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Blue Grass Plant Schedule, Rocket Motor Disposal Focus of Public Meeting

Published: June 16, 2016 | Category: BGCAPP News, Events
Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, and Ron Hink, project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, provide rocket motor disposal information at a June 8 public meeting.

Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, and Ron Hink, project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, provide rocket motor disposal information at a June 8 public meeting.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) leaders discussed project schedule and disposal of non-contaminated rocket motors during a quarterly public meeting at Eastern Kentucky University June 8.

“It now looks like Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) operations will begin in the August to October 2017 timeframe,” said Ron Hink, project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass.

Hink said the EDT facility schedule has faced some challenges. Leaders originally projected operations beginning in spring of 2017.

Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, BGCAPP, presented information about progress on repairing deficient welds in the Supercritical Water Oxidation Processing Building to Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board (CDCAB) members.

“To date, we’ve had very good success,” said Brubaker. “We now feel confident that this welding will be complete by the end of August. This is well ahead of the original estimate of the end of the calendar year.”

Brubaker also reported on rocket motor testing at Blue Grass Army Depot, as well as Redstone Arsenal and Anniston Army Depot in Alabama.

“We’re waiting on final reports, but initial results are positive,” he said. “Once those reports are available, it will help us make decisions on how to dispose of the rocket motors.”

“I’m very pleased with the rocket motor research done for disposal,” said Craig Williams, co-chair, CDCAB. “We’ve always had a disposition as to keeping as much stuff [rocket motors and secondary waste processing] as we can get rid of here because we don’t want to be shipping this stuff all over the country. That’s all good news.”

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  • Two operators work together to place one of the last overpacked 8-inch projectiles containing nerve agent into a tray to begin the destruction process at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant May 9. The last GB 8-inch projectile was destroyed May 11, marking the complete destruction of an entire type of chemical weapon.

    Blue Grass Plant Completes First Munitions Destruction Campaign

    Published: May 21, 2020
  • Operators perform site work for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s first Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) in 2015. With Temporary Authorization Request approval in early September, workers can now start site preparation for the project’s second SDC.

    Plant Receives Approval to Begin Site Preparation

    Published: October 2, 2019
  • Munitions handlers place the first 155mm mustard-agent filled projectile slated for destruction into a feed box June 7. The projectile was automatically fed into the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant and destroyed the same day. (Image taken from closed-circuit television.)

    Destruction of Chemical Weapons Stockpile Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

    Published: June 19, 2019
  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at an event May 29 to mark the start of chemical munitions destruction in Kentucky. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is scheduled to begin destruction of mustard-agent projectiles in the Static Detonation Chamber within the next several weeks.

    Stakeholders Recognize Start of Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction at Event

    Published: May 31, 2019
  • The sun rises over the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant and munitions storage igloos on the Blue Grass Army Depot. The plant is hosting a public event May 29 to mark the start of chemical munitions destruction in Kentucky.

    Public Welcomed to Event Marking Start of Chemical Weapons Destruction in Kentucky

    Published: May 16, 2019
  • Munitions handlers lower a test projectile into a Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) loading box at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The SDC is in lockdown mode, where everything is being done as it will be during operations, scheduled to begin in late May.

    Mustard Agent Destruction Facility Prepares for Operations

    Published: May 16, 2019
  • A plant support specialist explains Static Detonation Chamber details to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons technical officials at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant April 1.

    International Team Performs Final Review

    Published: April 30, 2019
  • Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, and Ron Hink, project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, provide a year-in-review update to Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board members Dec. 12.

    Blue Grass Plant Managers Track Year’s Progress

    Published: December 28, 2018
  • Lt. Col. Scott Gould, commander, Blue Grass Chemical Activity, responds to questions during a mock press conference as part of the annual emergency preparedness exercise Sept. 20.

    Partners Participate in Emergency Preparedness Exercise

    Published: September 27, 2017
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