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Pueblo Plant Upgrades Closed-Circuit Camera System

Pueblo Plant Upgrades Closed-Circuit Camera System

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 10 February, 2021 | 0

The closed-circuit camera system at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has been upgraded from an analog monitoring system to a digital system.

  • Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Automation Specialist Wendell Savage teaches the Training Facility robot about the new Drained Munition Weight Station. Later, the lessons were applied to the plant’s Munitions Washout System.
  • Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Automation Specialist Wendell Savage is instrumental in supporting robotics training activities for the PCAPP workforce.

Pueblo Plant Worker Instrumental in Campaign Success

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, People, Technology | Comments are Closed | 2 February, 2021 | 0

The early effectiveness of the 105mm projectile destruction campaign at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant can be attributed to planning by workers.

  • Static Detonation Chamber Units Begin Testing
  • Static Detonation Chamber Units Begin Testing
  • Static Detonation Chamber Units Begin Testing

Static Detonation Chamber Units Begin Testing

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 22 December, 2020 | 0

Initial testing is underway on the Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

  • Workers Reconfigure Equipment for Next Destruction Campaign
  • Workers Reconfigure Equipment for Next Destruction Campaign
  • Workers Reconfigure Equipment for Next Destruction Campaign

Workers Reconfigure Equipment for Next Destruction Campaign

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 30 November, 2020 | 0

Machinery central to the upcoming 105mm projectile destruction campaign at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has been successfully reconfigured by plant engineers and technicians.

  • 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.

  • A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant laboratory employee leads community stakeholders on a tour of the facility on Oct. 14.
  • Community stakeholders listen to Michael Abaie, program executive officer, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, and Nick Stamatakis, deputy program executive officer, ACWA, via teleconference as they discuss the potential transfer of real property, equipment and facilities on Oct. 14 at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant site.
  • Col. Michael W. Cobb, commander, U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot (left) and Walton Levi, site project manager, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, lead community stakeholders on a tour of the plant laboratory during a tour of PCAPP on Oct. 14 to discuss the potential transfer of real property, equipment and facilities.

Stakeholders Tour Plant, Evaluate Future Usability of Items

By Jayson Peters | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 30 October, 2020 | 0

Local stakeholders toured the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Oct. 14 to determine how real property, equipment and facilities could be repurposed following the plant’s anticipated closure in 2023.

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.

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