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  • 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 John Cummins | 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 John Cummins | 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 John Cummins | 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.

  • Crews lay asphalt on July 23 at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Static Detonation Chamber site
  • Dry asphalt outside the Static Detonation Chamber units signifies another completion milestone for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant

Paving Complete at Pueblo Static Detonation Chamber Site

By John Cummins | Environnment, PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 19 August, 2020 | 0

The pavement surrounding the Pueblo Static Detonation Chamber units is now complete.

An ordnance technician uses a lift-assist device at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant to place a 155mm projectile containing mustard agent onto a conveyor belt in the Enhanced Reconfiguration Building. Munitions are transported into the Explosion Containment Room for the removal of explosives. July 2020 saw the plant hit a new record number of munitions processed, with 15,400 155mm projectiles eliminated from the stockpile.

Pueblo Plant Sets Processing Record in July

By John Cummins | Environnment, PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 10 August, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant reported its best month ever for processing munitions at the end of July, topping the June record set one month earlier.

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