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      Mission: The safe elimination of chemical weapons at Pueblo and Blue Grass by Sept. 30, 2023

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A skid of containerized, drained rocket warheads stands in the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Enclosure Building to await destruction.

Permit Modification Request to Increase Feed Rate Open to Public Comment

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Environment, Events | Comments are Closed | 6 February, 2023 | 0

The public is invited to comment on a permit modification request to support the destruction of GB nerve agent rocket warheads at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – January 2023

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Monthly Recap | Comments are Closed | 31 January, 2023 | 0

A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in December 2022.

Two workers unload GB nerve agent M55 rockets from an Enhanced On-site Container in the Unpack Area for destruction in the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Busy Start to 2023 Sets Pace for Blue Grass Mission

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 30 January, 2023 | 0

Starting the year with several major projects complete or almost complete at the Blue Grass plant, program officials explained plans for 2023 during a Dec. 14 public meeting of the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and the Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board.  

The first boxes of containerized, drained GB nerve-agent rocket warheads sit on a conveyor to be processed in the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) 2000 Jan. 27. The SDC 2000 is being used to destroy secondary waste, overpacked M55 rockets, M55 rockets deemed unsuitable for processing in the main plant and undrained rocket warheads.

Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Begins Operations at Blue Grass Plant

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 27 January, 2023 | 0

Operators began destroying rocket warheads drained of GB nerve agent using a new piece of equipment, the Static Detonation Chamber 2000, at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Jan. 27.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – December 2022

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Monthly Recap | Comments are Closed | 5 January, 2023 | 0

A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in December 2022.

BGCAPP has asked for two permit modifications that would allow the plant to add equipment in the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Earth-Covered Magazine, shown here, to handle rockets with problematic conditions. (A portion of this photograph has been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense guidelines.)

Public Comment Opportunity for Blue Grass Permit Modifications

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 12 December, 2022 | 0

The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, or KDEP, is reviewing two Class 2 permit modification requests that, if approved, could add another tool for the safe destruction of GB nerve agent M55 rockets at the Blue Grass plant.

A robot places a punched and drained GB nerve agent rocket warhead into a container at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Last Blue Grass Munitions Destruction 25% Complete

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 12 December, 2022 | 0

The Blue Grass Chemical-Agent Destruction Pilot Plant team has destroyed 25% of the remaining GB nerve agent rockets as of late November.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – November 2022

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Monthly Recap | Comments are Closed | 30 November, 2022 | 0

A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in October 2022.

Staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listen and look as they are provided a tour of the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 during surrogate testing. Boxes containing surrogate materials waiting to be fed into the detonation chamber sit on the infeed conveyor in the foreground.

Surrogate Test Completed at Blue Grass

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 30 November, 2022 | 0

Experts preparing the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant concluded an important test in early November, preparing for its use destroying nerve agent by effectively destroying surrogate chemicals, according to preliminary results.

Members of the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board discuss the Blue Grass plant closure topic at a meeting Sept. 15.

Blue Grass Plant Plans for Closure

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 28 November, 2022 | 0

The Blue Grass plant completed one year of hydrolysate shipments Oct. 7.

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