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Blue Grass Reaches Another Secondary Waste Milestone

Blue Grass plant workers completed the destruction of more than half of the drained, containerized VX nerve agent rocket warheads Sept. 20, meaning both secondary waste destruction campaigns are more than halfway complete.

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A worker labels a box of containerized rocket warheads containing residual amounts of GB nerve agent, considered secondary waste by the state, for processing in the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant July 15.

Blue Grass Achieves Secondary Waste Accomplishment

Blue Grass plant workers completed the destruction of more than half of the drained, containerized GB nerve agent rocket warheads, categorized as secondary waste, on Aug. 5.

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For Blue Grass Workers, Big Achievements Add Up as Closure Continues

Several separate tasks are adding up to significant closure progress for workers at the Blue Grass plant.

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A year after the destruction of the last chemical weapons in the declared U.S. stockpile,workers at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are making progress on closure activities in the main plant. Here, two workers wearing fire retardant suits cut a hole in a hydrolyzer tank so it can be pressure washed, decommissioned and dismantled.

Blue Grass Plant Safety Remains Vital on Stockpile Destruction Anniversary

Blue Grass plant workers continue to be guided by the same principles during closure that helped them reach an internationally recognized milestone a year ago.

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Two Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant technicians prepare to perform a sample line challenge May 25, 2024, in Explosive Containment Vestibule 1, one of the rooms where a ventilated monitoring test, or VMT, was performed. Sample line challenges of air-monitoring equipment are performed before and after VMTs.

Ventilated Monitoring Tests Protect Workers, Advance Blue Grass Main Plant Closure

A series of air-monitoring tests are moving the Blue Grass plant closer to closure of the Munitions Demilitarization Building.

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An Enhanced On-site Container from the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant sits by a large pile of stainless steel awaiting to be dismantled for recycling in Winchester, Kentucky, April 24.

Recycling of Blue Grass Enhanced On-site Containers Begins

Heavy, stainless-steel containers used to safely transport chemical weapons from storage to destruction operations at the Blue Grass Army Depot are now being turned into scrap.

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An inspector with the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons tracks activities at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on closed circuit television cameras April 15, 2024.

International Inspectors Continue to Monitor Blue Grass Progress

Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, recently visited the Blue Grass plant to monitor the progress workers are making destroying components of chemical weapons.

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Two technicians dressed in Demilitarization Protective Ensemble suits operate a remote-controlled robot to break up a concrete pedestal inside an Explosive Containment Room March 12 as part of the closure phase at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

High-Tech Tools Taking Over Some Tough Blue Grass Tasks

Remote-controlled robots are taking over some of the toughest work as the closure phase expands at the Blue Grass plant.

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The Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office as it looks today at 1000 Commercial Drive in Richmond. The location, the third in the Outreach Office history, will close to the public April 18, 2024.

Blue Grass Community Outreach Continues, Richmond Office Closing

After almost 30 years of providing public information to stakeholders interested in chemical weapons destruction at the Blue Grass plant, the outreach office in Richmond will close in April as part of the ongoing closure process.

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