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…