Blue Grass Plant Has Historic Year in 2023
Topped by the destruction of the final chemical weapons stored in Kentucky, workers at the Blue Grass plant reached a series of milestones in 2023.
Topped by the destruction of the final chemical weapons stored in Kentucky, workers at the Blue Grass plant reached a series of milestones in 2023.
A tool that was important during the destruction of chemical weapons is proving just as valuable for safety and efficiency as workers decommission the Blue Grass main plant during the closure phase.
A brief overview of what happened at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in November 2023.
The former Chief of Staff at the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons program has been selected to serve in the role of Program Executive Officer until the position is permanently filled.
Federal officials, family members and other well-wishers gathered Nov. 15 to celebrate the retirement of Michael S. Abaie, the man responsible for guiding the U.S. program to successfully destroy the remaining declared U.S. chemical weapons stockpile.
Stainless-steel containers used to safely transport chemical weapons from storage on the Blue Grass Army Depot to the Blue Grass plant are ready to be dispositioned now that the munitions at the depot have been destroyed.
A brief overview of what happened at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in October 2023.
A Static Detonation Chamber, known as the SDC 1200, destroyed the first containerized rocket warheads on Oct.25 that had been previously drained of VX nerve agent in the Blue Grass main plant.
Community members gathered with government officials and Blue Grass plant staff in Richmond, Kentucky, to commemorate the destruction of the last declared chemical weapons stockpile in Kentucky and the nation Oct. 11.
A senior Department of Defense official and community leaders discussed the recent elimination of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile during a webinar sponsored by the Arms Control Association and the Chemical Weapons Convention Coalition Sept. 29.