Pueblo Chemical Depot

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The Pueblo Chemical Depot is a chemical weapons storage site located in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.

The depot houses 2,611 tons (2,369 metric tons) of mustard agent in approximately 780,000 munitions, equivalent to about seven percent of the original chemical material stockpile of the United States.[1][2] As of 2008, a disposal facility, the Pueblo Chemical Agent Disposal Pilot Plant (PCAPP) is under construction by Bechtel Pueblo; destruction of the chemical munitions is scheduled to start in 2015. The plant will use neutralization with a hot caustic solution followed by bacterial biotreatment to destroy mustard agent. The wastewater from this process would be shipped to existing off-site facilities, such as treatment plants in Delaware and New Jersey for further treatment.

Destruction of the entire stockpile of weapons on the site is expected to be complete in 2020, and closure of the pilot plant complete in 2024. [3][1]

[edit] Geography

The Pueblo Chemical Depot is located at 38°16′26″N, 104°20′34″W (38.273969,-104.342694).

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Montgomery, Jeff. "DuPont may take on more weapons waste", Delaware Online, Delaware News-Journal, September 14, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-09-17. 
  2. ^ The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) - Colorado
  3. ^ Pueblo Chemical Depot. Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program. United States Department of Defense (July 25, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-01-21.


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