Consolidated Nuclear Security recently completed “topping out” the High Explosives Science and Engineering (HESE) facility at Pantex. Topping out was achieved as the construction crew placed the final ...

Explosives blow up things, but also save lives. Not long ago students in the advanced-explosive engineering class at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology went with the blow-up-things approach ...

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Emulsion explosive is a commonly used industrial explosive used in infrastructure development like mining, tunnel piercing, and bridge construction around the world. In research published in the ...

The Explosives Engineering, Science & Technology (ES&T) short course will be held September 9–12, 2025, with instruction by internationally recognized experts in the explosive science and ultra-high ...