[CPEO-MEF] VX Destruction Delay

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Indiana
WTHI ACTION 10 NEWS
VX Destruction Delay
8/14/2003 8:58:04 AM

The Army says it will delay the destruction of a deadly nerve agent
stored at the Newport Chemical Depot, citing safety concerns.

It's the latest obstacle for plans to destroy more than a thousand tons
of deadly V-X stored at the depot about 30 miles north of Terre Haute.

The Army had planned to begin destroying the chemical in October. But so
far the company treating the V-X has not been able to meet Army
environmental requirements.

Residents in Dayton, Ohio, where the treated waste is supposed to be
taken for disposal, also are fighting a court battle to keep it from
being shipped there.

The United States must destroy the V-X by April 2007 under the Chemical
Weapons Convention international treaty. The schedule was accelerated
after the September eleventh terrorist attacks.

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