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42 workers at new-build site in Georgia have been diagnosed with Covid-19
The Vogtle nucler site in the US state of Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Power.
The workforce at the Vogtle nuclear power station in the US state of Georgia is being reduced by about 20%, or roughly 1,800 employees, to mitigate the impact of Covid-19. Georgia Power’s parent company, Southern Company said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In its filing, the company said this action would cost about $15m to $30m, but it does not expect the reduction will “affect the total project capital cost forecast or the ability to achieve the regulatory-approved in-service dates of November 2021 and November 2022 for Plant Vogtle Units-3 and -4, respectively.”
Vogtle’s expansion began in 2009. The total cost of the project is projected to be more than $25 billion.
In its filing, the company said this action would cost about $15m to $30m, but it does not expect the reduction will “affect the total project capital cost forecast or the ability to achieve the regulatory-approved in-service dates of November 2021 and November 2022 for Plant Vogtle Units-3 and -4, respectively.”
Vogtle’s expansion began in 2009. The total cost of the project is projected to be more than $25 billion.
Forty-two workers at the site of the two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Fifty-seven tests are pending and 154 people working there have tested negative. In February, the company had 9,000 employees on the site.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 18 April 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/workforce-reduced-by-20-as-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-toll-4-5-2020