January 8, 2024 — Olean Times Herald

Jason Casper has been named the new president and general manager of CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, LLC, a Jacobs-led company at the West Valley Demonstration Project. 

“We are pleased to have one of our top project leaders head up this important contract that includes management of one of our most challenging decommissioning projects,” said David Blevins, Jacobs North American Nuclear Senior Vice President and General Manager. 

Blevins said Casper’s proven record of getting work accomplished in a safe, compliant and cost-effective manner will add to CHBWV’s future success. 

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EM Update, December 20, 2023 —

EM set the stage for even greater success in the future following substantial progress in 2023 that saw the cleanup program advance priorities to treat liquid tank waste, carry out deactivation and decommissioning, remediate groundwater and soil contamination and reduce risk.

Such cleanup accomplishments across the complex, including major program priorities, are chronicled in EM’s 2023 Year in Review released today.

“EM realized numerous accomplishments in 2023 that not only reduce risks but help position cleanup sites for the next phase of progress,” EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White said. “In addition, our workforce’s efforts over the past year led to a cleaner environment, while also boosting DOE’s national security missions, supporting scientific innovation and enabling a better future.”

Read the full article here.

EM Update, December 5, 2023 —

EM and contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) have safely disposed of several containers and boxes of legacy waste and equipment from the West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup.

“This accomplishment reduces stored waste at the site and prepares us for the continuation of our cleanup mission,” EM West Valley Project Management Director and Main Plant Federal Project Director Stephen Bousquet said. “By performing this work now, we can use our highly skilled workforce to further reduce legacy risks.”

Crews moved four of the waste packages into containers approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that have steel‐reinforced concrete shielding. They sent them by truck to a rail yard in Lockport, New York, where they were loaded onto rail cars and shipped for safe disposal. Each container held water filtering materials from the former Fuel Receiving and Storage facility at the site.

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Springville Journal, November 23, 2023 —

DOE’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery recently visited the West Valley Demonstration

Project to observe cleanup progress and meet with employees and key community stakeholders.

A highlight of his trip was an event to celebrate West Valley prime contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West

Valley’s recent receipt of the DOE Voluntary Protection Program’s Star of Excellence.

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Springville Journal, November 16, 2023 —

The West Valley Demonstration Project recently held a graduation ceremony for six security police officers who completed a seven‐week course through a unique partnership with the local sheriff’s office. Read the full article here.