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Eastern Standard Aug. 31, 2023

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(L-R) Harvey Riggins BGAD Maintenance Supervisor, WEKU’s Shepherd Snyder and Crystal Roberts
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(L-R) Harvey Riggins BGAD Maintenance Supervisor, WEKU’s Shepherd Snyder and Crystal Roberts

For the past five years, the most lethal chemical weapons on earth have been undergoing a challenging disposal process in a special facility at Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond. In part two of this Eastern Standard Series on the project, Crystal Jones and Shepherd Snyder take us behind the fence and into the process, talking with members of a highly-skilled team as they go about their dangerous work. Hear their stories in their words.

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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