FRIDAY
AUGUST 13, 2004


Tooele liquid incinerator restarted after July shutdown

Workers at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility this week restarted a liquid incinerator, which has been shut down since July 20.
   
Officials stopped processing operations in Liquid Incinerator 1 on July 17 after monitors detected an interferent, a substance that exhibited an electronic pattern similar to the deadly VX nerve agent.
   
Plant systems contractor   EG&G Defense Materials Inc., the U.S. Army and Utah regulatory representatives made the joint decision to restart the furnace after EG&G officials confirmed that the interferent originated   in the incinerator.
   
The source was identified as an electrical cord and maintenance light, which had been inadvertently left within a duct following recent maintenance work.