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May 11, 2021

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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