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.
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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 start-up team is balancing the Munitions Demilitarization Building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in preparation for chemical-agent destruction operations.
Technicians brought the Explosive Destruction Technology air filtration system online for the first time May 8 at the Blue Grass plant.
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.
As of March 21, the systemization team turned over 21 of 59 Blue Grass plant systems to operations.
Experts successfully completed the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers systemization demonstration procedure in February.
Technicians are evaluating Metal Parts Treater systems in preparation for a full-system demonstration.
Technicians introduced gaseous nitrogen into the Blue Grass plant for the first time Jan. 25.
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.