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Hermiston, OregonUmatilla Chemical Demilitarization FacilitySouthwest Research Institute is a member of a team contracted by the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command to monitor the destruction of aging munitions stored at the Army’s Umatilla Chemical Depot, near Hermiston, Oregon. The Umatilla Army Depot stores 11.6 percent of the approximately 25,000 tons of chemical weapons in the U.S. stockpile. The Institute’s primary role is to continuously monitor the air inside and immediately outside the demilitarization plant, as well as plant effluent and the plant’s perimeter, for the presence of chemical agents.
SwRI Offices July 18, 2008 |
