Nuclear Energy Jobs for Electricians

Updated: March 5, 2010 03:17 PM PST





Exelon Nuclear will be adding more than two thousand temporary jobs to its workforce in Cordova. The nuclear station is launching a three hundred million dollar power upgrade project.

The company hired about twenty one hundred skilled workers. They include millwrights, pipefitters, and electricians. Many of those temporary employees are from the Quad City area.

A couple of hundred electricians from IBEW Local 145 will help with the project. Many of the workers will put in sixty to seventy hour work weeks.

Bob Soesbe is with the Clinton Labor Congress. He represents union workers in both Clinton and Whiteside Counties. He says the union workers go to school for thousands of hours to learn their trade.

They make good money and are not afraid to spend it. That's money which will be spent in local restaurants, convenience stores, and gasoline stations.

The refueling project begins later this month and should be completed sometime in April.