BGCAPP Monthly Recap – May 2018 | Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)

BGCAPP Monthly Recap – May 2018

Published: June 4, 2018 | Category: BGCAPP News, Monthly Recap

Highlights

Plant Construction and Systemization:

Facility construction is complete.
Systemization of the facility is underway and 62.6 percent complete. Systemization encompasses all the planning, technical work, training and testing activities required to ensure that once destruction operations start, they run safely and smoothly.
Plant operations are expected to start in 2019.
Notable project accomplishments and highlights:
- Testing of Munitions Washout System with 8-inch dummy munitions
- Testing of Rocket Motor Packing Room robot
- Calibrating Metal Parts Treater (MPT) and Off-gas Treatment System

Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT)
Facility Update:

EDT operations are expected to start in 2019.
Notable project accomplishments and highlights:
- Change-over from pre-systemization to systemization phase
- Testing of air-monitoring equipment
- Development of standard operating procedures

Upcoming Meetings

Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board
June 13, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky University
Carl D. Perkins Building
4440 Kit Carson Dr.
Richmond, Kentucky

New to BGCAPP?

BGCAPP is a state-of-the-art facility that will safely destroy the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky. The main plant will use neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation to destroy the nerve agent stockpile, and an Explosive Destruction Technology to destroy the mustard agent stockpile. The safety of the workforce, as well as of the neighboring communities, is the project’s most important priority.