Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant achieved a significant milestone on April 26 toward their goal of eliminating the chemical stockpile in Colorado by destroying more than half of the mustard agent filled munitions.
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The first munitions containing VX nerve agent were destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Jan. 10.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant began its second campaign Dec. 11 with the destruction of the first 105mm projectiles of mustard agent stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot.
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.
Fifty percent of the mustard agent in the stockpile of chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky has been destroyed as of Sept. 1.
Workers completed the assembly of the three Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in July.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant completed baseline reconfiguration of 4.2-inch mortar rounds containing mustard agent June 23.
The 8-inch GB agent-filled projectiles safely stored and destroyed on the Blue Grass Army Depot originated at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado in the 1960s.
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) destroyed all 8-inch projectiles containing GB nerve agent May 11. This marks the completion of the first munitions campaign for the project.
A team of Blue Grass plant personnel performed the first sampling of GB nerve agent March 24 to meet treaty requirements.