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.
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A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in December 2022.
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.
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.
A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in December 2022.
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.
The Blue Grass Chemical-Agent Destruction Pilot Plant team has destroyed 25% of the remaining GB nerve agent rockets as of late November.
A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in October 2022.
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.
The Blue Grass plant completed one year of hydrolysate shipments Oct. 7.