References

Progress on Destruction

Statistical and graphical representation of the progress of U.S. CW stockpile destruction.

Source: U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) Homepage, http://www.cma.army.mil/

Storage Risk Eliminated
(Information is current as of 3/25/2009)
Percentage of the storage risk at the Aberdeen, MD facility eliminated	100%
Percentage of the storage risk at the Tooele, UT facility eliminated	99%
Percentage of the storage risk at the Johnston Island facility eliminated	100%
Percentage of the storage risk at the Anniston, AL facility eliminated	99%
Percentage of the storage risk at the Umatilla, OR facility eliminated	99%
Percentage of the storage risk at the Pine Bluff, AR facility eliminated	100%
Percentage of the storage risk at the Newport, IN facility eliminated	100%

• While chemical weapons are stored under stringent safety and security conditions, the risk of an accident leading to fatalities from stored weapons is much greater than the risk from disposal of those weapons.
• Among the stored munitions, M55 rockets pose the greatest risk. As each type of chemical agent is destroyed, the rockets containing that agent are destroyed first, which reduces the storage risk more quickly.
• The percentages above indicate the storage risk that has been eliminated because of weapons disposal operations at each facility. The original storage risk is based on risk studies the Army conducted in the mid-1990s. These statistics refer to the risk of fatalities from acts of nature, equipment failure or human error during weapons storage.