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Kasich directs
support to So. Ohio after threatened Piketon closure
Teams Up With Congressional Delegation to Address Obama
Administration’s Short-Sighted Plan to Close Uranium Enrichment Efforts
& Put National Security and Region’s Economy at Risk
COLUMBUS – Given the uncertainty of U.S. Department of Energy
operations at its American Centrifuge Project in Piketon and cleanup
activities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Governor John R.
Kasich has directed state agencies to put in motion efforts to assist
potentially impacted workers. Kasich is also working with members
of Ohio’s Congressional delegation from the region to see what can be
done to address the Obama Administration’s disappointing decision.
“Ohioans working on these federal projects in southern Ohio must feel
as if the rug has been pulled out beneath their feet by the Obama
Administration’s failure to keep their promises to help make loan
guarantees available and ensure the future prosperity of this
community,” Kasich said. “We share their disbelief and are sympathetic
to those who might be displaced by the Obama Administration’s
short-sighted and misguided decision to move centrifuge research to
Tennessee and we are standing by ready to assist any impacted workers.
We also stand ready to assist those workers that may be impacted as
Department of Energy considers further funding cuts that would slow
needed cleanup efforts at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.”
Ohio officials have continued regular contact with local workforce
teams to ensure they have the resources they need to help any impacted
workers and have another visit scheduled to Piketon next week.
A special transition center has already been set up at the
OhioMeansJobs Pike County Center that offers customized support to help
potentially impacted workers. At the center, impacted workers are able
to receive job readiness services, including job search assistance,
resume writing and interviewing help, and information on job training
opportunities, as well as learn about other resources, including
unemployment compensation benefits.
The OhioMeansJobs Pike County Center is located at 941 Market Street in
Piketon and can be reached at 740-289-2371.
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