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Nuclear Modernization

DoE Laying Off 500 at Plutonium Conversion Plant

Friday, November 9th, 2018

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DoE Laying Off 500 at Plutonium Conversion Plant

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

The prime contractor for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility will lay off roughly a third of its workforce in early January, according to federally required layoff notices filed Nov. 8, two days after the U.S. midterm elections. CB&I Project Services, now part of McDermott and a subcontractor-owner of Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) prime MOX Services, will lay off 500 people on Jan. 7, 2019, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice reported by the quasi-official SCworks.org.The…

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