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Systemization team members are pressure-testing piping systems at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in preparation for operations.

Blue Grass Team Pressure Tests Plant Piping

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

Systemization team members are pressure-testing piping systems at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in preparation for operations.

A systemization team member checks the output of one of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Standby Diesel Generators. The generators will provide back-up power to the plant in the event of a power loss.

Start-Up Team Tests Generators at Kentucky Plant

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 19 July, 2016 | 0

Systemization team members are testing Standby Diesel Generators at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, in order to provide adequate power to the site in an emergency.

A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant systemization team member checks steps on a compressed-air system test procedures checklist. This system will provide pressurized air for instrumentation, plant air and the plant’s Life Support System.

Compressed-Air System Testing Underway at Blue Grass Plant

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 29 March, 2016 | 0

The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) systemization team is testing the plant’s compressed air system, which will perform three main functions while the plant is in operations.

A systemization team member tests valving in the Supercritical Water Oxidation Processing Building in March 2016. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has streamlined management for the systemization phase of the project.

Blue Grass Plant Streamlines Start-Up Management for Systemization

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 23 March, 2016 | 0

The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant recently changed start-up team management to allow the plant’s start-up manager to more closely focus on top-level systemization oversight.

A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant start-up team member communicates with personnel in the Control Room as he checks continuity on Rocket Handling System equipment.

Blue Grass Plant Performs Testing and Verification Activities

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 2 February, 2016 | 0

Members of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant start-up team are performing pre-commissioning and commissioning activities on equipment in preparation for operations.

Chuck Mecham, training specialist, provides project workers with safety basics as he prepares to demonstrate how to operate a scissor lift, often used on the Blue Grass site for performing construction and maintenance duties.

Blue Grass Training Department Transitions as Project Does

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 13 August, 2015 | 0

Chuck Mecham gets to lift people up, take them down, be confined with them in tight spaces and run them in zig-zags, all in the name of chemical weapons destruction.

Stephanie Jakus, instrumentation and electrical maintenance supervisor, right, inspects electrical equipment that has been locked out/tagged out to ensure no power is flowing through those circuits before anyone performs work on them.

Workforce Changes as Blue Grass Project Shifts Into Systemization

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 11 May, 2015 | 0

Just as the appearance of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has changed over the last few years, so has the makeup of the project’s workforce.

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