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  • The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot will use propelling charge canisters from U.S. Navy stock to reinforce the storage of reject munitions safely packed away for later destruction in Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot will use propelling charge canisters from U.S. Navy stock to reinforce the storage of reject munitions safely packed away for later destruction in Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • Single round containers (SRC) are used to store problematic munitions for later destruction in Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. A limited supply of SRCs will be addressed by the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot’s procurement of propelling charge canisters from U.S. Navy stock.

Reject Munitions Continue Safe Storage With Resourceful Solution

By iemadmin | Environnment, PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 11 June, 2020 | 0

The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot and Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant will reinforce a limited supply of single round containers for problematic munitions with propelling charge canisters from excess U.S. Navy stock.

  • Sprung structures, the tension fabric coverings that will protect the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s three Static Detonation Chamber units, are now complete.
  • Local utility electrical power is now connected to the Static Detonation Chamber site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Pueblo Static Detonation Chamber Units Covered, Energized

By iemadmin | Environnment, PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 10 June, 2020 | 0

Complete protective enclosures now surround three Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has resumed destruction operations after pausing its elimination of mustard agent.

Pueblo Plant Resumes Chemical Weapons Destruction

By iemadmin | Environnment, PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 8 June, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant resumed destruction operations June 4 after pausing its elimination of mustard agent.

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Training for Pueblo Plant Operations Adapts to Pandemic

By iemadmin | Environnment, PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 8 May, 2020 | 0

After six weeks of limited classroom time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Training Facility resumed normal schedules May 4, implementing guidelines for sanitation and social distancing.

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Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Public Meeting to Be Conducted Online

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 23 April, 2020 | 0

The Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission will not hold an in-person public meeting as scheduled for April 29 at the McHarg Park Community Center in Avondale, Colorado.

Reconfigured 4.2-inch HD mustard mortar rounds rest on a pallet inside the Enhanced Reconfiguration Building at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. During the baseline reconfiguration process, the mortar rounds are taken out of wooden boxes and fiberboard tubes in preparation for destruction. The plant has finished reconfiguring HD rounds and is now preparing HT mustard rounds.

Baseline Reconfiguration Shifts from HD to HT Mustard Rounds

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 13 April, 2020 | 0

Preparation of 4.2-inch mortar rounds for destruction at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot plant has entered a new phase.

Three 30-day hydrolysate storage tanks at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant contain caustic wastewater that is the product of chemical neutralization of mustard agent. Hydrolysate will be shipped off site to meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pueblo Plant Reducing Waste Levels With Shipments

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

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is reducing its storage levels in line with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sprung structures rise at the Static Detonation Chamber site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Three SDC units have been assembled to augment the main facility and destroy problematic munitions.

Plants Share Static Detonation Chamber Knowledge

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 3 April, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Static Detonation Chamber team traveled to the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky Feb. 25-26 for a lessons-learned visit with colleagues at their Explosive Destruction Technology facility after more than a year of biweekly calls to discuss the systems.

Tanker trucks will ship salt water to Veolia in Port Arthur, Texas, from the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in an effort to reduce high salt concentration in the Biotreatment Area’s Water Recovery System that could potentially damage tanks.

Shipments Reduce Salt Water Risk to Storage Tanks

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 5 March, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has begun shipping salt water off site in an effort to relieve the Water Recovery System of a high salt concentration that could potentially damage its tanks.

An operations support worker at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant examines the air tank of a waste operator preparing for a Demilitarization Protective Ensemble entry in the Entry Support Area. The plant recently received high marks from U.S. Department of the Army Inspector General chemical surety inspectors.

U.S. Army Inspectors Give Pueblo Plant High Marks

By iemadmin | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 5 March, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant received high marks from a recent Department of the Army Inspector General Chemical Surety Inspection.

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