explosives effects modelling, improvised explosive devices, explosives safety and EO management and policy development.

Further information is available at: http://intranet.defence.gov.au/vcdfWeb/Sites/DOS/ and http://www.defence.gov.au/vcdf/dos.cfm.

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