A brief overview of what happened at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in January 2023.
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State regulators approved the full processing rate for the destruction of HT mustard-agent 4.2-inch mortar rounds in the main plant Jan. 20.
Crews operating the Static Detonation Chamber complex at the Pueblo plant recorded the highest monthly destruction totals since the elimination of 4.2-inch mortar rounds began in February 2022.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed a new member to the Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission, or CAC, in October.
A brief overview of what happened at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in December 2022.
In 2022, the Pueblo plant came closer to eliminating the chemical weapons stockpile in Colorado, completing the second of three munition destruction campaigns and starting the second phase of the last campaign on the 4.2-inch mortar rounds in early December.
Officials from the Department of Defense and U.S. Army toured the Pueblo plant and Static Detonation Chamber complex Dec. 7 to observe overall operations and chemical weapons demilitarization mission progress.
Pueblo crews began destroying 4.2-inch mortar rounds in the main plant using an improved technology Dec. 1.
A brief overview of what happened at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in October 2022.
The Pueblo plant team has safely destroyed more than 90% of the original stockpile of mustard agent-filled munitions stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot as of Nov. 25.