Richland nuclear plant adds workers for refueling, maintenance work
May 11, 2021 10:46 AM The Associated Press
Image credit: Bonneville Power Administration, Columbia Generating Station
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) A nuclear power plant in Washington state was shut down over the weekend for a planned 40-day refueling outage, welcoming about 1,400 new temporary jobs to help staff the outage.
The Columbia Generating Station near Richland was disconnected on Saturday so workers can replace about a third of the fuel in the reactor’s core 260 of 764 fuel assemblies that has been used for six years, The Tri-City Herald reported.
The temporary workers will assist about 1,000 permanent employees at Energy Northwest, the public utility company that operates the generating station.
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Nuclear plant adds workers for refueling, maintenance work
RICHLAND (AP) A nuclear power plant near Richland was shut down over the weekend for a planned 40-day refueling outage, welcoming about 1,400 new temporary jobs to help staff the outage.
The Columbia Generating Station was disconnected on Saturday so workers can replace about a third of the fuel in the reactor s core 260 of 764 fuel assemblies that has been used for six years, The Tri-City Herald reported.
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Environmental News For The Week Ending 03 April 2019
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There hasn t been much change in the trajectory of either US Covid metric: new cases continue to increase at a modest pace, while US Covid deaths continue to fall. New cases of Covid confirmed over the week ending April 3rd were 5.9% higher that those confirmed over the week ending March 27th, and 15.9% higher than those of the week ending March 20th, while US Covid deaths during the week ending April 3rd were 12.2% lower than the prior week, and down 74.7% from the peak week in late January.