With weapons gone, 180 Umatilla Depot jobs also disappear

By Associated Press Published: Feb 13, 2013 at 1:28 PM PST Last Updated: Feb 13, 2013 at 1:28 PM PST

A chemical operations crew from the Umatilla Chemical Depot separates rocket motor and warhead sections on nine M55 rockets that were sent to an Army lab in Picatinny, N.J., for propellant sampling and analysis. File image.

HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) - The Umatilla Chemical Depot will end 180 jobs Thursday as work continues to close the plant that destroyed more than 1 million pounds of chemical agents and munitions.

The last of six furnaces was shut down Friday.

The East Oregonian reports about 525 employees continue to work at the plant, which is operated by the URS company. Closure work will continue through 2014.

It took more than seven years to destroy all the chemical weapons at the depot.

Furnaces destroyed rockets, mines, spray tanks and containers.

The last furnace was used to destroy protective suits, filters and other secondary waste.

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Information from: East Oregonian, http://www.eastoregonian.info

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