Workers in short supply for U.S. nuclear power

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the top U.S. nuclear regulator addressed industry leaders in March, he spoke about a problem often neglected in public debates about nuclear energy: the threat of a labor shortage.

Where are we going to get the educated and skilled workers to safely run the current fleet (of reactors) over extended lifetimes and the potential nuclear plants of the future? asked Dale Klein, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Where are they being educated? Where are they being trained?

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