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42°27′2″N 78°39′17″W / 42.45056°N 78.65472°W / 42.45056; -78.65472 West Valley Reprocessing Plant was a formerly operational plant for the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel in the town of West Valley in the U.S. state of New York. It operated as a reprocessing plant by Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. from 1966 to 1972, and continued to accept radioactive waste for disposal until 1975. During this time period, the processing of 640 metric tons (630 long tons) of spent reactor fuel resulted in the accumulation of 660,000 US gallons (2,500,000 L) of high-level radioactive waste in an underground storage tank.^[1] The plant remains the only privately-owned nuclear fuel reprocessing center to have ever operated in the United States.^[2]

Escalating regulation required plant modifications which were deemed uneconomic by Nuclear Fuel Services, who ceased operations at the facility in 1976. After Nuclear Fuel Services' lease expired in 1980, the site and its accumulated waste became the responsibility of New York State.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Department of Energy. "West Valley Demonstration Project Nuclear Timeline". Wv.doe.gov. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Thier, Audrey (April 2008). "Report from the Commissioner's Policy Office: West Valley, History and Future" (PDF). Dec.ny.gov. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

External links

U.S. Department of Energy's West Valley Demonstration Project website
Plutonium Recovery from Spent Fuel Reprocessing by Nuclear Fuel Services at West Valley, New York from 1966 to 1972
2010 Final Environmental Impact Statement^{[dead link]} for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center
Entry from the Center for Land Use Interpretation's exhibit "Perpetual Architecture: Uranium Disposal Cells of America"
WVDP Brochure^{[dead link]}
Citizen's Group summary
The Coalition on West Valley Wastes

[DOE_history-1] U.S. Department of Energy. "West Valley Demonstration Project Nuclear Timeline". Wv.doe.gov. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

[DEC_history-2] Thier, Audrey (April 2008). "Report from the Commissioner's Policy Office: West Valley, History and Future" (PDF). Dec.ny.gov. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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+'''West Valley Reprocessing Plant''' was a formerly operational plant for the [[Nuclear reprocessing|reprocessing]] of [[used nuclear fuel]] in the town of [[West Valley, New York|West Valley]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York]]. It operated as a reprocessing plant by Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. from 1966 to 1972, and continued to accept [[radioactive waste]] for disposal until 1975. During this time period, the processing of {{convert|640|metric ton}} of spent [[nuclear reactor|reactor]] fuel resulted in the accumulation of {{convert|660000|USgal|L}} of [[high-level waste|high-level]] radioactive waste in an underground storage tank.<ref name="DOE_history">{{cite web |url=http://www.wv.doe.gov/Site_History.html |title=West Valley Demonstration Project Nuclear Timeline  |website=Wv.doe.gov |date=  |author=U.S. Department of Energy |accessdate=March 20, 2015}}</ref> The plant remains the only privately-owned nuclear fuel reprocessing center to have ever operated in the United States.<ref name=DEC_history>{{cite web|last1=Thier|first1=Audrey|title=Report from the Commissioner’s Policy Office: West Valley, History and Future|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/westvalley2008.pdf|website=Dec.ny.gov|publisher=NYS Department of Environmental Conservation|accessdate=March 21, 2015|date=April 2008}}</ref>
-'''West Valley Reprocessing Plant''' was a formerly operational plant for the [[Nuclear reprocessing|reprocessing]] of [[used nuclear fuel]] at West Valley, New York, USA. It was operated from 1966-72. During this time period, 600,000 gallons of highly radioactive waste accumulated in an underground waste tank.
-Escalating regulation required plant modifications which were deemed uneconomic,{{citation needed (lead)|date=October 2012}} and the plant was shut down.
+Escalating regulation required plant modifications which were deemed uneconomic by Nuclear Fuel Services, who ceased operations at the facility in 1976. After Nuclear Fuel Services' lease expired in 1980, the site and its accumulated waste became the responsibility of New York State.<ref name="DOE_history"/><ref name=DEC_history/>
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.westvalleyeis.com/final%5CEIS-0226_F-Summary.pdf 2010 Final Environmental Impact Statement] for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center
+*[http://www.wv.doe.gov U.S. Department of Energy's West Valley Demonstration Project website]
-*[http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/westvalley2008.pdf West Valley History and Future] N.Y.S.D.E.C 2008 report
+**[http://www.wv.doe.gov/Documents/2009_ASER.pdf U.S. Department of Energy's West Valley Demonstration Project Annual Site Environmental Report for Calendar Year 2009]
-*[http://www.wv.doe.gov/Documents/Final%20Progress%20Report%20for%20July%202011.pdf DOE West Valley Demonstration Project July 2011 Progress report]
+**[http://www.wv.doe.gov/Documents/Final%20Progress%20Report%20for%20July%202011.pdf U.S. Department of Energy's West Valley Demonstration Project July 2011 Progress report]
-*[http://www.wv.doe.gov/Documents/2009_ASER.pdf West Valley Demonstration Project Annual Site Environmental Report for Calendar Year 2009]
+**[http://www.wv.doe.gov/Document_Index/Hearing_1977.pdf 1977 Congressional hearing on decommissioning]
-*[http://www.wv.doe.gov Site History] DOE's website
-*[http://www.homestead.com/concernedcitizens/maplink_WestValley.html Citizen's Group summary]
-*[http://www.wvnsco.com/press/publications/WVDP%20Brochure.pdf WVDP Brochure]
-*[http://www.digitup.org] The Coalition on West Valley Wastes
 *[http://www.osti.gov/opennet/document/purecov/nfsrepo.html Plutonium Recovery from Spent Fuel Reprocessing by Nuclear Fuel Services at West Valley, New York from 1966 to 1972]
+*[http://www.westvalleyeis.com/final%5CEIS-0226_F-Summary.pdf 2010 Final Environmental Impact Statement]{{deadlink|date=March 2015}} for Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship at the West Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York Nuclear Service Center
-*[http://www.wv.doe.gov/Document_Index/Hearing_1977.pdf DOE] 1977 Congressional hearing on decommissioning
-* [http://www.clui.org/section/west-valley-reprocessing-and-disposal-site Entry] from the ''Center for Land Use Interpretation's'' exhibit "Perpetual Architecture: Uranium Disposal Cells of America".
+*[http://www.clui.org/section/west-valley-reprocessing-and-disposal-site Entry] from the ''Center for Land Use Interpretation's'' exhibit "Perpetual Architecture: Uranium Disposal Cells of America"
+*[http://www.wvnsco.com/press/publications/WVDP%20Brochure.pdf WVDP Brochure]{{deadlink|date=March 2015}}
+*[http://www.homestead.com/concernedcitizens/maplink_WestValley.html Citizen's Group summary]
+*[http://www.digitup.org The Coalition on West Valley Wastes]
 [[Category:Nuclear reprocessing sites]]