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.
January 21, 2020 – EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have come up with a new way to raise safety awareness, just in time for 2020: a calendar featuring drawings depicting general safety practices created by the children of employees. Link to Update
January 30, 2020 – The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s prime contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), recently received Silver Level recognition from the American Heart Association for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace.
The American Heart Association’s Workplace Health Achievement Index (“Index”) is a self-assessment scorecard that measures the comprehensiveness and quality of a company’s workplace health program, and the overall heart health of its employees. Link to article
January 30, 2020 – The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s prime contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, recently received Silver Level recognition from the American Heart Association for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace. The American Heart Association’s Workplace Health Achievement Index is a self‐assessment scorecard that measures the comprehensiveness and quality of a company’s workplace health program, and the overall heart health of its employees. Link to article
January 7, 2020 – EM’s West valley Demonstration Project Site cleanup contractor recently earned nearly $323,000 of an avaialble award fee of about $467,000 for its performance during an evaluation period of March through August 2019.
EM releases information relating to its contractor fee payments – earned by completing the work called for in the contracts – to further transparency in its cleanup program. Link to Update
January 17, 2020 – Workers recently demolished the former Main Plant Office Building located at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) site. Waste disposition operations continue and are approximately 78 percent complete. This recent demolition brings EM’s total number of structures removed to 66.
The Main Plant Office Building was a three-story facility that was built in 1964 as part of the original commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. It was constructed with a steel frame and masonry exterior. It measured approximately 94’ x 40’ x 47’ high or 3,760 sq. ft. Link to article
