Three Leaking Mustard Gas Shells Isolated At Pueblo Chemical Depot [View all]

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A mustard gas leak discovered in early July at a storage facility for aging chemical weapons was cleaned up last week, the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot announced in a Monday news release.

Chemical crews transferred three leaking 155 mm steel shells into containers and moved them to a storage facility approved for over-packed, leaking munitions. The wine-bottle shaped shells are vulnerable to pressure changes that can cause them to leak.

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The Pueblo Chemical Depot is a complex of almost 100 underground igloos where a massive cache of World War II era chemical weapons from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal are stored until they can be destroyed, as required by the international Chemical Weapons Convention.

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