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December 3, 2009

Nuke plant maintenance to open temporary jobs

The nuclear power plant in Salem Township is gearing up for a scheduled outage next year for maintenance, refueling and upgrade of its Unit 1 reactor, a process that will create hundreds of skilled and unskilled jobs – albeit temporary – for locals.

Workforce Resources in West Hazleton is advertising for 200 openings for a subcontractor it declines to name, but says the work is for people “who can handle general labor duties.”

The jobs’ lengths are predicated on the outage, which is expected to begin in March but will likely include orientation and other preparatory work. The Unit 2 outage this year lasted 42 days.

For the complete story, see Friday's Times Leader.

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