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

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Munitions handlers crimp a seal onto the end of a container holding a simulated rocket warhead in the Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) 1200 storage magazine at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in September. The simulated containerized warheads were developed to test the Blue Grass SDC units prior to their operations.

Simulated Warheads Prepared for Systems Testing

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Systemization, Technology | Comments are Closed | 27 October, 2022 | 0

Munitions handlers prepared mock rocket warheads in September for testing the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, units before their operations begin.

Readiness Review is Next Step to VX Destruction Campaign

Readiness Review is Next Step to VX Destruction Campaign

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 2 December, 2020 | 0

A team of specialists is preparing the Blue Grass plant for the destruction of VX nerve-agent filled 155mm projectiles.

  • Technicians work on a munitions transfer tray during operations procedure testing for 8-inch inert projectiles at the Munitions Washout System at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in May.
  • A technician teaches the Munitions Washout System robot data points for processing specific projectiles at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

System Starts Processing 8-inch Test Projectiles

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 25 May, 2018 | 0

The Blue Grass start-up team is testing the Munitions Washout System with 8-inch inert projectiles in preparation for its systemization demonstration procedure.

  • A multidisciplinary team participates in the Systemization Demonstration Procedure for the Energetics Neutralization System in the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant's Control Room.
  • Control Room operators keep an eye on readings during a test of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant's Energetics Neutralization System.

Team Completes Demonstration of Key System

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 30 January, 2018 | 0

The Blue Grass start-up team successfully completed a major test of the Energetics Neutralization System Jan. 12.

Control Room operators run the Agent Neutralization System systemization demonstration procedure as government observers take note. The system completed demonstration ahead of schedule on Aug. 30.

Team Demonstrates Agent Neutralization System

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 20 September, 2017 | 0

The Blue Grass neutralization team finished the systemization demonstration procedure for the Agent Neutralization System Aug. 30.

Workers install the cap on the ventilation stack for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Control and Support Building Filter Bank in 2013. Today, the CSB heating, ventilation and air conditioning system has passed its systemization demonstration procedure and will be turned over to operations.

Air-Handling System Passes Test

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 11 September, 2017 | 0

The Blue Grass heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, start-up team completed systemization demonstration procedure testing for the Control and Support Building’s air-handling system in August.

An observer watches a projectile tray move down the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Tray Handling System as part of a demonstration procedure. This system was turned over to operations Aug. 1.

Conveyor System Turned Over to Operations

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 23 August, 2017 | 0

After a systemization demonstration procedure, the Blue Grass systemization team turned over the Tray Handling System to operations Aug. 1.

Systemization personnel tag Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Agent Collection System Room piping for ease of identification before performing a System Demonstration Procedure.

First Blue Grass Plant Agent System Turned Over to Operations

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 8 June, 2017 | 0

Blue Grass systemization team members turned the system that will collect liquid chemical agent drained from munitions and store it before neutralization over to the operations team in May.

A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant operator opens a valve to allow demineralized water to flow into the plant’s 40,000-gallon Process Water Tank.

Portable Purifier Cleans Blue Grass Plant Process Water

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 23 May, 2017 | 0

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant utility technicians received a portable water demineralizer May 9 to provide clean plant process water for systemization activities.

A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant systemization team member watches a Metal Parts Treater airlock door operate during testing in March. Thorough testing, observation and notation are key components of the Pilot Test Demonstration Plan, required by regulators before pilot testing can begin.

Blue Grass Team Begins Pilot-Test Plan

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 9 May, 2017 | 0

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant personnel, led by the operations department, began developing a plan required by regulators before pilot testing can occur.

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