UU.S. Chemical Stockpile.pptVIP

? 1999 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation CA7 U.S. CHEMICAL STOCKPILE CA8 OBJECTIVES Describe types of chemical warfare agents stored in your vicinity Describe what nerve and blister agents are and what they look like CA9 CHEMICAL STOCKPILE Comprised of chemicals designed and produced for the sole purpose of warfare Nerve agents and blister agents Edgewood Chemical Activity, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Storage Facilities States with Storage Facilities Impacted States CA10 CHEMICAL STOCKPILE LOCATIONS Anniston Chemical Activity (ANCA) Anniston, AL Blue Grass ChemicalActivity (BGCA) Richmond, KY Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) Tooele, UT Edgewood Chemical Activity (ECA) Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Newport Chemical Depot (NECD) Newport, IN Pine Bluff Chemical Activity (PBCA) Pine Bluff, AR Pueblo Chemical Depot (PUCD) Pueblo, CO Umatilla Chemical Depot (UMCD) Hermiston, OR WA IL CSEPP CA11 U.S. STOCKPILE INVENTORY CSEPP CA12 Umatilla 13.9% Deseret 39.4% Pueblo 9.8% Pine Bluff 14.4% Newport 4.8% Blue Grass 2.0% Anniston 8.4% Edgewood 6.0% Johnston Atoll 1.3% U.S. STOCKPILE INVENTORYAS OF AUGUST 1999 US STOCKPILE INVENTORY Deseret Chemical Depot stockpile incineration began August 1996 Approximately 22.7% of stockpile stored at Deseret successfully destroyed (as of August 1999) CA13 Deseret Chemical Depot, Tooele, UT CA14 STORAGE CONTAINERS CA15 STORAGE FACILITIES Chemical agents are stored in concrete igloos metal storage buildings outdoor storage yards In restricted access areas Entire area surrounded by security fences and equipped with appropriate security devices Blue Grass Chemical Activity, Richmond, KY CA16 Chemical munitions containing explosives must be stored in concrete structures called “igloos” Igloos have 2 ft of earth covering all sides except a front wall of reinforced concrete Earth cover designed to reduce spread of fragments and fire in unlikely event of an accident within igloo IGLOOS Umatilla Chemical Depot, Hermiston, OR