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2 Overview of Agent Destruction Processes at Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant
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From page 13...
... daylight hours and in good weather, the accumulation The processes planned for use at PCAPP and BGCAPP are described briefly below. These over- 1See, for example, Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass view descriptions are not intended to delineate all of Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (2005)
From page 14...
... H is the only form of mustard agent stored at Blue Grass Army Depot. bOverall proportional composition of the mixture.
From page 15...
... and Assessment of Explosive Destruction Technologies for Specific Munitions at the Blue Grass and Pueblo 3A burster is an explosive charge, the purpose of which is to Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (2009)
From page 16...
... Hydrolysate will not be transferred and place that projectile into a cavity access machine from the agent neutralization system until it has been in an inverted position. In the cavity access machine, analyzed and verified that agent destruction is coman arm will dislodge the burster well by ramming it plete.
From page 17...
... Munition bodies Waste disposal Non-contaminated energetics, dunnage Brine residue MTU Munitions treatment unit PMD Projectile mortar disassembly OTS Offgas treatment system MWS Munitions washout system BRS Brine reduction system ANS Agent neutralization system WRS Water recovery system EDT Energetics destruction technology SDU Supplemental decontamination unit BTA Biotreatment area FIGURE 2-6 PCAPP process flow chart. SOURCE: Joe Novad, Deputy Program Manager, U.S.
From page 18...
... The warhead cavity will then be washed Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is out with a high-pressure water system to remove based on a presentation to the committee.5 The chemi residual agent as well as any gelled or crystallized cal munitions stockpile stored at the Blue Grass Army material that may have formed during storage. The Depot (BGAD)
From page 19...
... RCM Rocket cutter machine MPT Metal parts treater RSM Rocket shear machine MTU Munitions treatment unit PMD Projectile mortar disassembly OTM Offgas treatment system for MPT MWS Munitions washout system Offgas treatment system for EBH OTE EBH Energetics batch hydrolyzer SCWO Supercritical water oxidation ENR Energetics neutralization reactor RO Reverse osmosis ANS Agent neutralization system Non-contaminated rocket motor * disposition still under review FIGURE 2-7 BGCAPP process flow chart.
From page 20...
... Both facilities will follow a tions destruction to be used at PCAPP and BGCAPP progression of steps that consist of the installation of are new, several pieces of process equipment that have process equipment, integration of process equipment, never been used before have been included in the design and demonstration of overall plant operation using of these two pilot plants. These pieces of process equip surrogates instead of actual chemical agent.
From page 21...
... Because of the unique nature of the pro- Alternatives should develop and implement extensive cesses at the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot process safety metrics that can be evaluated for relPlant and the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction evance and utility. Metrics that are found to be meanPilot Plant and the extensive use of first-of-a-kind ingful should be carried forward to operations.
From page 22...
... Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.: Pro Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and the Blue gram Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives. Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant should BPT.


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