West Valley Demonstration Project
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.- Type: Industry
- Description: Nuclear waste remediation site outside Buffalo, NY
- Also known as: “West Valley Nuclear Reprocessing Plant” and “West Valley Reprocessing Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Valley and Springville.
West Valley
Hamlet
West Valley is a hamlet in the Town of Ashford in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Valley had a population of 452. West Valley is situated 4 miles southeast of West Valley Demonstration Project.
Springville
Town
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Springville is a village in the southeastern section of the town of Concord in Erie County, New York, United States. Springville is the principal community in the town and a major business location in the "southtowns" of Erie County. Springville is situated 4 miles north of West Valley Demonstration Project.
West Valley Demonstration Project
- Category: nuclear facility
- Location: Cattaraugus County, Southern Tier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.4495° or 42° 26′ 58″ northLongitude
-78.65159° or 78° 39′ 6″ westInception
1966Open location code
87J3C8XX+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 296030351OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q3552670
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“West Valley Demonstration Project” goes by many names.
- French: “usine de retraitement de West Valley”
- French: “Usine de retraitement de west valley”
- French: “Usine de retraitement de West Valley”
- French: “West Valley”
- German: “West Valley Reprocessing Plant”
- German: “Western New York Nuclear Service Center”
- Japanese: “ウエスト・バレー再処理工場”
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