The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP or the Project) is a High-Level Waste (HLW) solidification and radiological cleanup project being conducted by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) at the site of the only commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing facility to have operated in the United

a HLW management demonstration project at the WNYNSC for purposes of demonstrating solidification techniques which may be used for preparing HLW for disposal. The WVDP Act directed DOE to: • Solidify the HLW in a suitable form for transportation and disposal. • Develop containers suitable for the disposal of the HLW.

HLW vitrification at the WVDP encompasses waste mobilization and transfer, slurry feed preparation, joule-heated melter operation, canister handling and temporary storage, and melter off-gas treatment.

2003年2月27日 · The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) vitrification melter was shut down in September 2002 after being used to vitrify High Level Waste (HLW) and process system residuals for six years. Processing of the HLW occurred from June 1996 through November 2001, followed by a program to flush the remaining HLW through to the melter.

The fuel reprocessing plant operated from 1966 to 1972, processing 640 metric tons of SNF and generating over 600,000 gallons of liquid HLW. In 1980, Congress passed the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Act, which required DOE to conduct a HLW management demonstration project at the WNYNSC and transport the HLW to a federal repository ...

The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) was established in 1980 by Congress (1) as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) high-level radioactive waste management project to be conducted at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center (WNYNSC) in West Valley, NY. The mission of the project was to demonstrate

2023年9月12日 · Located 48 km [30 mi] south of Buffalo, New York, the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) site is located on the Western New York Nuclear Service Center (WNYNSC) and comprises 1,335 ha [3,300 ac] of land established for …

The West Valley Demonstration Project’s (WVDP) Vitrification Facility was used to safely solidify radioactive liquid high-level waste (HLW) that was stored at the WVDP. The Vitrification Facility was the largest radioactive facility demolished at the WVDP to date. The project was completed safely and in full compliance with regulatory requirements.

The processing of high-level waste (HLW) at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) began in 1988 with the start up of the Integrated Radioactive Waste Treatment System to remove soluble salts from the stored HLW. Twelve years later, HLW removal from the storage tanks is now in the final stages and the vitrification

In 1980, Congress passed the West Valley Demonstration Project Act, which required DOE to conduct a HLW management demonstration project at the WNYNSC and transport the HLW to a federal repository for disposal. The WVDP Act directed DOE to: WVDP TRU waste was derived from commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing.