'Beginning' of long process for possible Piketon nuke plant begins (video) | chillicoth... - 0 views
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DUKE ENERGY: The third-largest electric power holding company in the United States based on kilowatt-hour sales, its regulated utility operations serve about 4 million customers across North and South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Its commercial power and international business segments operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including nuclear facilities in the Carolinas. For more, visit www.duke-energy.com.
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ArevaA leading U.S. nuclear vendor and key player in the electricity transmission and distribution sector, French-based Areva employs 6,000 people in the United States and has 45 locations across the nation. Areva is active in the nuclear energy industry, with EPR nuclear facilities similar to what is being proposed for Piketon already being constructed in four global locations that include Finland and France and with commitments in several other countries, including the U.S., Italy and India. It also is expanding its focus to work on a series of biomass energy facilities in the U.S.
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Calling it the "beginning of the beginning," Duke Energy chairman, president and CEO James Rogers Thursday officially kicked off the effort to bring 400 to 700 new permanent jobs to Piketon within roughly the next decade. Advertisement The process will be pursued by a newly created partnership whose aim is to construct a new nuclear power facility in Piketon. And while it will take a considerable amount of time to complete, officials are hopeful it will lead the way to new life in a county that is presently facing 15.1 percent unemployment and routinely ranks among the highest jobless rates in the state. "It will, I think, help revitalize the economy of this part of the state," Gov. Ted Strickland said, adding that the project would make Ohio the only state including next-generation nuclear power production in its energy portfolio.