With the demolition of the former Main Plant Process Building wrapping up, EM Update spoke with Bryan Bower, EM's director of the West Valley Demonstration Project, about the successful project and lessons that could be applied at other cleanup sites. June 10, 2025
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have met a notable milestone in the cleanup of the West Valley Demonstration Project by safely completing 32 shipments containing nearly 1.9 million pounds of legacy waste.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have safely removed a concrete cell used during legacy nuclear fuel reprocessing operations as they continue progress on the Main Plant Process Building demolition.
The cleanup team at the West Valley Demonstration Project recognized the Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works for its partnership to ensure the site promptly received required permits for special oversized waste shipments for offsite disposal.
West Valley Demonstration Project officials met with representatives from the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management in Tennessee to share lessons learned from the ongoing demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management successfully completed the majority of its 2024 priorities, advancing critical cleanup work with the support of state, tribal and local partners.
Two research scientists from universities in Japan visited the West Valley Demonstration Project earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has completed 75% of the Main Plant Process Building demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project as its cleanup contractor at the site exceeds 1 million work hours without a lost-time illness or injury since April last year.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s West Valley Demonstration Project hosted a roundtable event with the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority to update the site’s regulators on current and future cleanup.
U.S. Department of Energy awarded the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Phase 1B Contract to West Valley Cleanup Alliance LLC with work to be performed at the WVDP in western New York.