Workers broke ground Jan. 22 for the site of the new Static Detonation Chamber 2000 designed to supplement the main plant’s nerve-agent destruction process.
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The Blue Grass main plant is now operating under a standard hazardous waste permit after its status was upgraded in January.
Technicians collected samples and data for a test of the Explosive Destruction Technology emissions system mid-January.
Full-scale chemical agent destruction operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) on the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) began Jan. 17 with the destruction of the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in the main plant.
The Blue Grass hydrolysate processing system achieved supercriticality for the first time in December during planned system validation.
A Blue Grass technician was a major contributor to a testing performance study that led to a change in a Department of Defense testing standard.
Program managers discussed the possibility of an additional Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, for use at the Blue Grass plant during a public meeting March 13.
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is preparing to use non-agent simulant and surrogate chemicals to test equipment and systems that will thermally decontaminate nerve-agent projectiles and other agent-related materials.
The first of four crews processed explosive rounds in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass plant Feb. 15.
Multiple teams working together successfully completed the system demonstration of the Agent Monitoring System in January.