The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project have reached another milestone by demolishing two storage vaults. February 25, 2026
All hands were on deck recently for a unique sitewide training focused on conduct of operations, which establishes the core standards and operating philosophy that drive excellence across the West Valley Demonstration Project and broader U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management complex. February 10, 2026
2025 Accomplishments
Workers are making progress drilling holes for subsurface sampling that will provide critical data to inform safeguards in the broader mission to remediate soil at the West Valley Demonstration Project. December 16, 2025
The West Valley Demonstration Project federal and contractor workforce delivered more than 9,500 meals, including 160 turkeys, holiday essentials and pantry staples, to eight food pantries in the region, continuing a longstanding commitment to help people in need in the local community through an annual food drive. December 9, 2025
As West Valley Demonstration Project workers prepared a miscellany of legacy items for disposal this year, they dug up memories of a patented invention for the safe disposal of radioactive waste created by a group of engineers working on the site’s cleanup in the 1980s. November 25, 2025
Workers have laid the groundwork to assess contamination levels before completing further cleanup at the site of the Main Plant Process Building, which crews safely took down earlier this year in a major milestone for the West Valley Demonstration Project. November 18, 2025
Eleven radiological control technicians at the West Valley Demonstration Project have undergone a 40-hour training to prepare for a credentialing exam that validates competency and provides credibility in their field of work. August 26, 2025
Office of Environmental Management Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Roger Jarrell recently joined community stakeholders and employees at the West Valley Demonstration Project to celebrate a major milestone. June 24, 2025.
The Office of Environmental Management has safely completed the largest, most complex demolition of a radioactively contaminated facility at the West Valley Demonstration Project to date, achieving a 2025 priority for the cleanup program.