May 28, 2021 – To help stop invisible but long lasting, dangerous radioactivity from getting into our air, water, soil, food and environment join us for a monthly series to learn about the West Valley NY Nuclear Waste Site. One of the most radioactive buildings at that site, and at all the nuclear power and weapons sites, in the country is slated to be
demolished starting in 2021. The West Valley Action Network groups are calling for an enclosure during demolition and offsite real‐time, publicly‐reported radiation monitoring to see if radioactivity is getting out.

The first two programs in the series will give the history of what’s there, what was done, how dangerous it is from experts who have tracked the site for decades. Link to article

May 20, 2021 – Contractors are in the homestretch of clearing the West Valley Demonstration Project of buildings.

Fifty‐one of 55 structures have been taken down [https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao‐21‐115.pdf], and the most contaminated [http://www.chbwv.com/Facility‐Deactivation/MPPB‐Demolition.pdf] of them all — the Main Plant
Processing Building — is scheduled for demolition this fall.

How hot are its five stories of reinforced concrete? A trio of activists said [https://buffalonews.com/opinion/anothervoice‐
demolition‐at‐west‐valley‐nuclear‐site‐must‐be‐monitored/article_33ada9c6‐406d‐11eb‐8103‐
cf6083e0c0b1.html] it “could be one of the most radioactive buildings in the country.”

The demolition might be welcome news, but the manner
[http://www.chbwv.com/Public_Meetings/Quarterly_Public_Meeting/022421/DD‐Process.pdf] in which contractors plan to bring the building down is causing concern, even alarm, in some quarters. Link to article

May 20, 2021 – President of CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, LLC John Rendall made a presentation to the Ashford Town Board at its May 12 meeting regarding the upcoming demolition of the main plant building at the West Valley Demonstration Project.

Rendall discussed the plan to begin demolition of the main plant process building at the WVDP this year, which would be an important step in reducing the overall environmental risks from historic site activities and the footprint of WVDP. Rendall said they hope to begin demolition closer to the end of this year. Link to article

May 19, 2021 – Fifty‐one of 55 structures have been taken down [https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao‐21‐115.pdf], and the most contaminated [http://www.chbwv.com/Facility‐Deactivation/MPPB‐Demolition.pdf] of them all — the Main Plant Processing Building — is scheduled for demolition this fall.

How hot are its five stories of reinforced concrete? A trio of activists said[https://buffalonews.com/opinion/anothervoice‐
demolition‐at‐west‐valley‐nuclear‐site‐must‐be‐monitored/article_33ada9c6‐406d‐11eb‐8103‐
cf6083e0c0b1.html] it “could be one of the most radioactive buildings in the country.” Link to article

May 18, 2021 – Contractors are in the homestretch of clearing the West Valley Demonstration Project of buildings.

Fifty‐one of 55 structures have been taken down, and the most contaminated of them all — the Main Plant Processing Building — is scheduled for demolition this fall.

How hot are its five stories of reinforced concrete? A trio of activists said it “could be one of the most radioactive buildings in the country.”

The demolition might be welcome news, but the manner in which contractors plan to bring the building down is causing concern, even alarm, in some quarters. Link to article