Safety

• As of April 30, workers completed 16,729,745 hours and 2,056 days without a lost-time accident.

SDC 1200

• As of June 1, 75.5% of more than 17,000 drained, CRW containing residual amounts of VX nerve agent has been destroyed.
• Workers used outage time to make buffer tank heat-trace and off-gas piping repairs, replace the buffer-tank orifice plate and complete other maintenance activities.

SDC 2000

• As of June 1, workers destroyed 87% of more than 51,000 drained CRWs containing residual amounts of GB nerve agent.
• During outages, workers cleaned quench-tower filters, made tilt-cradle repairs, adjusted screw jacks, replaced seals, applied high-heat lubricant to upper and lower detonation chambers, and conducted other maintenance activities.

Main Plant

• Unventilated monitoring tests continue in the Munitions Demilitarization Building overhead ductwork and heating, ventilation and air conditioning filter-bank units.
• Workers continue removing piping and gauges from the hydrolysate storage tank area.

Workforce

• 932 workers are employed on the project, with approximately 50% hired locally.

Environmental Permitting

• The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (KDEP) approved a BGCAPP permit modification request to allow processing of drained GB nerve agent CRWs in the SDC 1200 once VX CRW processing is complete.
• KDEP completed its quarterly BGCAPP inspection May 21 with no findings or issues.