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Mustard Gas Leak Discovered at Deseret CW Depot
Workers at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah on Monday discovered that approximately two tablespoons of liquefied mustard gas had leaked from a container valve in a storage igloo, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Feb. 15). The employees discovered the leak while monitoring the igloo. Workers donned protective gear to decontaminate the container and then moved it to another building where the valve was replaced, according to AP. No mustard agent escaped the igloo, and the public was not in danger (Associated Press/Deseret Morning News, March 21). Meanwhile, a fire broke out early Sunday morning at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Oregon during destruction of a rocket containing the nerve agent sarin, the Tri-City Herald reported. The fire began at 2:06 a.m., after the agent had been drained from the munition. Weapons disposal restarted around 4 p.m. Sunday. The fire — the seventh this year at Umatilla — began when the fifth of seven cuts was being made in the rocket. It occurred in a room meant to contain explosions (Tri-City Herald, March 21).
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