Lee Boyland

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Lee Boyland earned a degree in nuclear engineering, and a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After graduation, he entered active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. A graduate of the U.S. Navy’s Explosive and Nuclear Ordnance Disposal Schools, Boyland was assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque, NM. A member of DASA’s Nuclear Emergency Team responsible for nuclear weapons accidents, including the rendering safe of armed nuclear warheads, he had access to the design details of every nuclear and thermonuclear warhead developed by the United States through the Mark 63 warhead. He participated in several tests at the Nevada Test Site. After leaving the Army, he designed conventional and special ordnance, and demilitarized chemical weapons at Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Tooele Army Depot. He transitioned to hazardous waste management by applying aerospace combustion technology to incineration of Agent Orange.

He was a member of a 2003 U.S. technology exchange team that spent a month in China to transfer Medical Waste treatment technology and management methods to Chinese environmental officials.

Lee and his wife and co-author, Vista, live in Florida where he consults in waste management and writes. His published works include technical articles, a chapter in the Biohazards Management Handbook, and the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Training Series marketed by Fisher Scientific.

Education and training:

North Carolina State University, BS Nuclear Engineering

U.S. Naval School, Explosive Ordnance Disposal

U.S. Naval School, Nuclear Weapons Disposal

Defense Atomic Support Agency, tri-service Nuclear Emergency Management and later an instructor

U.S. Army, Advanced Chemical Weapons, Dugway Proving Ground

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