Workers to Enter Blue Grass Storage Igloo to Determine Source of Sarin Nerve Agent Leak

Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky on Monday will search a storage igloo for the source of a sarin vapor leak detected earlier this week, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, May 11).

The inspection was delayed to give officials time to locate the leak using sensors alone, said Blue Grass Chemical Activity spokesman Richard Sloan.

However, monitors did not pick up new leaks after air was filtered out of the chamber, Sloan said. The space holds about 2,500 rockets, AP reported.

“This may be a long process because of the low amount of vapor so far detected and the large amount of rockets in the igloo,” Lt. Col. George Shuplinkov, commander of the chemical activity, said in a statement (Associated Press/Owensboro (Ky.) Messenger-Inquirer, May 13).

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