In the News

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.

Buffalo News Editorial – Working together, Higgins and Reed serve residents threatened by West Valley

December 28, 2019 – It is unusual these days to witness any kind of bipartisan effort among legislators, especially those in Washington. Such cooperation often seems a relic of some forgotten – or mythical – past.

So, when two congressional representatives from this area worked across the aisle to fund nuclear cleanup work at the beleaguered West Valley Demonstration Project, it offered encouragement that even in a divisive time, public officials are able to put aside political differences in service of the common good. Link to Editorial

Buffalo News – WNY fares well in congressional spending bills

December 23, 2019 – …The West Valley Demonstration Project, a nuclear waste treatment site in Cattaraugus County, won $75.2 million in funding, up from $75 million in 2019 and up significantly from the mid-2010s, when it received only about $60 million annually. Link to article

Springville/Ellicottville Pennysaver & News – West Valley safely demolishes former Chemical Process Cell Storage Building

December 21, 2019 – EM and its prime contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), recently demolished the Chemical Process Cell-Waste Storage Area (CPC-WSA) at the West Valley Demonstration Project.

The galvanized sheet metal arched structure was installed in 1996 to replace the original sprung tent structure that reached its end of life. This brings the total number of surplus buildings removed from the site to 65, with 44 structures removed under the CHBWV contract. Link to article

Springville Journal – Davis stresses importance of building permits to Ashford residents

December 19, 2019 – New York State Energy Research and Development Agency West Valley Program Director Paul Bembia reported 16 deer were harvested during hunting season this year at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in West Valley. Link to article

Sen Schumer Press Release – AFTER YEARS LONG BATTLE, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE +$75 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT…

December 17, 2019 – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that $75.2 million in federal funding for the clean-up of the West Valley Demonstration Project was included in the just-announced bipartisan omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2020, which is set to pass Congress this week. The funding will be used to continue remediating millions of gallons of nuclear waste from the West Valley Reprocessing Plant, which presents a massive threat to public health. Link to Release

Upcoming meeting information

The next CTF meeting will be on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Ashford Office Complex, 9030 Route 219, West Valley
On-line webinar: Link to come

Agenda to come!

For more information

on the West Valley Citizen Task Force, please contact:

Nancy Raca, Facilitator
West Valley Citizen Task Force
c/o Highland Planning
nancy@highland-planning.com