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Anniston tests new equipment for Pueblo project

Anniston Chemical Activity (ANCA) employees started delivering 4.2-inch mortars to a building on Anniston Army Depot laid out to resemble an area of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) under construction in Colorado. A team of specially trained Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility employees started using the Linear Projectile Mortar Disassembly (LPMD) machine to remove explosives from the munitions ANCA is delivering to them. Employees will collect LPMD reliability and maintenance data over the course of several months which will be used by Pueblo-based counterparts.

The LPMD is a yellow, six-axis robot that is remotely operated by a team from a nearby control room. After other employees carefully place mustard munitions on a conveyor system, the robotic machine picks up the munitions one at a time and places them at munition handling stations. The use of the LPMD is expected to improve PCAPP operations.

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DCD Completes Mortar Campaign

The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, located at the Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah, achieved a major landmark by finishing its mortar campaign last month as worker's safely destroyed the last explosively-configured mustard agent-filled munition.p>

Following the successful destruction of mustard agent-filled 4.2 inch mortars, nearly 90 percent of the site's original agent stockpile has been destroyed--only bulk containers remain at the Depot.

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9/2/2010 Hermiston, OR	UMCDF Weekly Update  [224KB pdf] Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - September 2, 2010.
9/2/2010 Anniston, AL	ANCDF Weekly Update  [875KB pdf] Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Weekly Project Update for August 9, 2003 through September 2, 2010
8/27/2010 Blue Grass , KS	Lieutenant Colonel Steven G. Basso  [197KB pdf] LTC Steven G. Basso graduated from Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and was commissioned an officer in the United States Army Chemical Corps in 1994.
8/26/2010 Hermiston, OR	UMCDF Weekly Update  [200KB pdf] Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - August 26, 2010.
8/26/2010 Anniston, AL	ANCDF Weekly Update  [875KB pdf] Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update for August 9, 2003 through August 26, 2010.
8/23/2010 Blue Grass , KY	Leaking Mustard Munition Event Concluded  [127KB pdf] The source of leaking mustard vapor first detected in early July has been identified and overpacked by toxic chemical crews of the Blue Grass Chemical Activity.
8/20/2010 Hermiston, OR	Depot plans drill Tuesday  [62KB pdf] Umatilla Chemical Depot, Hermiston, Ore. - A quarter emergency preparedness drill is scheduled for Tuesday, August 24.
8/19/2010 Tooele, UT	DCD Monthly Update  [1,713KB pdf] Deseret Chemical Depot update for August 2010
8/19/2010 Hermiston, OR	UMCDF Weekly Update  [211KB pdf] Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - August 19, 2010.
8/17/2010 Pine Bluff, AR	PBCA/PBCDF Weekly Update  [235KB pdf] Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update for August 10, 2010 to August 16, 2010.
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