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• Nuclear engines of job creation

  Expansion of federal loan guarantees could create 100,000 jobs The Federal loan guarantee program for construction of nuclear power plants, set by Congress at $18.5 billion, could if expanded to cover the entire fleet of proposed new reactors, create nearly 80,000 construction jobs, and more than 17,000 permanent operations jobs over the next 10-15 years.  Every reactor construction project generates... Posted Nov 30 2008, 10:49 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, jobs

• There are some jobs the government must do

  Providing for the common good is one of them In the arguments against nuclear energy, critics have taken aim  at the debt ceiling of the Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) and the federal loan guarantee program for support investments in new nuclear power plants.  These critics seem to have forgotten something very important. There are some jobs the government must do, and one of the most... Posted Oct 05 2008, 06:34 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: TVA, jobs

• Budget cuts put U.S. nuclear scientists on the street

  Lawrence Livermore lays off 440 hitting a total of 1,800 out the door The Associated Press reports that a major Department   of Energy national laboratory has laid off 440 employees as part of a total reduction in staffing of 1,800.  Of that number the wire service reports over 100 are top scientists and engineers with critical knowledge about the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal... Posted Jun 03 2008, 06:52 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: jobs, DOE

• Want a job - go nuclear

  Jobs are going begging in the booming nuclear industry The Philadelphia Inquirer has a report this week that "a job boom is shaking the nuclear industry." In an economy that is headed south my almost every measure, one of the bright spots is nuclear energy. The newspaper says that industry will have 90,000 openings in the next few years and a starting salary for an undergraduate engineer... Posted Mar 09 2008, 01:03 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear energy jobs, jobs