WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Tom Reed announced the just-passed Fiscal Year 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill includes $75 million dollars for the West Valley Demonstration Project to secure and remove nuclear waste from the site.
“We are proud to be an unrelenting advocate for West Valley and care about ensuring the complete and total cleanup of this nuclear site.” Tom said. “We are honored to work year after year to ensure a fair amount of funding to ensure this site is cleaned up in a safe and effective way.”
This $75 million for the West Valley Demonstration Project represents a 30 percent increase in funding since Tom was elected to Congress in 2010.
Tom has worked with stakeholders, including the West Valley Citizen Task Force, to successfully achieve the goal of complete cleanup.
“We are fully supportive of the $75 million allocation,” West Valley Deputy General Manager Scott Anderson said. “That will be extremely helpful in maintaining the cleanup momentum we have established at West Valley.”
“The Town of Ashford appreciates Tom’s diligence and commitment to the West Valley Demonstration Project Act,” Ashford Town Supervisor Charlie Davis and West Valley Citizen Task Force Board Member and Ashford Town Council Member John Pfeffer said jointly. “Funding the project at the current level allows for the timely completion of decommissioning activities that are required under the Act and are beneficial to the people working at and living near the West Valley Demonstration Project. Completion of cleanup activities will allow the Town of Ashford work towards a better use of the site in the future.”