Chemical Munitions Stockpile at Blue Grass
Blue Grass Army Depot stores more than 523 tons of mustard and nerve agent in rockets and projectiles.
Chemical Weapons Destruction Technologies
When plant operations begin, two technologies will safely destroy the Blue Grass stockpile.
Neutralization Followed by Supercritical Water Oxidation
The Blue Grass plant will use neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation, known as SCWO, to destroy the nerve agent stockpile. Extensively trained, knowledgeable, skilled workers and state-of-the-art robotics systems will ensure the safe destruction of the stockpile.
Static Detonation Chamber
An X-ray assessment of the Blue Grass stockpile determined that a number of projectiles contained solidified mustard agent and therefore could not be easily processed by the plant’s automated equipment. As a result, the Static Detonation Chamber was chosen to destroy the mustard agent stockpile.
