Technical investigation report : Release of GB at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) on May 8-9, 2000
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Technical investigation report : Release of GB at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) on May 8-9, 2000

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      National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Chemical Demilitarization Branch.
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      Release of GB at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, Tooele, Utah

      The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is directed by Congress to provide public health oversight of Department of Defense’s chemical weapons disposal facilities. This responsibility has been delegated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is an agency within the DHHS. In response to the release of GB (sarin) at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF), CDC dispatched a team to conduct an independent evaluation of this release. This investigation focused on the air monitoring systems and the potential public health impact of the release.

      From 11:26 pm on May 8, 2000 to 12:56 am on May 9, 2000, GB was released from the common stack during a bi-phasic incident at TOCDF. The peak concentration was approximately 3.6 times the allowable stack concentration. No munitions or bulk agent were being processed at the time of the release. The source of agent in this incident included a liquid GB agent strainer sock placed on the deactivation furnace system gate. The release occurred during a maintenance procedure conducted under abnormal incinerator conditions. This event does not reflect the efficiency of the deactivation furnace system with its associated pollution abatement system under normal operating conditions.

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