April 2018

Project Background

The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) will safely destroy 523 tons of chemical agent in rockets and artillery projectiles stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky.

The main plant technology selected by the Department of Defense to destroy the Blue Grass VX and GB (Sarin) nerve agent weapons stockpile is neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation.

The technology selected by the Department of Defense to destroy the Blue Grass mustard (H) agent weapons stockpile is Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT), specifically the Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC.

The Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is responsible for managing all aspects of the safe and environmentally sound destruction of the chemical weapons stockpiles in both Kentucky and Colorado.

The Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass Team, a joint venture of Bechtel National Inc. and Parsons Government Services Inc., along with teaming partners AECOM, Battelle, and GP Strategies Corporation, is the systems contractor selected to design, build, systemize, pilot test, operate and close BGCAPP.

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Main Plant Destruction Technology

Neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation will be used to destroy the nerve agent weapons stockpile.

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Explosive Destruction Technology

Workers place mustard projectiles in feed tray with aid of material-handling equipmentSystem allows for minimal handling of projectiles by workers

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Projectiles conveyed to top of vesselFor added safety, it is a fully automatic, double air-lock feeding conveyor system

Projectiles fed into electrically heated detonation chamberChamber temperature maintained abovecritical temperature of energetics inside the projectiles

High heat detonate/deflagrate projectiles, mustard agent and energetics destroyed by explosion/thermal decompositionOff-gases treated by air pollution control system

SDC will be used to destroy the mustard agent weapons stockpile.

Safety

Safety remains a core value of the project workforce

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program Star Status site

Lost-time injury rate is 100 percent lower and recordable injury rate is 89 percent lower than industry average

As of March 31, 2018, the project has completed 9,625,258 hours and 1,431 days without a lost-time accident

Accidents per 200,000 job hours

(12‐month rolling rate)

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Recordable Injuries Lost‐Time Injuries

ConstructionIndustry

Bechtel Parsons

Current Project Staffing

Total project employment ― 868

Richmond, Kentucky ― 867

― Local hires ― 31 percent

Other locations ― 1

― San Francisco, California

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A member of the Special Projects team removes a pump from the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzer System in the Munitions Demilitarization Building.

Economic Impact

Acquisitions to date― $172 million spent with

Kentucky companies― $102.5 million spent in

Madison and surrounding counties

Payroll to date (includes nonmanual and craft)― $913 million of local payroll

paid

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A member of the Hydrolysate team performs an eye exam during a mask fitting inside the Medical Facility.

BGCAPP Progress

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Personnel Maintenance BuildingMedical FacilityHydrolysate Storage AreaControl and Support BuildingMunitions Demilitarization Building (MDB) Filter Banks

MDBContainer Handling BuildingExplosive Detonation Technology (EDT) Facility Site*Utility BuildingSupercritical Water Oxidation Building

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Maintenance BuildingPersonnel Support

BuildingLaboratory Building

*EDT constructed and now in pre-systemization

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Main Plant Progress

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A Systemization Team member observes as a portion of an inert rocket moves on a rotating conveyor in the Explosive Containment Room. Physical systemization at the main plant now stands at 80 percent complete.

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EDT Facility Progress

A subcontractor installs a window frame inside the Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) Enclosure Building. EDT pre-systemization stands at 93 percent complete.

Community Involvement

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Workers from the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant unload donated items for the Richmond Salvation Army following a project food drive.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant

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Contact Information

Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office1000 Commercial Dr., Suite 2

859-626-8944

Sarah E. ParkePublic Outreach Manager

Mark YorkBechtel Parsons Blue Grass Communications Manager

U.S. Army Blue Grass Chemical

Activity431 Battlefield Memorial

Highway859-779-6897

Angela HurstPublic Affairs Officer

Shatara RiisPublic Affairs Officer

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