Utah Chemical Weapon Destruction Reaches Milestone

Propellant explosive components have been removed from half of the more than 20,000 4.2-inch mustard-agent-carrying mortars being stored at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah, the Tooele Transcript Bulletin reported yesterday (see GSN, March 30).

Removal work by 22 workers at the Oquirrh Mountain Facility began in September 2003 (Tooele Transcript Bulletin, April 22).

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