45 Percent Chemical Weapons Convention Milestone
Abstract
The United States met a major Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) milestone in June 2007 by safely destroying 45 percent of its total stockpile of chemical warfare agents. The United States previously met its 1 percent and 20 percent milestones under the CWC treaty. Reaching the third CWC-designated milestone is another major accomplishment for the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA), which is charged with safely storing and destroying the nation nation's chemical weapons. More than 13,000 U.S. tons (12,496 metric tons) of chemical agent was destroyed to bring the United States to this milestone. The destruction took place at CMA's five currently operating stockpile disposal facilities, two now-closed disposal facilities, and its non-stockpile facility at Pine Bluff, Ark. The currently operating stockpile facilities consist of incineration facilities located at Anniston, Ala.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Tooele, Utah; and Umatilla, Ore., plus a neutralization facility in Newport, Ind. The incineration facility at Johnston Island in the South Pacific ended its operations in 2000, and the neutralization facility at Aberdeen, Md., completed operations in 2006, as did the Pine Bluff Binary Destruction Facility, which destroyed non-stockpile materiel. The Department of Defense is currently building neutralization facilities near Richmond, Ky., and Pueblo, Colo.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA475872