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.
December 1, 2022 — Springville Journal
The Department of Energy and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley have successfully shipped 43 containers of waste from the deconstruction of the Main Plant Process Building, which began on Sept. 21. During this project, the site is expected to ship approximately 1,500 containers by rail line. Read the full article here.
December 1, 2022 — Salamanca Press
WEST VALLEY — A Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Phase 2 of the cleanup at the West Valley Demonstration Project is expected to be published in 2025.
There will be a six‐month public comment period after the DEIS is published, members of the West Valley Citizens Task Force learned earlier this week during the West Valley Demonstration Project’s quarterly meeting. Read the full article here.
November 24, 2022 — Springville Journal
With many people in the local community in need of food this holiday season, the workforce at the West Valley Demonstration Project did their part to help the families this winter. The WVDP hosted its annual food drive, donating food to nine food pantries across the area. Read the full article here.
October 28, 2022 — Olean Times Herald
WEST VALLEY — A train with 12 containers of the first demolition debris from the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project in Ashford has been shipped off the site by rail.
Members of the West Valley Citizens Task Force learned of the milestone Wednesday night at the group’s monthly meeting — the first since demolition material from the nuclear waste processing site has been shipped away. Read the full article here.
November 19, 2022 — Olean Times Herald
WEST VALLEY — A Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Phase 2 of the cleanup at the West Valley Demonstration Project is expected to be published in 2025.
There will be a six‐month public comment period after the DEIS is published, members of the West Valley Citizens Task Force learned earlier this week during the West Valley Demonstration Project’s quarterly meeting.
A Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision would be issued after the Department of Energy and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority answered all the questions posed during the public comment period.
Read the full article here.
