West Valley Innovation Improves Safety, Efficiency and Costs in Cleanup

EM Update, February 20, 2024 —

WEST VALLEY, N.Y. — EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP)

used innovative thinking to improve safety and efficiency and save taxpayer money by acquiring new

automated tools for demolition equipment.

“The WVDP team uses diversity, collaboration and inclusion to its advantage when developing innovation solutions during cleanup activities,” EM West Valley Project Management Assistant Director Stephen Bousquet said. “Combining their differences and strengths helps the team improve safety, increase efficiency and reduce costs.”

The new tools, known as quick couplers, feature an advanced automatic coupling system that enables an operator to change quickly between various attachments used in cleanup from inside the cab of an excavator while conducting demolition work on the Main Plant Process Building at West Valley.

Read the full article here.

For more information

on the West Valley Citizen Task Force, please contact:

Nancy Raca, Facilitator
West Valley Citizen Task Force
c/o Highland Planning
nancy@highland-planning.com