May 14, 2020 – CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), the prime contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, recently purchased cloth face coverings for its employees.

“Throughout the response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, the USDOE and CHBWV have continued to follow the guidelines of the Administration, DOE and other federal officials and state and local authorities,” USDOE‐WVDP Director Bryan Bower, said. One of those guidelines was the use of cloth face coverings when social distancing is not practicable.

CHBWV’s Procurement team learned about a local business that just started producing cloth face coverings, and at a lower cost than other potential vendors providing value to taxpayers. Link to article

May 14, 2020 – CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, the prime contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, recently purchased cloth face coverings for its employees.

“Throughout the response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, the USDOE and CHBWV have continued to follow the guidelines of the Administration, DOE, and other federal officials and state and local authorities,” USDOE‐WVDP Director Bryan Bower said. One of those guidelines was the use of cloth face coverings when social distancing is not practicable.

CHBWV’s Procurement team learned about a local business that just started producing cloth face coverings, and at a lower cost than other potential vendors providing value to taxpayers. Link to article

May 4, 2020 – The US Department of Energy (DOE) has extended the cleanup contract with CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley, LLC’s (CHBWV) at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York State by an additional 39 months to June 2023.

The purpose of the $243 million contract extension is to enable CHBWV to finish deactivation, demolition and removal of the Main Plant Process Building, which was the only commercially operated nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the USA, as well as other facility disposition activities. The contract was originally awarded in 2011. Link to article

April 29, 2020 – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) has extended CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley, LLC’s (CHBWV) cleanup contract at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York State by an additional 39 months to June 2023. The purpose of the $243 million extension is to enable CHBWV to safely and efficiently complete deactivation, demolition and removal of the Main Plant Process Building, which was the only commercially operated nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the United States, as well as other facility disposition
activities. Link to article

April 29, 2020 – BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) has extended CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley, LLC’s (CHBWV) cleanup contract at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York State by an additional 39 months to June 2023. The purpose of the $243 million extension is to enable CHBWV to safely and efficiently complete deactivation, demolition and removal of the Main Plant Process Building, which was the only commercially operated nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the United States, as well as other facility disposition activities. Link to article