West Valley Cleanup Alliance, LLC (WVCA) has been awarded the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Phase 1B Deactivation and Demolition (D&D) Contract by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE EM). Learn more about WVCA’s leadership team and approach to operations in the executive summary.
WVCA comprises BWXT Technical Services Group, Inc. (BWXT); Amentum Technology, Inc. (Amentum); and Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (Geosyntec).
The contract was awarded on October 31, 2024. Contract transition began on February 24, 2025, the effective date of the formal Notice to Proceed. Following a four-month transition, WVCA will assume WVDP operations toward the end of June 2025.
WVCA is a joint venture that comprises parent companies BWXT, Amentum, and Geosyntec.
As an incumbent member of the current contractor, BWXT brings cleanup and environmental management capability from numerous DOE sites and nuclear operations experience from its two Category-1 facilities.
As an incumbent member of the current contractor, Amentum brings advanced technical solutions such as UAV, robotics, sensors, telematics, and other digital tools to safely decommission nuclear facilities.
As a new member of the project team, Geosyntec brings substantial experience and expertise relevant to executing the Phase 1B project, including geotechnical and geostructural engineering, stormwater management, sediment remediation, and permeable treatment walls.
The three parent companies are joined by two teaming subcontractors: Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. and North Wind Portage, Inc.
Perma-Fix is an experienced manager of TRU waste, with waste treatment and disposition expertise for the DOE in New York and across the nation.
North Wind was the DOE small, disadvantaged business of the year in 2021 and brings both D&D and deep radiological remediation experience in New York and nationwide.
Jason Casper is the President and Program Manager and leads all aspects of the WVCA team. Casper is the site’s current president and program manager and brings important continuity of operations between the outgoing and incoming contractors. He has 29 years of experience managing and executing environmental projects in the U.S. and abroad.
Peggy Loop, Waste & Site Operations Manager, is another incumbent manager who will remain in her current position. Loop has 35 years of specific West Valley program experience. She has been essential to the program’s evolution and growth, leading establishment of the site’s transuranic (TRU) waste program and driving sustained efforts to maintain the site’s facilities and infrastructure.
Dan Way, Decontamination and Decommissioning Manager, joins the WVCA management team from BWXT, where he has led D&D activities at four sites in four states, managing a staff of more than 200 people. Way was previously chief of nuclear safety operations at the Y-12 National Security Complex and is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Elizabeth Lowes, Environment, Safety, Health, Quality & Regulatory Manager, continues in her incumbent role at West Valley and assumes additional responsibility for ESH&Q beyond her current role as vice president for regulatory strategy. Lowes has more than 30 years of relevant experience in regulatory management roles, including more than 20 years at West Valley. She also served as an environment, safety & health program manager on the Los Alamos legacy waste cleanup contract.
Dan Stevens is the Engineering and End State Manager for the WVCA team. Dan was previously the Project’s Technical Services Manager overseeing engineering, work control, and nuclear safety programs. Dan has over 30 years of engineering and project management experience in the DOE complex.
Sherry Cherry is the Project Management Office (PMO) Manager, leading all aspects of cost management, scheduling, risk management, estimating, and project management. With 17 years of experience in managing and executing nuclear projects, Sherry provides strategic leadership to ensure successful program delivery.
Dustee Martinet is the Business Services Manager, overseeing contract management, business operations, and other wide-ranging financial facets of WVCA. Dustee previously held this role at the Project, providing leadership and continuity between contractors and leveraging nearly 20 years of expertise in business operational processes and compliance.
WVCA will continue the commitment to community engagement established by our parent companies and affiliated companies. We recognize there are diverse interests of the region and its stakeholders, and we are committed to engaging regional stakeholders in issues and concerns of mutual interest. Giving back to the community is a worthwhile business practice, and WVCA will commit funding and time to do so.
Our community engagement activities will focus on these primary areas:
WVCA commits to subcontract 35% of cumulative task order value to small businesses, providing meaningful work to deliver phase 1B end states. We will fully integrate our master small business plan into the task order management process. We plan to provide access to new subcontractors, offer new work scopes to small businesses, and create subcontracting opportunities in non-traditional roles that are focused on cost-effective delivery.
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