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.
August 31, 2017 – The Town of Ashford announced it has been designated a Clean Energy Community by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, recognizing its leadership in reducing energy use, cutting costs and driving clean energy locally. Link to Article
August 30, 2017 – “Low-level radioactive waste will soon travel through Pahrump as part of the shipping campaign to the Nevada National Security Site, officials said.
Nye County will receive low-level waste from the West Valley Demonstration Plant [sic] in New York state.
The waste will be mostly made up of building debris consisting primarily of concrete rubble with some steel. In addition, shipments will include minor components of soil, piping, lightweight building debris and miscellaneous materials, officials said.” Link to Article
August 27, 2017 – “They haven’t agreed on a final budget number, but the Trump administration and the U.S. House and Senate have proposed spending between about $33 million and $52 million in the next fiscal year to continue disposing of uranium-233 waste materials that are stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a building that is the oldest continuously operating nuclear facility in the U.S. Department of Energy complex. ….
The research and development test was completed in late 1968, and Nuclear Fuel Services of West Valley, New York, recovered the uranium, which was then considered to be a reusable nuclear material. The uranium was separated from certain other isotopes, fission products, and other constituents common to reactor fuel, according to a DOE analysis prepared in August 2014.” Link to Article
August 17, 2017 – Deputy General Manager of CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, LLC Scott Anderson made a presentation to the board explaining the requirements and approach to the demolition of the WVDP vitrification building, safety precautions to both workers and residents and a schedule on the upcoming demolition. Link to Article
August 9, 2017 WBFO – Nuclear issues cloud 10th anniversary of Indigenous People Declaration Link to Article
August 14, 2017 WBFO – Senecas want radiation in Cattaraugus Creek gone ‘right now’ Link to Article
