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it will spend $42 million 
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to purchase land 
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and relocate its ammonium perchlorate storage facility to Clark County, Nev., from Henderson, Nev.
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it will move the storage and cross-blending operations to a site 23 miles northeast of Las Vegas 
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to distance the operations from residential areas.
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 Ammonium perchlorate is an oxidizer 
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that is mixed with a propellant 
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to make rocket fuel 
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used in the space shuttle and military rockets. 
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 In May 1988, an ammonium perchlorate plant in Henderson 
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owned by an American Pacific Corp. unit
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 was leveled by a series of explosions.
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 After the explosion, Kerr-McGee temporarily shut down its facility just south of Las Vegas for a safety inspection.
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 American Pacific and Kerr-McGee are the only two U.S. manufacturers of ammonium perchlorate.
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 When the plant was destroyed, 
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that the same thing would happen at our plant, 
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That prompted Kerr-McGee to consider moving the potentially volatile storage facilities and cross-blending operations away from town.
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 Kerr-McGee said 
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it has purchased 3,350 acres from the federal government in Clark County 
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and plans to begin construction early next year.
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 The new facility is expected to begin operations in early 1991.
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 The Henderson plant will continue its other chemical operations, 
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the company said.
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