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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Blue Grass Plant Has Historic Year in 2023
Topped by the destruction of the final chemical weapons stored in Kentucky, workers at the Blue Grass plant reached a series of milestones in 2023.
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Metal Parts Treater Boosting Safety, Efficiency During Blue Grass Closure
A tool that was important during the destruction of chemical weapons is proving just as valuable for safety and efficiency as workers decommission the Blue Grass main plant during the closure phase.
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Transportation Containers Readied for Dispositioning
Stainless-steel containers used to safely transport chemical weapons from storage on the Blue Grass Army Depot to the Blue Grass plant are ready to be dispositioned now that the munitions at the depot have been destroyed.
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Key Tool in Closure Process Begins Operations at Blue Grass
A Static Detonation Chamber, known as the SDC 1200, destroyed the first containerized rocket warheads on Oct.25 that had been previously drained of VX nerve agent in the Blue Grass main plant.
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High-Tech Robots Will Enhance Worker Safety at Blue Grass
Blue Grass plant workers are training on high-technology equipment that will make the job safer when they start decommissioning the buildings and equipment where chemical weapons were destroyed.
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Common Technology Making a Difference at Blue Grass
A technology often used at medical offices and airports is also making the final chemical weapons destruction campaign safer and more efficient at the Blue Grass plant.
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Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Begins Operations at Blue Grass Plant
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.
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Simulated Warheads Prepared for Systems Testing
Munitions handlers prepared mock rocket warheads in September for testing the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, units before their operations begin. “This test equipment is specifically made to closely simulate rocket warheads,” said Rusty Davis, deputy plant manager, SDC 1200. “It is used to test processing systems, to assist in validating procedures and
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Former Destruction Site Aiding Blue Grass Mission
The former chemical weapons destruction site in Anniston, Alabama, is assisting the Blue Grass destruction effort by destroying non-contaminated rocket motors in a Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, unit.
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