In the News

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.

DOE EM Update – EM Announces New Manager to Succeed Jack Craig at Savannah River Site

February 13, 2018 – EM has named Michael D. Budney as the new manager for the Savannah River Operations Office. He succeeds Jack Craig, who is retiring after 32 years of federal service, including 29 years of leadership in the environmental cleanup program….

Craig also served as acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for EM at DOE headquarters; director of the EM Consolidated Business Center in Cincinnati; and deputy manager of the DOE Ohio Field Office, where he was responsible for the management, cleanup, and restoration of the Fernald, Mound, Battelle-Columbus and Ashtabula sites, and the West Valley Demonstration Project. Link to EM Update

Energy Communities Alliance Bulletin – FY 2018 Appropriations

January 2018 – ECA Bulletin chart of FY 2018 DOE appropriations highlights. Link to Chart

January 25, 2018 Springville Journal – Ashford Board holds organizational meeting

January 25, 2018 – “The Ashford Town Board held its annual organizational meeting on Jan. 10. …. The town has a variety of projects its working on, including completion of the master plan, the West Valley Demonstration Project demolition, …” Link to Article

Springville Journal – Letter to the Editor: West Valley Food Bank appreciates all who have helped

January 18, 2018 – “Editor: As we close out the old year and ring in the new, all of us at the West Valley Food Bank wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the organizations and individuals that were involved in helping us during the past year. Link to Letter

DOE Environmental Management Bulletin – EM Sites to See Cost Savings From Sharing Equipment to Relocate Waste

January 16, 2018 – “Cost savings will result from two EM cleanup sites sharing highly specialized equipment for packaging and relocating nuclear waste to storage locations.

Workers at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) in New York shipped welding equipment to the Richland Operations Office (RL) at the Hanford Site in Washington state on Jan. 8 to assist in proposed packaging and moving of radioactive cesium and strontium capsules to dry storage. Sharing the equipment valued at approximately $2.4 million helps the sites achieve savings.” Link to Bulletin