SENIOR UNION OFFICIAL TOURS MOX PLANT CONSTRUCTION

AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department President Sean McGarvey toured the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility under construction at the Savannah River Site on Friday. The union official touted the employment provided by the project, which has a local workforce of more than 2,100. “The employment opportunities offered at the MOX project are important to our workers, their families and the community,” McGarvey said in a statement. “The MOX project also affords us the opportunity to implement specialized training for these craft professionals in order to arm them with the necessary skills that will allow them to not only finish this important nuclear nonproliferation project, but to also move on to other nuclear construction projects in the future.” Also present on the tour were construction contractor Shaw AREVA MOX Services President Kelly Trice and AREVA Inc. President and CEO Michael Rencheck.