Chemical Weapons Disposal

The delay is for maintenance on the plan’s static detonation chambers, which are used to destroy containerized rocket warheads with residual amounts of nerve agent.

The proposal was one of several outlined in a U.S. Army feasibility study that researched potential reuses for facilities at the depot’s chemical weapons disposal plant.

Members of the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and the Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board met Wednesday to hear an update on the Blue Grass Army Depot’s chemical weapons destruction plant closing operations.

The proposal was made by engineering company Bechtel, which would fully fund the center’s design, construction and operation. It would use the existing infrastructure at the Depot and create around 50 IT jobs.

Officials with the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant offered a demonstration Wednesday of the automated break down of nerve agent rockets.…

Members of two community advisory panels have been briefed on next steps in the disposal of chemical munitions stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot. That…

Workers at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant completed destruction of all 8-inch projectiles containing GB nerve agent on Monday. The…

Officials with the U.S. Army and the contractor responsible for destroying chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot are sounding the “go…

Another quarterly meeting of two community-based groups monitoring plans for destroying thousands of chemical munitions at the Blue Grass Army Depot will…