Storage Compatibility Requirements

DOE-STD-1091-96

5.4.4

5.4.4.1

Compatibility groupings define which munitions may be

safely stored together without increasing the risk of

initiation.

5.4.4.2

Storage compatibility mixing

(a)

The permitted mixing of storage compatibility

groups shall be as specified in the DOE Explosive

Safety Manual, Chapter II, Table II-5. Additionally,

items from storage compatibility groups C, D, E, F,

G, and S may be combined in storage if the net

explosives weight in the items (or in bulk) does not

exceed 1,000 pounds and if the items are in their

original or approved packages.

(b)

Electric blasting caps (storage compatibility group

B) shall not be stored in a magazine with other

munitions unless the blasting caps are separated

from the other items by an enclosure built of

sandbags.

5.5.1

Storage of Small Arms Ammunition. Articles in Hazard

Class/Division 1.4 and Storage Compatibility Group S are considered

as inert for storage purposes and only require appropriate fire-

protection distance separation requirements as long as they are

stored only with inert items or other 1.4 S items. This applies only if

the Hazard Class/Division 1.4 and Storage Compatibility Group S

articles remain in their original packaging containers. When stored

with items in a Storage Compatibility Group other than S, normal

quantity-distance requirements must be observed (see Chapter 9,

Paragraph C.4.b. [page 9-19] of DOD 6055.9 STD).