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

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A munitions handler guides a GB nerve agent projectile into a conveyor tray prior to processing at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The plant made history in January by becoming the only U.S. chemical demilitarization facility to destroy two different chemical agents at the same time.

Kentucky Chemical Agent Destruction Plant Makes History

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Program Milestones, Technology | Comments are Closed | 18 March, 2020 | 0

The Blue Grass plant recently achieved two major milestones, one of which is a first for the chemical demilitarization program.

  • An ordnance technician at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant handles 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent for processing. The plant has destroyed more than half its original stockpile of chemical agent.
  • An ordnance technician at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant handles 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent for processing. The plant has destroyed more than half its original stockpile of chemical agent.

Pueblo Plant Destroys Half of Chemical Stockpile in Colorado

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Program Milestones, Technology | Comments are Closed | 26 February, 2020 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant destroyed more than half the mustard agent in obsolete chemical munitions stored for more than a half-century at the U.S. Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant workers place the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in a tray to begin the destruction process in the Munitions Demilitarization Building Jan. 16, 2020.

Nerve Agent Destruction Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Program Milestones, Technology | Comments are Closed | 24 January, 2020 | 0

Full-scale chemical agent destruction operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) on the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) began Jan. 17 with the destruction of the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in the main plant.

  • A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ordnance technician uses a lift-assist device to transfer 155mm projectiles from a pallet to the automated processing line for disassembly and draining. In July 2019, the plant exceeded the halfway point for the 155mm destruction campaign.
  • Mr. Michael Abaie, Program Executive Officer, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, tours the Static Detonation Chamber assembly site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Nov. 20, 2019. Three SDCs will augment the main plant and help meet the Congressional destruction deadline of Dec. 31, 2023.

Pueblo Plant Marks Successful Year of Operations

By John Cummins | PCAPP News, Program Milestones, Technology | Comments are Closed | 17 December, 2019 | 0

In 2019, workers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant made significant progress in the destruction of mustard agent-filled munitions, eliminating hundreds of tons of chemical agent.

A worker at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant places 105mm projectiles that have been unboxed and reconfigured for processing on a pallet using a motorized lift assist.

Pueblo Plant Destroys More Than 1,000 U.S. Tons of Chemical Warfare Agent

By John Cummins | Events, PCAPP News, Program Milestones | Comments are Closed | 2 October, 2019 | 0

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has destroyed more than 1,000 U.S. tons of mustard agent in the obsolete chemical weapons stockpile stored in Colorado.

  • A convoy of semitrailers carrying components for the first Static Detonation Chamber travels Aug. 6, 2019, through the Pueblo Chemical Depot towards the SDC construction site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Three SDCs will be used in the Pueblo plant’s mission to destroy the remaining chemical weapons stockpile in Colorado.
  • A worker on a lift unhooks a Static Detonation Chamber component from a crane after offloading it from a semitrailer Aug. 6, 2019, at a Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant construction site. Three SDCs will be used in the Pueblo plant’s mission to destroy the remaining chemical weapons stockpile in Colorado.

First Static Detonation Chamber Components Arrive at Pueblo Plant

By John Cummins | Events, PCAPP News, Program Milestones | Comments are Closed | 9 August, 2019 | 0

The first Static Detonation Chamber components arrived at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Aug. 6 in a convoy of more than a dozen flatbed trucks.

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