Interscan Gets Contract for Toxic Gas Monitors

Interscan Corp., a Chatsworth maker of toxic gas monitors, has received a contract with the U.S. Defense Department to provide the monitors for use in dismantling nuclear weapons in the Ukraine.

The contract has earned $150,000 so far, and shipments are slated to continue indefinitely, a company spokesman said. The monitors warn workers if dangerous vapors escape into the air as they remove rocket fuel from the missiles, the company said.