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March 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, General Atomics 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
Re-certified 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 Feb. 28, 2017, the project has completed 7,930,948 hours and 1,035 days without a lost-time accident
Accidents per 200,000 job hours
(12-month rolling rate)
5
2.4
.80
0.72
0.00
Recordable Injuries Lost-Time Injuries
ConstructionIndustry
Bechtel Parsons
Current Project Staffing
Total project
employment ― 834
Richmond, Kentucky ― 833
― Local hires ― 27 percent
Other locations ― 1
― San Francisco, California
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A member of the Lock Out, Tag Out team confirms tags on an Isopropyl line inside the Supercritical Water Oxidation Process Building.
Economic Impact
Acquisitions to date
― $171 million spent with
Kentucky companies
― $102.7 million spent in
Madison and surrounding
counties
Payroll to date (includes nonmanual and craft)
― $862 million of local payroll
paid
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Members of the Special Projects Team replace parts for the Agent Neutralization System 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: A member of the Demilitarization Team makes adjustments to connectors before testing begins on the robot in the Explosives Containment Vestibule. Right: A member of the Special Projects Team torques a flange following testing in the Supercritical Water Oxidation Process Building. Systemization at the main plant now stands at 71 percent complete.
Community Involvement
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Left: Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant employees pose following the annual Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Bluegrass Bowl for Kids Sake event. Right: Kevin Wells, Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program section chief, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV, listens as Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, explains the purpose of the agent sampling equipment in the Munitions Demilitarization Building’s Glove Box during a recent tour.
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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