Below are articles and other news published since the last West Valley Citizen Task Force Meeting. They relate to the West Valley Demonstration Project, nuclear waste cleanup or are otherwise relevant or of potential interest to stakeholders interested in the Project. After each Citizen Task Force Meeting, these articles are compiled into a single document and may be found with the meeting materials for that month.
March 21, 2018 – “Neighbors of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center want to make sure their community is safe from nuclear contamination, both now and in the future.
But one of the containment options they prefer might increase of nuclear waste leaking into the soil at the site, a 3,338-acre site in West Valley. Nuclear fuel was reprocessed there from 1966 until 1972.” Link to article
March 20, 2018 – “A familiar refrain was heard in West Valley Monday night.
“Dig it up,” said Barbara Dyscant, an activist from Hinsdale.
She was among speakers who urged U.S. Department of Energy to “do a complete cleanup at West Valley” at the first of three scoping sessions on the phase 2 cleanup of the West Valley Demonstration Project.” Link to article
March 20, 2018 – “A familiar refrain was heard in West Valley Monday night.
“Dig it up,” said Barbara Dyscant, an activist from Hinsdale.
She was among speakers who urged U.S. Department of Energy to “do a complete cleanup at West Valley” at the first of three scoping sessions on the phase 2 cleanup of the West Valley Demonstration Project.” Link to article
March 20, 2018 – “The goal for many in Erie and Cattaraugus County is simple, keep the waters of Cattaraugus Creek and Lake Erie clean. They feel the best way to do that, address what’s happening at the West Valley Waste Facility.” Link to article.
March 20, 2018 – “I am a nuclear baby, born in the same year that Glenn Seaborg discovered plutonium, Franklin Delano Roosevelt authorized the development of an atomic bomb, and the Manhattan Project began.” Link to article.
