American Pacific Rocket Fuel Plant
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| This volatile chemical production complex was built in a remote valley near Cedar City in 1989, following a devastating explosion of the company's plant in Henderson, Nevada in 1988. It is owned by American Pacific Corporation (Ampac), a company based in Las Vegas. The Western Electrochemical (WECCO) division of Ampac, which operates at this plant, is the only North American producer of ammonium perchlorate, an essential oxidizing agent for rockets, including the Space Shuttle, and ICBMs. Before the explosion in Henderson in 1988, WEECO was known as the Pacific Engineering and Production Company (PEPCON), and manufactured perchlorate near the BMI industrial complex in Henderson. |
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14 miles W of Cedar City
(POINT(-113.28698158264 37.798696093368))
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| From Interstate 15 at Cedar City, take Highway 56 west. After four miles, just before the highway curves to the southwest, turn right on the paved road heading northwest. After four miles the railroad appears on the right, and then the road heds through a small pass and heads straight to the gate of the plant. |
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http://www.apfc.com/utah/index.html
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