Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System

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United States military installation chemical weapons destruction facility

The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System was a U.S. military facility in the Pacific used to safely destroy and dispose of stockpiled chemical weapons.

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Label	Occurrences
Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military installation ⓘ chemical weapons destruction facility ⓘ
constructionStart	late 1980s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demolitionDate	early 2000s ⓘ
destroyedChemicalAgent	blister agent H ⓘ blister agent HD (sulfur mustard) ⓘ blister agent HT ⓘ nerve agent GB (sarin) ⓘ VX gas ⓘ surface form: nerve agent VX
destroyedMunitionsType	artillery shells ⓘ bombs ⓘ bulk agent containers ⓘ rockets ⓘ
distanceFromHawaii	approximately 825 miles southwest of Hawaii ⓘ
endDate	2000 ⓘ
environmentalConcern	air emissions ⓘ potential contamination of atoll ecosystem ⓘ
hasComponent	agent processing building ⓘ deactivation furnace system ⓘ liquid incinerator ⓘ metal parts furnace ⓘ pollution abatement system ⓘ
inception	1985 ⓘ
legalBasis	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ Public Law 99-145 ⓘ
locatedOn	Johnston Atoll ⓘ surface form: U.S. territory of Johnston Atoll
location	Johnston Atoll ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableFor	first full-scale U.S. chemical weapons incineration facility ⓘ offshore destruction of U.S. chemical weapons stockpile ⓘ
operator	U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program U.S. chemical weapons demilitarization program ⓘ
purpose	destruction of stockpiled chemical weapons ⓘ implementation of U.S. chemical weapons demilitarization program ⓘ safe disposal of chemical munitions ⓘ
safetyFeature	extensive monitoring systems ⓘ multiple incinerator lines ⓘ redundant pollution control systems ⓘ
startDate	1990 ⓘ
status	closed ⓘ
supervisedBy	U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
usesProcess	high-temperature furnaces ⓘ incineration ⓘ pollution abatement systems ⓘ

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U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program → primarySites → Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System ⓘ

Johnston Atoll → hostedFacility → Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System ⓘ