Cleanup and close the West Valley nuclear waste site which is a long term threat to the Great Lakes and WNY.

The West Valley nuclear waste has established itself as one of the biggest environmental threats to our fresh water resources here in WNY. The initial negligence and mishandling of nuclear waste on this site has left us with a toxic legacy that if not handled appropriately could be detrimental to all of WNY for many generations to come. Despite the remediation efforts and all the control systems that have been devised to reduce the probability of nuclear waste on this site from contaminating our local waterways, this site still poses a serious environmental threat. The contamination of Lake Erie, Niagara River, and Lake Ontario with nuclear waste is not an option. It is now time for the Department of Energy to fully remediate and close this site before WNY pays a terrible price.