January 22, 2008

[Source: front page of today's The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)

September 10, 2003

Examples of post-9/11 changes at Army chemical agent depot

Before 9/11, there were typically about ten national guardsmen providing security at the US Army's Umatilla Chemical Depot, located near Hermiston, Oregon. Now there's nearly 200. The depot stores 220,604 munitions and containers filled with 7.4 million pounds of deadly nerve and mustard agents scheduled for incineration beginning perhaps as early as this year. Public tours have been halted and traffic barriers have been installed at the depot's main gate. Security measures are not likely to be relaxed until the weapons are destroyed. [Source: Mary Alice Binder (Umatilla Chemical Depot spokesperson), cited by Chris Mulick et al (Tri-City Herald staff writers), "Security constant since Sept. 11", Tri-City Herald, September 10, 2003]

June 30, 2003

* Oregon - stack effluent alarm and scram after pinhole leak in fuel at Reed College

May 2, 2003

A representative of the following organization completed the NRC training course "Transportation of Radioactive Materials Course (H-308)" in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 28-May 2, 2003:

Mr. Terry D. Lindsey, Program Director