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Nuclear Power Could Provide Jobs, Energy

Nuclear Power Could Provide Jobs, Energy

Posted by gestroud May 25, 2009 | 6 views
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Nuclear job growth is already underway in North Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Louisiana. In Lake Charles, La., the Shaw Group and Westinghouse will employ 1,400 workers. In Newport News, Va., Northrop Grumman and AREVA are building a $360 million facility to manufacture massive reactor vessels and stream generators. These and other companies have already hired more than 9,000 employees and invested more than $4 billion in developing new nuclear manufacturing and business operations.