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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

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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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