Review of World War 2 Methods of Manufacture and Storage for UK Sulphur Mustard (HT) Currently Held at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, USA

摘要

The United States is in the process of destroying stockpiles of the chemical warfare agent HT, a mixture of sulphur mustard (H) and an oxygenated homologue (T) at its Pine Bluff Chemical Disposal Facility (PBCDF), Arkansas. The agent is currently stored in 'one-ton' containers. It is important to fully understand the provenance and chemical composition of the agent being destroyed so that all risks can be fully appreciated and the safest, most efficient and environmentally acceptable disposal process can be used. The HT is thought to have come from a combination of three sources: (1) The Cornwall facility in Ontario, Canada; (2) Shipped from the UK in 1946 in Mark 6 drums; (3) Shipped from the UK in 1946 in 10 gallon British land mines.