Photo by William Farrow | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville | 02.01.2018
A robot moves an inert projectile from a conveyor tray to a device that will remove the nose closure atn the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ agent for facility design and construction of all chemical demilitarization facilities, Huntsville Center has a long history building the facilities used to destroy chemical weapons, including BGCAPP....
Courtesy Photo | PM Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives | 07.03.2014
An aerial view of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Ky., in July 2014. The completion of plant construction - scheduled for July 2015 - will bring an end to the Huntsville Center's chemical demilitarization mission....
Courtesy Photo | PM Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives | 03.25.2014
Inside the Agent Processing Building of the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, a start-up specialist tests the Cavity Access Machines of the Munitions Washout System. Specialized robots, procured by Huntsville Center, transfer materials to the appropriate stations. For each disposal site, Huntsville Center staff has developed initial facility design requirements and identified......
Courtesy Photo | PM Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives | 09.20.2010
With concrete walls 26 inches thick, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant's Munitions Demilitarization Building has the most complicated blast walls of all the facilities. Designed to protect workers in the unlikely event of an explosion, the walls are made of layers upon layers of rebar and self-consolidating concrete that required seven days to cure. (Photo by Program......
