The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot originally stored more than 2,600 tons of the blister agent mustard in projectiles and mortar rounds.
The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot originally stored more than 2,600 tons of the blister agent mustard in projectiles and mortar rounds.
Technologies chosen to safely destroy the Pueblo stockpile.
The Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot and the community worked together to select neutralization followed by biotreatment to destroy the chemical weapons stored at the depot.
The Explosive Destruction System, or EDS, augmented the pilot plant to destroy a number of problematic munitions that could not be easily destroyed by the main plant’s automated equipment. During two campaigns from March 2015 to December 2018, the EDS eliminated 951 items resulting in 3.82 tons of mustard agent destroyed.
The Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) complex is part of the chemical weapons destruction process at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Three thermally heated detonation chambers in the SDC complex are augmenting the main plant by eliminating 4.2-inch mortar rounds and overpacked munitions.
Permitting Working Group, Biotreatment Utilization Group and Colorado Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meetings will be held online on May 25, 2022, at 2 p.m. MDT.
Computer: Zoom – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85125795932
Phone: 1 346 248 7799 Meeting ID: 851 2579 5932#
For information, please contact the Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at (719) 546‑0400, or pueblooutreach@iem.com
There will be a series of public meetings to discuss multiple Permit Modification Requests on June 1, 2022, starting at 1:30 p.m. MDT. The in-person meeting will be held at the Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office, 104 W. B St., Pueblo.
For information, please contact the Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at (719) 546‑0400, or pueblooutreach@iem.com
Permitting Working Group, Biotreatment Utilization Group and Colorado Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meetings will be held on June 29, 2022.
For information, please contact the Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at (719) 546‑0400, or pueblooutreach@iem.com
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