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

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Facts: Blue Grass ACWA Test Equipment

By John Cummins | BGCAPP Facts | Comments are Closed | 6 October, 2022 | 0

Explains the role of simulated munitions known as ACWA Test Equipment, or ATE, in testing processing systems and training workers before actual chemical agent munitions are processed by the Blue Grass plant.

  • Technicians work on a munitions transfer tray during operations procedure testing for 8-inch inert projectiles at the Munitions Washout System at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in May.
  • A technician teaches the Munitions Washout System robot data points for processing specific projectiles at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

System Starts Processing 8-inch Test Projectiles

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Systemization | Comments are Closed | 25 May, 2018 | 0

The Blue Grass start-up team is testing the Munitions Washout System with 8-inch inert projectiles in preparation for its systemization demonstration procedure.

  • A worker installs a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system vent cover in the Munitions Demilitarization Building at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • Large ducts that carry facility air to the carbon filter banks curve down from the top of the Munitions Demilitarization Building at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • A technician observes as the Tray Transfer Room is smoke-tested at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Explosive Destruction Technology facility.

Team Works to Ensure Critical Balance

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 18 May, 2018 | 0

A start-up team is balancing the Munitions Demilitarization Building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in preparation for chemical-agent destruction operations.

  • Technicians prepare the air filtration system for its first run at the Explosive Destruction Technology facility at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • A technician checks wiring in preparation for the start of the air filtration system at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Explosive Destruction Technology facility.

Technicians Start Air Filtration System for First Time

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 16 May, 2018 | 0

Technicians brought the Explosive Destruction Technology air filtration system online for the first time May 8 at the Blue Grass plant.

  • A technician checks the filtration media level in a water demineralization tank at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • Technicians prepare to pump water from a demineralization trailer to the Process Water Tank at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in this photograph from 2017.

Water Systems Turned Over to Operations

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 27 April, 2018 | 0

Experts deemed two systems that provide water to Blue Grass plant processes ready in March to proceed to the next step toward the destruction of chemical munitions.

  • A technician observes as a munitions tray moves down a conveyor before a formal Systemization Demonstration Procedure of the Tray Handling System at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • Technicians prepare one of the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers for its System Demonstration Procedure prior to turning it over to operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Experts: 21 Systems Turned Over to Operations

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 29 March, 2018 | 0

As of March 21, the systemization team turned over 21 of 59 Blue Grass plant systems to operations.

  • Oversight representatives watch as Control Room operators put the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzer system through its paces during its systemization demonstration procedure at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in February. (Note: Areas in this image have been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense directives.)
  • Workers place one of the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers in the Munitions Demilitarization Building at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in 2012.

Major Neutralization System Passes Demonstration

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 21 March, 2018 | 0

Experts successfully completed the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers systemization demonstration procedure in February.

  • A technician takes a reading on a thermal camera to determine if Metal Parts Treater (MPT) electromagnetic fields create hot spots in the MPT Room at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • Safety and systemization team members observe as Metal Parts Treater systems are tested at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Key Blue Grass Systems Tested

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 28 February, 2018 | 0

Technicians are evaluating Metal Parts Treater systems in preparation for a full-system demonstration.

  • An industrial hygienist tests air within the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant as nitrogen is introduced to plant systems in January.
  • A technician tests piping for leaks during a pressurization test ahead of gaseous nitrogen being introduced to Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant systems.

Nitrogen Introduced into Blue Grass Plant for First Time

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 21 February, 2018 | 0

Technicians introduced gaseous nitrogen into the Blue Grass plant for the first time Jan. 25.

  • A Blue Grass Army Depot firefighter cleans up a simulated hydrolysate spill at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Laboratory as observers evaluate the activity Jan. 31.
  • A spilled container of simulated hydrolysate lies on the floor of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Laboratory as responders prepare for a clean-up exercise.
  • Blue Grass Army Depot hazardous materials response team members are briefed as they prepare for a simulated hydrolysate spill clean-up exercise at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Laboratory Jan. 31.

Partners Practice Response in Integrated Spill Drill

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 14 February, 2018 | 0

Plant and Blue Grass Army Depot participants responded to a mock hydrolysate spill in the Blue Grass Laboratory to practice hazardous-materials clean-up skills Jan. 31.

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