Chemical Munitions Destruction Progress as of May 17, 2019*
Main plant operations began on Sept. 7, 2016
The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot stores more than 2,600 tons of the blister agent mustard in projectiles and mortars.
Chemical Weapons Destruction Technologies
Two technologies are safely destroying the Pueblo stockpile.
Neutralization Followed by Biotreatment
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.
Explosive Destruction System
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 being reported as destroyed to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
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