Chemical Weapons Convention inspectors gave a passing grade last week to the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, one of several U.S. chemical weapon storage sites, the Richmond Register reported (see GSN, Feb. 6, 2007).
Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons visited the facility to ensure that all weapons remained present and stored in their correct place.
"They do a 100-percent count on all the munitions and it has to be exactly correct," said Dick Sloan, spokesman for Blue Grass Chemical Activity. "It can't be off any at all. It's a complete inspection with full disclosure."
Blue Grass Chemical Activity, which manages storage of chemical weapons at the depot, has to date undergone 12 OPCW inspections. The organization grades only on a pass-fail basis (Ronica Shannon, Richmond Register, Jan. 29).