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April 2017
Project Background
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) will safely destroy 523 tons of chemical agent in rockets and artillery projectiles stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky.
The main plant technology selected by the Department of Defense to destroy the Blue Grass VX and GB (Sarin) nerve agent weapons stockpile is neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation.
The technology selected by the Department of Defense to destroy the Blue Grass mustard (H) agent weapons stockpile is Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT), specifically the Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC.
The Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is responsible for managing all aspects of the safe and environmentally sound destruction of the chemical weapons stockpiles in both Kentucky and Colorado.
The Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass Team, a joint venture of Bechtel National Inc. and Parsons Government Services Inc., along with teaming partners AECOM, Battelle, and GP Strategies Corporation, is the systems contractor selected to design, build, systemize, pilot test, operate and close BGCAPP.
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Main Plant Destruction Technology
Neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation will be used to destroy the nerve agent weapons stockpile.
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Explosive Destruction Technology
Workers place
mustard projectiles
in feed tray with aid
of material-handling
equipment
System allows for
minimal handling of
projectiles by
workers
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Projectiles conveyed
to top of vessel
For added safety, it
is a fully automatic,
double air-lock
feeding conveyor
system
Projectiles fed into
electrically heated
detonation chamber
Chamber
temperature
maintained above
critical temperature
of energetics inside
the projectiles
High heat detonate/
deflagrate projectiles,
mustard agent and
energetics destroyed
by explosion/thermal
decomposition
Off-gases treated by air
pollution control
system
SDC will be used to destroy the mustard agent weapons stockpile.
Safety
Safety remains a core value of the project workforce
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program Star Status site
Lost-time injury rate is 100 percent lower and recordable injury rate is 75 percent lower than industry average
As of March 31, 2017, the project has completed 8,110,160 hours and 1,066 days without a lost-time accident
Accidents per 200,000 job hours
(12-month rolling rate)
5
2.4
.80
0.59
0.00
Recordable Injuries Lost-Time Injuries
ConstructionIndustry
Bechtel Parsons
Current Project Staffing
Total project
employment ― 822
Richmond, Kentucky ― 822
― Local hires ― 27 percent
Other locations ― 1
― San Francisco, California
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A Startup Engineering Specialist inspects static mixer piping that will be installed for the Energetics Neutralization Reactors.
Economic Impact
Acquisitions to date
― $171 million spent with
Kentucky companies
― $103 million spent in Madison
and surrounding counties
Payroll to date (includes nonmanual and craft)
― $865 million of local payroll
paid
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Subcontractors install signal wires in a pass-through airlock in the Munitions Demilitarization Building.
BGCAPP Progress
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Personnel Maintenance Building
Medical Facility
Hydrolysate Storage Area
Control and Support Building
Munitions Demilitarization Building (MDB) Filter Banks
MDB
Container Handling Building
Explosive Detonation Technology (EDT) Facility Site*
Utility Building
Supercritical Water Oxidation Building
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Maintenance Building
Personnel Support Building
Laboratory Building
*EDT constructed, but in layup status pending later activation
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Main Plant Progress
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Left: Members of the Startup Team monitor as one of the three Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers is powered and rotated for the first time. Right: Members of the Startup Team work with a vendor to initiate robot movement in the Munitions Washout Room. Systemization at the main plant now stands at 73 percent complete.
BGCAPP Stakeholder Involvement: Organisation for the Prohibition of ChemicalWeapons
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council tour the BGCAPP site in April. Left: Two members of the Executive Council examine documents on the Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) inside the EDT Enclosure Building. Right: Members of the Executive Council listen as Rick Goetz, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass deputy project manager, presents information inside the Supercritical Water Oxidation Process Building.
Community Involvement
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Left: A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) employee moves a cedar timber that will be used for a raised garden box. The effort is part of Sustainable Berea’s annual Victory Garden Blitz. Right: BGCAPP employees plant tree seedlings during the annual Reforest the Bluegrass event in Lexington.
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant
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Contact Information
Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office1000 Commercial Dr., Suite 2
859-626-8944
Sarah E. ParkePublic Outreach Manager
Mark YorkBechtel Parsons Blue Grass Communications Manager
U.S. Army Blue Grass Chemical
Activity431 Battlefield Memorial
Highway859-779-6897
Angela HurstPublic Affairs Officer
Jana FeltsPublic Affairs Officer
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