Simulated munitions used to train the workforce and the Pueblo plant’s automated systems and prove the safety of certain processes at the plant are being destroyed as part of the plant’s transition to closure.
After nearly 20 years of providing public information to stakeholders interested in chemical weapons destruction at the Pueblo plant, the outreach office in downtown Pueblo will close this month as the project transitions to closure.
A Pueblo plant mechanical technician safely completed 500 entries into potentially toxic areas of the plant for maintenance and closure-related activities Oct. 4.
All treaty and surety obligations are complete at the Pueblo plant after verification activities confirmed all chemical weapons and their components have been destroyed.
As the Pueblo plant transitions to the closure phase, supervisors are conducting a series of weekly safety stand-downs and training sessions to reinforce the strong safety culture established over two decades.
As closure draws near at the Pueblo plant, transition services are being offered to workers contemplating their next professional steps.
When munitions processing is complete, Pueblo plant staff will use high-tech equipment to safely demolish the buildings and equipment that demilitarized munitions and destroyed chemical agent.
The environmental manager at the Pueblo plant has been designated as the plant’s closure lead.
The Bechtel Pueblo Team, the systems contractor selected to design, build, test and operate the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, was awarded the contract to manage closing the plant this summer and closure planning has already begun.
