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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update week ending October 28, 2011

HD ton container, chemical munitions destruction operations complete

The last HD mustard ton container (TC) in the Umatilla Chemical Depot stockpile, as well as the U.S. Army inventory, was released from the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility’s (UMCDF’s) Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) Discharge Airlock (DAL) at 9:19 Tuesday morning (photo above).The moment marked the end of chemical munitions destruction operations at the facility. Plant personnel currently are flushing agent and rinsate (a byproduct of ton container processing) lines. Once that is completed in the next few weeks, the UMCDF will officially meet its treaty requirements.

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