U.S. Completes Small-Scale Sarin Neutralization Project

Sarin nerve agent held in three decaying containers at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky has been safely neutralized, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 10).

The Army ordered the disposal project after one of the containers was found to be leaking in August 2007. Wastewater produced through the chemical neutralization process must still be destroyed at a private facility in Port Arthur, Texas.

Blue Grass is years away from beginning disposal of its entire chemical stockpile as required by the international Chemical Weapons Convention (Associated Press/WKYT.com, Dec. 18).