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      Mission: Destroy Chemical Weapons Stockpile

      Vision: Chemical Weapons Free by 2023

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Strict Protocols Keep Pueblo Plant Safe

Strict Protocols Keep Pueblo Plant Safe

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 20 January, 2021 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant workforce reported no lost-time safety incidents during the 2020 calendar year, part of a 14-month period without such injuries.

  • Plants Operate with Pandemic Precautions in Place
  • Plants Operate with Pandemic Precautions in Place
  • Plants Operate with Pandemic Precautions in Place

Plants Operate with Pandemic Precautions in Place

By Jayson Peters | BGCAPP News, PCAPP News, Safety, Safety | Comments are Closed | 17 December, 2020 | 0

Management teams at the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plants continue to work to reduce risk to the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Safety System at Pueblo Plant Receives Upgrade
  • Safety System at Pueblo Plant Receives Upgrade
  • Safety System at Pueblo Plant Receives Upgrade

Safety System at Pueblo Plant Receives Upgrade

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Safety, Technology | Comments are Closed | 20 November, 2020 | 0

A vital safety system at the Pueblo plant received an upgrade in October.

Plant Sets Best Three-Month Processing Record

Plant Sets Best Three-Month Processing Record

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Safety, Technology | Comments are Closed | 7 October, 2020 | 0

Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant finished their best three months for processing munitions as they completed the 155mm projectile destruction campaign in September, providing momentum as the plant transitions to destroy 105mm projectiles.

Pueblo Plant Operating Under Final Hazardous Waste Permit

Pueblo Plant Operating Under Final Hazardous Waste Permit

By Jayson Peters | Environnment, PCAPP News, Safety, Technology | Comments are Closed | 1 October, 2020 | 0

Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant was issued its final Hazardous Waste Permit by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Sept. 2.

A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ordnance technician prepares to transfer the final 155mm projectile for destruction on Sept. 5. The munition goes into the Munitions Washout System where agent is gravity drained before it is neutralized.

Pueblo Plant Completes 155mm Mustard Projectile Destruction Campaign

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Program Milestones, Safety, Technology | Comments are Closed | 8 September, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team completed the destruction of nearly 300,000 155mm projectiles stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, on Sept. 5, marking the end of the main plant’s first munitions campaign.

Members of the Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission (from left): Doug Knappe, Bob Jonardi, Velma Campbell, John Norton, Irene Kornelly, Terry Hart, Ken Griffin and Jeff Chostner.

Colorado Commission Members Commend Pueblo Team Effort

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Safety, Technology | Comments are Closed | 8 September, 2020 | 0

Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission members commented on the recent completion of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s 155mm projectile campaign.

  • Pueblo Plant Workers Receive Final 155mm Projectiles for Destruction
  • Pueblo Plant Workers Receive Final 155mm Projectiles for Destruction

Pueblo Plant Workers Receive Final 155mm Projectiles for Destruction

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Safety, Technology | Comments are Closed | 2 September, 2020 | 0

Pallets of 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent slated for destruction were delivered to the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant for the last time on Aug. 27.

Electrically powered servo motors that raise and lower the Cavity Access Machine bails, which secure a munition when it is punched open at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, are being replaced with pneumatic cylinders harnessing the pressurized air supply already in the Munitions Washout System rooms.

Air Supply Offers Alternative Power Source to Wiring in Corrosive Area

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 20 February, 2020 | 0

Pneumatic, or air-pressure operated, cylinders are solving a problem with certain electrical systems at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

  • From left, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant maintenance technician Nathan G., instrumentation and controls technician Jeff M. and maintenance technician Nick S. pose for a photo with a modified splash guard for the Cavity Access Machines of the plant’s Munitions Washout System. They were part of the team that developed modifications that help contain the mustard agent in champagning 155mm projectiles.
  • New modifications to splash guards on the Cavity Access Machines of the Munitions Washout System at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant help contain the mustard agent in pressurized 155mm projectiles.

Workers Improve Safety With Equipment Modifications

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 27 January, 2020 | 0

Modifications designed by the maintenance team at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are helping to reduce the effects of pressurized rounds.

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