Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
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The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility was a major U.S. Army installation in Utah responsible for safely destroying a large portion of the nation’s stockpile of chemical weapons.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2574400 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Context triple: [U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program, primarySites, Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility]
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A.
Pueblo Chemical Depot
Pueblo Chemical Depot is a U.S. Army installation in Colorado historically used for the storage and destruction of chemical weapons.
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B.
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army facility in Utah primarily used for testing chemical, biological, radiological, and defense systems in a remote desert environment.
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C.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is a deep geological repository in New Mexico designed for the long-term disposal of transuranic radioactive waste from U.S. nuclear weapons production.
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D.
Pantex Plant
Pantex Plant is a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Texas responsible for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear warheads.
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E.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Target entity description: The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility was a major U.S. Army installation in Utah responsible for safely destroying a large portion of the nation’s stockpile of chemical weapons.
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A.
Pueblo Chemical Depot
Pueblo Chemical Depot is a U.S. Army installation in Colorado historically used for the storage and destruction of chemical weapons.
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B.
Dugway Proving Ground
Dugway Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army facility in Utah primarily used for testing chemical, biological, radiological, and defense systems in a remote desert environment.
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C.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is a deep geological repository in New Mexico designed for the long-term disposal of transuranic radioactive waste from U.S. nuclear weapons production.
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D.
Pantex Plant
Pantex Plant is a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in Texas responsible for the assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of the nation’s nuclear warheads.
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E.
Nevada Test and Training Range
The Nevada Test and Training Range is a vast U.S. Air Force training and bombing range in southern Nevada used for advanced military exercises and weapons testing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army installation
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chemical weapons destruction facility ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram |
U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program
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surface form:
U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization Program
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| closureDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| compliedWith | Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
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| constructionStartDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| destroyedMaterial |
artillery shells containing chemical agents
ⓘ
bulk containers of chemical agents ⓘ land mines containing chemical agents ⓘ lewisite-contaminated mustard agent ⓘ mustard agent ⓘ nerve agent GB (sarin) ⓘ nerve agent VX ⓘ rockets containing chemical agents ⓘ |
| distanceToSaltLakeCity | approximately 45 miles southwest ⓘ |
| endOfOperations | 2012 ⓘ |
| environmentalPermit | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permit ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to U.S. compliance with international chemical disarmament obligations ⓘ |
| locatedInFacility | Deseret Chemical Depot storage area ⓘ |
| location |
Tooele Army Depot
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surface form:
Deseret Chemical Depot
Tooele County, Utah ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Salt Lake City
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surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Tooele, Utah ⓘ |
| notableFor | first large-scale U.S. continental chemical weapons incineration facility ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army ⓘ |
| oversightBy |
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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surface form:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Utah Department of Environmental Quality ⓘ |
| ownedBy | United States Department of the Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency
U.S. chemical weapons disposal program ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | destruction of chemical weapons ⓘ |
| reasonForConstruction | elimination of aging and obsolete chemical munitions ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
extensive monitoring for agent releases
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multiple redundant pollution abatement systems ⓘ |
| safetyRecord | operated without a major off-site release of chemical agent ⓘ |
| safetyStandard | designed to minimize risk to workers and surrounding communities ⓘ |
| significance | destroyed the largest share of the original U.S. unitary chemical weapons stockpile ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | August 1996 ⓘ |
| state | Utah ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| statusAfterClosure | undergoing decontamination and decommissioning ⓘ |
| stockpileShareDestroyed | approximately 44 percent of the original U.S. chemical weapons stockpile ⓘ |
| task |
incineration of chemical agents
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neutralization of chemical munitions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Description of subject: The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility was a major U.S. Army installation in Utah responsible for safely destroying a large portion of the nation’s stockpile of chemical weapons.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.