Presented to: Kentucky Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Kentucky Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board Presented by: Tom McKinney Project Manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass

1. Blue Grass Chemical Agent-
Destruction Pilot Plant
Systems Contractor Update
June 13, 2012
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Weapons
Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory
Commission and Kentucky Chemical
Destruction Community Advisory Board
Presented by:
Tom McKinney
Project Manager,
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass

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Recent Safety Pause
 Zero Accidents is our unwavering goal
 The project experienced a negative trend in
work-related injuries and near miss events
 Safety and quality are the project’s core values,
and worker safety is taken seriously
 The project expects a safe, efficient, well-organized
construction site where everyone understands roles,
responsibilities and expectations
 The safety paused allowed the project to take inventory
of what was going right and what needed improvement
 During the safety pause, we re-affirmed safety leadership
expectations with all site personnel
 Moving forward, the project will carefully monitor
construction activities and behaviors, and review safety
procedures and construction hazards each day with
the workforce
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Safety Performance
4.0
1.5
2.01
0.11
Recordable Injuries Lost-Time Injuries
Construction Industry
Bechtel Parsons
12-month rolling rate
Accidents per 200,000 job hours
 OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star site
 As of May 31, 2012, the project has
completed 155,666 hours and 45 days
without a lost-time accident

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Local Economic Impact
 Acquisitions to date
― $83.5 million spent with
Kentucky companies
― $47.3 million spent in Madison
and surrounding counties
 Local payroll to date
― $334 million paid
― $476 million more to be paid
 Employment
― Total project – 939
― Richmond, KY – 863
• Nonmanual – 454
• Craft – 409
― Other locations – 76
• Pasco, WA
• San Diego, CA
• Columbus, OH
• Frederick, MD
56 percent of the
Blue Grass
Chemical Agent-
Destruction Pilot
Plant workforce is
hired locally.

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Employment Outlook
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April 2012

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Community Involvement
 Kentucky tornado relief
― $5,720 in employee and corporate
contributions to aid local Red Cross
in disaster relief efforts
― 220 items donated by employees to
aid Kentucky State Police disaster
assistance efforts
 Habitat for Humanity Passive
House Project
― Employees donated time to help
build house for Berea family
― House is energy efficient dwelling,
meeting Passive House Institute
certification standards
Bechtel Parsons employees drop off tornado
relief supplies to the Kentucky State Police’s
Richmond post.
Bechtel Parsons employees spend a Saturday
helping build a Habitat for Humanity home in
Berea.

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Blue Grass Specific Equipment Update
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PhaseI
Metal Parts Treater ● ● ● ● ●
Thermally decontaminates metal parts and pieces
and secondary wastes
Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers ● ● ● ● ● Neutralizes energetics and any residual agent
Energetics Neutralization
Reactors ● ● ● ● ●
Mixes energetics with hot water and sodium hydroxide to
destroy energetics
PhaseII
Rocket Cutter Machine ● ● ● Separates rocket motor from warhead containing agent
Rocket Shear Machine ● ● ● Drains the agent and separates rockets into pieces
Munitions Wash Station ● ● ●
Disassembles and removes agent from projectiles
(includes Cavity Access Machines)
Agent Neutralization
Glove boxes ● ● ● ● Samples to verify agent destruction
Energetics Neutralization
Glove boxes ● ● ● Samples to verify energetics destruction
SCWO Aluminum Filtration
System ● ● ● ● Filters aluminum particulates from energetics hydrolysate
SCWO Reactor Modules ● ●
Converts agent and energetics hydrolysate to salts, water
and carbon dioxide gas
SCWO Tanks & Pump Modules ● ● ● ● ● Blend tanks for SCWO reactor feed batches
Equipment Purpose
Status
- update since last meeting

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Rocket Cutting Machine Milestone
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 Successful 2-year
fabrication and testing
effort complete
 More than 2,600 mock
rockets disassembled
during testing
 More than 12,000
customized components
among two identical units
 Equipment has been
shipped to Richmond, Ky.
The Rocket Cutting Machine grasps a mock rocket
during factory acceptance testing in Pasco, Wash.

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Northwestern Corner - Observation Point
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Construction―51 percent complete
Control and Support Building
Munitions Demilitarization Building
Utility Building
Supercritical Water Oxidation Processing Building (not visible in photo)
Laboratory Building (not visible in photo)
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Main Processing Facilities
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Control and Support Building exterior
electrical conduit installation has begun.
Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO)
Processing Building tanks and equipment
installations are underway.
SCWO Process Building structural steel
installation is changing the construction site
skyline.
Munitions Demilitarization Building (MDB)
interior wall paneling installation continues.

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Support Facilities and Infrastructure
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Utility Building pipe rack support steel
erection has begun.
Laboratory Building heating, ventilation
and air conditioning units are being
installed atop the building’s roof.
A recent concrete placement for the
Hydrolysate Storage Area tank foundations.
Concrete pads and large evaporative
water coolers have been placed.

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Questions/Discussion
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