The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) team welcomed Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass (BPBG) project manager Ron Hink Nov. 2. He replaces Doug Omichinski, who was appointed Bechtel’s corporate manager of construction in Houston, Texas.
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The United States is one step closer to destroying weaponized nerve and mustard agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot, near Richmond, Kentucky, after completing construction of the 19-acre Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) facility in October 2015.
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Construction is ramping up on the Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) site, which will augment the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant by destroying the mustard agent stockpile stored at the depot.
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Blue Grass plant property managers are transferring equipment that is no longer needed on the project to other government agencies. Determining the distribution of major pieces of equipment and construction material that can be transferred to other federal or state agencies or sold at public auction is the focus, with proceeds returning to the prime contract. This effort has already saved the government a significant amount of money and more items are earmarked for reuse.
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A Blue Grass engineer found a way to share her passion for art and science during a visit to a local school and said she’s now a convert to education outreach.
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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.
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Blue Grass plant personnel are enhancing auxiliary systems to the Energetics Neutralization Reactors (ENR) to decrease formation of hydrogen cyanide and keep the workforce safe.
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Even as summer winds down, many kids are more focused on finding the nearest pool than planning their future career paths. However, Blue Grass plant engineers are making a big splash in the classroom as they show students that science and engineering occupations are cool.
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Keeping Kentucky’s air, water and land clean is extremely important to Blue Grass plant personnel. To that end, the project partners with the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (KDEP) to ensure the project meets or exceeds all of the commonwealth’s environmental regulations.
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The Factory Acceptance Testing of the Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) is the focus of this month’s project update. The SDC has been selected to destroy the mustard munitions of the Blue Grass stockpile. Site preparation and construction is ongoing, while the fabrication and testing of the actual unit is being conducted overseas.
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