March 2, 2021 – David Pyles says he lives on painkillers and moves with the help of a cane and walker. He worked for five years at the West Valley Demonstration Project, a failed experiment to process spent nuclear fuel.

“What we were doing was insane. We were dealing with so much radiation,” he told Investigative Post from his home in New Hampshire.

“I’ve got absolutely no joints left in my knees — my knees are gone, my ankles are gone and my hips are gone,” he said. “I wonder if it’s from working in that bathtub full of radiation.” Link to article

March 1, 2021 (UPDATED March2) – You Tube video, “Cancer plagues West Valley nuke workers”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO_caWspN7E&t=25s

David Pyles says he lives on painkillers and moves with the help of a cane and walker. He worked for five years at the West Valley Demonstration Project, a failed experiment to process spent nuclear fuel.

“What we were doing was insane. We were dealing with so much radiation,” he told Investigative Post from his home in New Hampshire. Link to article

March 1, 2021 – David Pyles says he lives on painkillers and moves with the help of a cane and walker. He worked for five years at the West Valley Demonstration Project, a failed experiment to process spent nuclear fuel.

“What we were doing was insane. We were dealing with so much radiation,” he told Investigative Post from his home in New Hampshire.

“I’ve got absolutely no joints left in my knees — my knees are gone, my ankles are gone and my hips are gone,” he said.

“I wonder if it’s from working in that bathtub full of radiation.”

Pyles was one of about 200 full‐time employees who operated the former Nuclear Fuel Services reprocessing facility five decades ago in the hamlet of West Valley, where the company partnered with the federal government to recycle used radioactive fuel. Other workers were hired to contain and dispose of the dangerous waste the operation left behind. Link to article

February 27, 2021 – EM and CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, produced its annual site calendar in a creative way to increase safety awareness for workers and their families. It is called the Family Fun Safety Calendar and features drawings created by WVDP employees’ children, ages 12 and under, that depict general safety practices.

“At the West Valley Demonstration Project, it is understood that safety must be something that is not just remembered but put into practice every day and in everything we do,” DOE-WVDP Safety and Site Programs Leader Jennifer Dundas, said. “Safety does not start and stop at the work site. The Family Fun Safety Calendar is designed to engage employees as well as their families and provide a constant reminder on safety awareness.” Link to article

February 11, 2021 – EM and CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, produced its annual site calendar in a creative way to increase safety awareness for workers and their families. It is called the Family Fun Safety Calendar and features drawings created by WVDP employees’ children, ages 12 and under, that depict general safety practices.

“At the West Valley Demonstration Project, it is understood that safety must be something that is not just remembered but put into practice every day and in everything we do,” DOE‐WVDP Safety and Site Programs Leader Jennifer Dundas said. “Safety does not start and stop at the work site. Link to article