Camden, New Jersey-based CDI (Comprehensive Decommissioning International), specializing in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, has announced the layoff of 92 employees at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Forked River, New Jersey. The layoffs are scheduled for August 1, 2021.
According to a company spokesperson, "The staff reductions were planned at the time of the plant's shutdown more than two years ago and were communicated to employees.
"This reduction of positions has always been part of our safe and efficient decommissioning strategy for Oyster Creek as our project evolves from nuclear-focused activities to a more industrial dismantlement and demolition project. Now that all of the used nuclear fuel has been safely moved from inside the Reactor Building to the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), our project focus will shift to the safe removal of buildings and structures."
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