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Officials Visit Pueblo Plant, Tour Static Detonation Chamber Site

Published: January 24, 2020 | Category: PCAPP News, Technology
  • Department of Defense and U.S. Army officials and Bechtel and AECOM executives tour the Static Detonation Chamber site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Jan. 15, 2020, as part of the Integrated Process Review.

    Department of Defense and U.S. Army officials and Bechtel and AECOM executives tour the Static Detonation Chamber site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Jan. 15, 2020, as part of the Integrated Process Review.

  • A reconfiguration control room operator at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant explains plant activities to Terrance McWilliams, Civilian Aide for the Secretary of the Army, Jan. 15, 2020, as Kim Jackson, plant manager, looks on.

    A reconfiguration control room operator at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant explains plant activities to Terrance McWilliams, Civilian Aide for the Secretary of the Army, Jan. 15, 2020, as Kim Jackson, plant manager, looks on.

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant recently hosted military dignitaries and civilian business leaders for a twice-yearly review of chemical demilitarization activities in Colorado.

“We had meaningful discussions about cost and schedule,” said Walton Levi, site project manager, PCAPP.

The mid-January visit included the biannual Integrated Process Review, which offers an in-depth look at both main plant and Static Detonation Chamber activities.

Terrance McWilliams, the new Civilian Aide for the Secretary of the Army and a senior vice president at the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs, was able to tour the site along with Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Bechtel and AECOM officials and executives. In addition to their daylong meeting, the distinguished visitors had an opportunity to tour both main plant and SDC facilities.

Three electrically heated, thermal SDC units are being erected under Sprung structures to augment the automated main plant’s process of chemical neutralization followed by biotreatment to safely eliminate mustard agent before the 2023 deadline.

“IPRs are always a good time to come together and discuss, at a very high level, where we are at with the chemical weapons program in Colorado,” Levi said.

PCAPP Technology Articles

  • Agent-filled 4.2-inch mortar rounds are monitored during Static Detonation Chamber agent trial testing operations at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

    Static Detonation Chamber Trial Testing Concludes

    Published: May 13, 2022
  • After a chemical weapon is drained of agent and rinsed with high-pressure hot water, Agent Washwater Separator tanks collect fluid before sending it to Agent Neutralization Reactors to destroy the mustard agent. The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has two tanks, providing the plant with redundancy when neutralizing agent.

    Backup Systems Allow for Safe Repairs

    Published: March 28, 2022
  • All chemical weapons from the Colorado stockpile are sorted into four color-coded lots to reduce delays in destruction due to problematic munitions.

    Color Coding Boosts Chemical Weapon Destruction

    Published: March 23, 2022
  • A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ordnance technician holds the first 4.2-inch mortar round to be processed in the Static Detonation Chamber complex.

    First Agent Destroyed in Static Detonation Chamber

    Published: February 22, 2022
  • Static Detonation Chamber ordnance technicians Rachelle S. and Mike W. remove a 57mm conventional ammunition round from its fiber tube during SDC non-agent Trial Burn Testing.

    Conventional Explosives Demonstrate Static Detonation Chamber Capability

    Published: February 15, 2022
  • Munitions transporters unload inert 4.2-inch mortar rounds from the back of a Modified Ammunition Vehicle during Integrated Operations Demonstrations. (Portions of this photograph have been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense guidelines)

    Pueblo Static Detonation Chamber Team Demonstrates Operations

    Published: February 2, 2022
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