West Valley Demonstration Project

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Valley_Demonstration_Project
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear waste management facility
gptkbp:cleanupCost over $2 billion
gptkbp:coordinates 42.4142°N 78.6136°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:environmentalImpact groundwater contamination
radioactive contamination
gptkbp:established 1980
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Valley Demonstration Project
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:West_Valley_Demonstration_Project_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:West_Valley,_New_York
gptkbp:notableEvent first vitrification of high-level waste in U.S.
gptkbp:notableSite former Nuclear Fuel Services reprocessing plant
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy
gptkb:New_York_State_Energy_Research_and_Development_Authority
gptkbp:purpose solidification of high-level radioactive waste
gptkbp:status decommissioning
gptkbp:vitrificationFacilityOperational 1996
gptkbp:vitrificationFacilityShutdown 2002
gptkbp:wasteType high-level radioactive waste
low-level radioactive waste
transuranic waste
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy_Office_of_Environmental_Management
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6