Anniston Chemical Weapons Disposal Resumes

The Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Alabama resumed munitions destruction last week following a break in work after a power outage, the Anniston Star reported (see GSN, Aug. 9).

From Aug. 7 to Aug. 10, workers destroyed 473 105 mm shells. To date, 68,963 weapons and 78,161 gallons of chemical agent — about 16 percent of the facility’s original stockpile — have been destroyed, according to the Star.

“We’re trying to move out smartly,” said facility spokesman Mike Abrams. “We’ve not processed very much over the last several days, and now that it appears that all the maintenance we have done has passed the various internal inspections, it looks like we’re in good shape to start out smartly” (Brian Lyman, Anniston Star, Aug. 14).

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