Blue Grass Army Depot’s chemical weapons plant nearly finished destroying secondary waste

Nearly all the secondary waste at the Blue Grass Army Depot’s chemical weapons destruction plant has been destroyed. The plant updated community members on its progress during a public meeting on Wednesday.

That accounts for 98% of materials contaminated with VX nerve agent and 100% of materials contaminated with GB nerve agent. Project Manager Shannon Pendergrass said the remaining waste will be destroyed after the plant fixes an equipment-related outage.

“Once we come out of that outage, which is expected before this weekend, we have approximately one to two weeks of processing remaining,” she said…

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