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U.S. Army Contemplates Risk Management Changes at Anniston Chemical Weapons Storage Site
The U.S. Army is mulling changes over how it evaluates risk when transporting rockets filled with chemical weapons at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama, the Anniston Star reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 29, 2005). “We've found a better way to manage risk on a daily basis,” said Anniston Chemical Activity commander Lt. Col. Darryl Briggs. New risk assessment methods would help workers determine whether it is safe to transport weapons to a staging area before disposal. Current risk models are based upon the chances of a specific event and weather conditions, according to Mike Myirski, a meteorologist with the Army Chemical Materials Agency. Wind speed and direction help determine how an agent would be spread if an accident were to occur. The new risk assessment method would take into account many more possibilities aside from the most likely event, according to the Star. Briggs said the processing facility in Umatilla, Ore., uses the new risk assessment methodology, and that the Pine Bluff Arsenal plans to implement the strategy. Anniston site manager Tim Garrett said the facility is soon expected to complete destruction of the last 18,000 sarin-filled projectiles, then will prepare for VX destruction. He added that fires that occurred during processing of rockets filled with nerve agent at other facilities are likely to occur at Anniston (Ben Cunningham, Anniston Star, Jan. 12).
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