Dugway Proving Ground is a sprawling army base in remote Utah.
Despite those incidents, the army base mostly has a good safety record, according to the Pentagon.
While the remote army base used to be responsible for creating chemical weapons — and, at one point, testing them on US soldiers — it now only analyzes them.
A later report found that Dugway had failed to follow standard procedures — and use enough radiation — to kill the anthrax samples.
The US is destroying its arsenal of chemical weapons, such as VX gas, to meet a treaty obligation that its entire stockpile is eliminated by September 30.
Persons:
—, Dugway's, William E, King IV, Dugway
Organizations:
Pentagon, Service
Locations:
Utah, Korea