Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Reed testified Friday at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment in support of his bill reauthorizing the West Valley Demonstration Project. This legislation will authorize $75 million per year through 2026 to continue the cleanup at West Valley and designate all the radioactive waste at the site as resulting from atomic energy defense activities which will provide a disposal path for all waste on the site.
“Nuclear cleanup sites must be at the top of the priority list. The cleanup at this site is very important to our constituents in New York State as nuclear waste cleanup is a matter of environmental health and the health and safety of our fellow citizens,” Reed testified.
Congressman Reed has worked with all stakeholders, including the West Valley Citizen Task Force, to raise awareness of the need for consistent funding to clean up the West Valley site. This bill provides the funding and a pathway for disposal that addresses the public safety issue for our citizens and makes good financial sense.
