The economic stimulus could bring employment to the nuclear industry.
The stimulus would provide nearly $2 billion and up to 3000 jobs to the Savannah River Site, which is near Augusta.
"These are shovel ready jobs that have been identified and hopefully will make a big difference not only for environmental management in the area, but also create new jobs for the area," says Seth Kirshenberg, director of the Energy Communities Alliance, a national organization of counties and cities where sites operated by the U.S. Department of Energy are located.
However, there's been no official announcement yet.
The DOE will get about $6 billion in federal funds for environmental clean up at its sites.
The Savannah River Site refined nuclear materials for weapons during the Cold War. But employment numbers there dropped afterward, ever since the site's mission changed to cleanup efforts.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Savannah River Site Could Get Up to 3000 New Jobs
