Federal Budget Cuts Could Idle 500 Workers at Augusta MOX Facility October 1st
Friday, August 9th, 2013
About 500 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s MOX project could be laid off by Oct. 1 because of federal budget cuts.
“As part of the plan to address the federal budget shortfall in fiscal year 2014, the staffing reduction has begun at the MOX project,” said Bryan Wilkes, a spokesman for Shaw Areva MOX Services, the project’s contractor.
The layoffs would reduce the project’s workforce from 1,900 people to as few as 1,400 by the beginning of the new fiscal year.
About half the affected workers are in construction, and the others are from support services, Wilkes said, adding that all affected workers have been advised of the situation.
