WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Representatives from EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), its cleanup contractor CH2MHILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently presented checks to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (BCH), Mercy Flight, and the West Valley Fire District 1 on behalf of WVDP.
Once the site of the first and only commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the U.S., WVDP is now an environmental cleanup and waste management project located about 35 miles south of Buffalo. The cleanup is conducted by EM in cooperation with NYSERDA.
Donation to West Valley Fire, back row, left to right: Kevin Murray, West Valley Volunteer Fire Company chief; Tom Fontaine, CHBWV manager, radiological and industrial safety; Bryan Bower, EM WVDP site director; Paul Bembia, NYSERDA director; Jeff Bradford, CHBWV president and general manager; and Scott Anderson, CHBWV deputy general manager; front row, left to right: Eric Boberg, West Valley Fire District #1 commissioner; Shawn Lafferty, West Valley Fire District #1 chairman; and Dan Sullivan, EM WVDP site federal project director.
Donation to BCH, back row, left to right: Bryan Bower, EM WVDP site director; Ken Whitham, CHBWV, vice president, environmental, safety, health and quality; Scott Anderson, CHBWV deputy general manager; Jeff Bradford, CHBWV president and general manager; Joel Maul, BCH Foundation; Nils Gunnersen, BCH CEO; and Edwin Heidelberger, BCH vice president of medical affairs; front row, left to right: Dan Sullivan, EM WVDP site federal project director; Kathy Paszkiewicz, Jennie B. Richmond Nursing Home representative to BCH Foundation; Teresa Donohue, BCH chief financial officer; Lee Gordon, NYSERDA senior project manager; Calvin Batterson; and David Batterson, BCH Foundation Board member.
Donation to Mercy Flight, back row, left to right: Jeff Bradford, CHBWV president and general manager; Bryan Bower, EM WVDP site director; Paul Bembia, NYSERDA director; and Scott Anderson, CHBWV deputy general manager; front row, left to right: Dan Sullivan, EM WVDP site federal project director; Ken Whitham, CHBWV, vice president, environmental, safety, health and quality; and Ashley Coder, Mercy Flight director of development and special events.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
