Community members joined government officials and project staff in Pueblo, Colorado July 27 to recognize completion of the 105mm projectile destruction campaign.
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The Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) will hold a public event on Wednesday, July 27, at 9 a.m. MDT recognizing the end of the Pueblo plant’s 105mm projectile destruction campaign.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team completed the destruction of more than 383,000 mustard agent-filled 105mm projectiles on July 20.
U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot toxic materials handlers transported the final pallet of 105mm projectiles to the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant July 5.
Program officials propose using upgraded equipment that could accelerate safe chemical weapons destruction at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
Personnel from the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot as well as Pueblo County agencies participated in a live, full-scale exercise to test their response to a potential chemical weapons stockpile emergency.
The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot observed its 80th anniversary in a celebration event on May 18.
Four upcoming Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant public meetings will be held in person on June 1.
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant and U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot officials delivered a chemical weapons destruction update to Pueblo City Council members in May.
Static Detonation Chamber trial testing at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has ended, bringing the complex one step closer to full operations.