1,200 Workers From All over the Country in Berrien County for Cook Plant Unit 2 Refueling Outage

Cook plant hosting more than 1,200 additional workers for Unit 2 refueling outage

More than 1,200 extra workers are now on site at the Cook nuclear power plant in Bridgman for Unit 2’s 28th refueling outage. Cook plant spokesperson Bill Downey tells us the crews will be performing 9,000 total jobs at the facility in the coming weeks, and while they’re in town they serve as an economic boost just as the tourist season is ending. But who are the workers? Downey says many are contractors. “A lot of them come from our local unio…

1,200 workers from all over the country in Berrien County for Cook Plant Unit 2 refueling outage

More than 1,200 extra workers are now on site at the Cook nuclear power plant in Bridgman for Unit 2’s 28th refueling outage. Cook plant spokesperson Bill Downey tells us the crews will be performing 9,000 total jobs at the facility in the coming weeks, and while they’re in town they serve as an economic boost just as the tourist season is ending. But who are the workers? Downey says many are contractors. “A lot of them come from our local union…

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