Location of the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York State.
The West Valley Demonstration Project is a nuclear waste remediation site in West Valley, New York in the U.S. state of New York. The project focuses on the cleanup and containment of radioactive waste left behind after the abandonment of a commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in 1980.[1] The project was created by an Act of Congress in 1980 and is directed to be a cooperative effort between the United States Department of Energy and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.[2]
Despite over 30 years of cleanup efforts and billions of dollars having been spent at the site, the West Valley Demonstration Project property was described as "arguably Western New York's most toxic location" in 2013.[3]
- ^ "West Valley Demonstration Project Nuclear Timeline". U.S. Department of Energy. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ "West Valley Demonstration Project - NYSERDA". NYS Energy Research and Development Authority. November 20, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ Herbeck, Dan; Pignataro, T.J. (April 23, 2013). "WNY's most toxic site defies U.S. effort, threatens water". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2017.