Patent ID: 8585841

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an explosive device capable of self-remediation, if the explosive device fails to detonate as intended, the method comprising the steps: forming a quantity of an explosive material into an explosive device; identifying a water expandable material, said water expandable material being capable of mechanically destroying the explosive material; and incorporating a quantity of the water expandable material into the explosive material in the explosive device so that, when the explosive device is exposed to water coming from the actual moisture of the soil or of the subsoil as well as the inclemency of the weather, the water expandable material in the quantity thereof is capable of rendering the explosive material insensitive to initiation by any means by virtue of the fact that the explosive material has been fractured into small particles and is thus below the critical diameter sensitivity threshold for the explosive material, whereby if the explosive device is installed at a detonation site and fails to detonate as intended, when the quantity of water expandable material is activated, the water expandable material in the quantity thereof deactivates the explosive device by fracturing the quantity of explosive material in situ at the detonation site.