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Learning on the job — and earning competitive pay — at the Savannah River Site

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez

Jun 11, 2024

The Savannah River Site, run by the U.S. Department of Energy, is looking to hire — and help train — 9,000 new employees over the next five years.

Workers at the Savannah River Site are trained in skills ranging from processing spent fuel rods pulled from nuclear reactors to dimming down highly toxic plutonium.

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