Russian CW Disposal Site Ready to Begin Operations

A Russian state commission has cleared the way for operations to begin this week at the chemical weapons disposal facility at Maradykovsky, ITAR-Tass reported yesterday (see GSN, June 1).

The Kirov Region site’s buildings, facilities, processing lines and utilities have all met technical and environmental safety requirements, the commission said.

“Work has been done to a high standard.  As for defects and problems identified by the commission, they were removed in time.  There is nothing stopping the facility from being launched,” said regional official Mikhail Manin.

The Maradykovsky depot stores 6.9 tons of chemical agent in 40,000 aviation bombs and missile warheads.  It contains the second-largest stockpile among seven Russian chemical weapons storage sites, ITAR-Tass reported.

The first stage of work is scheduled to launch on Friday (ITAR-Tass/RedOrbit.com, Sept. 5.

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