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      Mission: The safe elimination of chemical weapons at Pueblo and Blue Grass by Sept. 30, 2023

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      BGCAPP is safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky.

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      PCAPP is safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado.

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After removing its agitator, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant workers install a blind flange to one of three 30-day Hydrolysate Storage Tanks.

Plans Made to Resume Operations at Pueblo Pilot Plant

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 30 December, 2016 | 0

Repairs are being made after a tank agitator seal leak and damaged liner paused operations at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

The Supplemental Decontamination Unit stands inside the Agent Processing Building of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The system vaporizes agent from waste materials.

Heat Reduces Equipment, Waste Contamination at Pilot Plant

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 14 December, 2016 | 0

Secondary wastes generated during the mustard agent neutralization process at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are disposed of properly.

Three 30-day storage tanks hold hydrolysate until enough is accumulated for transfer to Immobilized Cell Bioreactors, where it is further broken down.

Operations Paused at Pueblo Pilot Plant

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 2 December, 2016 | 0

Secondary wastes generated during the mustard agent neutralization process at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are disposed of properly.

Workers move a pallet of polyurethane drums containing contaminated waste greater than one Vapor Screening Level. The waste was trucked to Port Arthur, Texas, for incineration.

Demil Plant Secondary Waste Products Processed Off Site

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 23 November, 2016 | 0

Secondary wastes generated during the mustard agent neutralization process at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are disposed of properly.

A gas chromatography/flame photometric detector/mass selective detector operator explains the Gas Chromatograph analysis process to an Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons inspector.

International Inspectors Monitor Weapons Destruction at Colorado Plant

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 31 October, 2016 | 0

International inspectors observe Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) operations to confirm the presence and destruction of mustard agent.

Toxic material handlers move 105mm boxed munitions out of storage at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot for delivery to the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Packaged Munitions Require Special Handling

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 14 October, 2016 | 0

Ordnance technicians carefully reconfigure some mustard agent-filled munitions stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) before processing in the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Within the Immobilized Cell Bioreactors, microbes grow as biofilm on packed media, 2-inch polyurethane cube sponges and 3 x 2-inch plastic spacers. In this fixed-film process, bioreactions occur in the biofilm.

Microbes to Treat Neutralized Chemical Agent Product

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 3 October, 2016 | 0

During the course of pilot testing and operations at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP), there will be munitions unsuitable for processing by the plant’s automated system.

A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ordnance technician lowers a 155mm projectile onto a conveyor and prepares to send it to the Explosive Containment Room where energetics are removed robotically.

Rejected Munitions Take Different Route to Destruction

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 3 October, 2016 | 0

During the course of pilot testing and operations at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP), there will be munitions unsuitable for processing by the plant’s automated system.

Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ordnance technicians and project leadership pose for a picture just before the first munition was processed through the plant. The pilot testing phase of operations began on Sept. 7.

Colorado Chemical Weapons Facility Destroys First Rounds

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 19 September, 2016 | 0

The first mustard agent-filled munitions were processed through the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Sept. 7.

The plant’s filtration system will eliminate the possibility of a release of mustard agent vapors. Only after exhaust air has filtered through nine banks, can it be released to the atmosphere through an exhaust stack. Emissions data will be collected during pilot testing, and throughout operations, to ensure it does not exceed regulatory limits.

Pueblo Plant Enters Pilot Testing Phase

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 8 September, 2016 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) has entered pilot testing, the phase preceding full-scale operations.

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