EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley have safely completed the disposition of waste from the demolition of the West Valley's plant.
Office of Environmental Management
February 26, 2019
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WEST VALLEY, N.Y. – EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) have safely completed the disposition of waste from the demolition of the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site’s vitrification plant.
“The safe and compliant disposition of Vitrification Facility demolition waste is another important step in the progress towards site cleanup,” EM WVDP Site Director Bryan Bower said.
Crews shipped nearly 460 containers of waste by train and truck to off-site disposal facilities.
Peggy Loop, vice president of CHBWV waste and site operations, commended the team for the accomplishment.
Demolition of the 50-foot-tall, 10,000-square-foot facility represented the largest and most complex demolition of a radioactively contaminated facility at the WVDP Site to date. Crews completed the teardown Sept. 20 last year.
The facility was used to solidify radioactive liquid high-level waste stored at the WVDP Site. This waste was generated at the site from 1966 to 1972 during commercial reprocessing of spent fuel.