Disposal of nerve agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot is underway. Officials at the Madison County installation made the announcement Tuesday.
The Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office says destruction of the first eight inch projectile containing GB nerve agent took place on January 17th. The plant is destroying nerve agent munitions through neutralization followed by water oxidation.
Disposal of these projectiles filled with GB marks the first nerve agent destruction in the U.S. in more than a decade. Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Site Project Manager Candace Coyle calls it another major milestone toward eliminating the entire chemical weapons stockpile in Kentucky.
Destruction of mustard agent through a static detonation chamber process began last June.
