DELIVERABLES

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Methodology
   1. Stakeholder community: Groups & Expectations
   2. Stakeholder engagement approach
   3. Stakeholder personal data protection
3. Results
   1. Current roster of stakeholders, February 2026
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Supplementary material

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
   1. Survey Area
   2. Stakeholders Identification and Selection
   3. Survey Design
   4. Data Collection and Analysis
3. Results
   1. Profile of respondents
   2. Impacts of dumped marine munitions on the environment, economy, security and safety
   3. Remediation of submerged munitions
      1. Aspects requiring further information
      2. Impacts of remediation on the Environment, Economy and Security
      3. Need for remediation actions
      4. Remediation approaches and methods
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. References
7. Appendices
   1. Questionnaire
   2. Concerns of the Presence of Munitions in the Sea
   3. Additional Information for Remediation
   4. Other Considerations for Remediation Activities
   5. Methods for Remediation

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Data summary
3. FAIR Data
   1. Making data findable, including provisions for metadata
   2. Making data accessible
   3. Making data interoperable
   4. Increase data re-use
4. Data Security
5. Ethical aspects
6. Other issues

Contents

1. Executive summary
2. Introduction
3. Existing AI approaches for munition detection
   1. Spatial hydroacoustic approaches
      1. Traditional and unsupervised signal processing
      2. One-stage detectors
      3. Two-stage detectors
   2. Acoustic camera approaches
   3. Optical camera approaches
4. Conclusions
5. References

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Magnetic Method
3. AUVs
   1. General Remarks
   2. AUV-Based Magnetics
   3. AUV-Related Magnetic Noise
   4. Integration Examples
      1. Girona 500 AUV with Fluxgate Magnetometers
      2. NemoSens AUV with one Fluxgate Magnetometer
      3. Iver2 AUV with an Overhauser Magnetometer
      4. ROV-Based Electromagnetics
4. Data Processing
   1. General Magnetic Processing
   2. Magnetic Processing on a Girona 500 AUV
5. Smart AUVs
6. Conclusions
7. References

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
   1. MCs
   2. CWAs
      1. Literature Search - CWAs
      2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria-CWAs
      3. Selection and Quality Assessment
      4. Extraction and Harmonisation
3. Results
   1. Study Areas and Sample Counts
   2. Measured Environmental Concentrations of MCs and CWAs
      1. MC Concentration in Sediments
      2. MC Concentrations in Water (Dissolved and Particulate)
      3. Measured CWA Concentrations in Sediments
   3. Regulatory and Toxicity Values for MCs and CWAs
      1. MC Regulatory Relevant values
      2. MC Toxicity Values
      3. CWA Regulatory Relevant Values
      4. CWA Toxicity Values
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. References

Contents

1. Introduction
   1. The EU context
   2. Existing methods for munition search and clearance
   3. Field methods for chemical detection
2. Critical characteristics
3. Existing technologies
   1. Immunosensors
   2. Amplifying Fluorescent Polymers
   3. Electrochemical Detection
   4. Portable HPLC
   5. Portable mass spectrometry
   6. Preconcentration of explosives from seawater
4. Outlook for the future
   1. GEOMAR "Xplotector" Lab-in-a-Box System
   2. Fraunhofer ICT electrochemical sensor
   3. System integration within MMinE-SwEEPER
5. Conclusions
6. References

Contents

1. Introduction
   1. The environmental and security challenge of sea-dumped chemical warfare agents
   2. The EU context
   3. Operational and safety drivers for on-board CWA analysis
2. On-board CWA analysis
   1. Hazmat-teams/CBRN-units
   2. Analysis of CWA with deployable headspace GC-MS
   3. Analysis of CWA by portable capillary electrophoresis
3. Neutron Activation Analysis NAA
   1. Monte Carlo simulations
      1. Analysis details
      2. Simulation results
   2. Experimental results
4. Conclusions
5. References

Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Reactions of explosives
2. High-order detonation (HOD)
3. Low-order disposal (LOD)
4. Comparing HOD and LOD
   1. Pressure wave
   2. Contamination
   3. Cost
5. Other disposal methods
6. Regulations and standards
7. Conclusions and recommendations
8. References

Contents

1. Introduction Historical Data
   1. Data Sources in Historical UXO Research
      1. Archival and Documentary Sources
      2. Aerial and War-Time Photographs
      3. Recovered Munitions Records
      4. Oral History and Local Knowledge
      5. Geological and Environmental Indicators
      6. Cross-Cutting Challenges in Historical Data Sources
      7. Example: Old scripts and handwriting
2. Historical Data Compilation, Processing and Spatial Analysis
   1. Compiling and Data management
   2. Historical Data Processing and Validation
   3. GIS-based Spatial Integration
   4. KIS at the EOD Service in Schleswig-Holstein (KRD-SH)
3. Output: Mapping of Suspected UXO Areas and Risk Assessment
   1. Automated Analysis of Historical Documents for the Identification of Dumped Munition and UXO in the Baltic and North Seas
   2. ErPaD: AI-based extraction of spatial positions from historical documents
   3. ErPaD 2.0: Transition from Research to Operational Large-Scale Deployment
   4. From Methodology to Product: Smart Geotagging within the ocean data platform TrueOcean
   5. Relevance for Marine Munition and UXO Management
4. Conclusion
5. References
6. Appendix

Contents

1. Initial Remarks
2. Introduction
3. Definitions and Terminology
4. Background
5. Political commitments
6. Stakeholder engagement
   1. External stakeholders
   2. Role of the External Stakeholder Advisory Board
7. Target audience
8. DEC tools and channels
   1. Project website
   2. JPI Oceans Munitions Portal
   3. Social media
   4. Newsletter
   5. Scientific publications and conference presentations
   6. Project flyers and information material
   7. Project video
   8. Field trials, cruises and demonstrations
   9. Media outreach

Contents

1. Explanation of the work carried out and Overview of the progress
   1. Objectives
   2. Explanation of the work carried out per WP
   3. Impact
   4. Update of the plan for exploitation and dissemination of results
2. Follow-up of recommendations and comments from previous review(s)
3. Exploitation primarily in non-associated third countries
4. Open science
5. Deviations from Annex 1 and Annex 2
   1. Tasks/objectives
   2. Use of resources
6. Annex: Compilation of Milestone Reports First Interim Reporting Period