NEI Nuclear Notes

Due to some technical difficulties, CNBC wasn't able to push out its complete package on nuclear energy & jobs last Friday from V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina. On Monday night, the rest of Mary Thompson's report from the plant site was aired by the Nightly Business Report . Want to learn more about working in the nuclear industry? Please visit the Careers & Education section of our website.

VC Summer Nuclear Station is hiring the next generation of nuclear workers . Here's Mary Thompson of CNBC , who filed this report from Jenkinsville, South Carolina where she interviewed SCE&G Chief Nuclear Officer, Jeff Archie: For more on how to snag a job in the nuclear energy business, visit the Careers & Education section of our website.

Southern Co. has launched a new print advertising campaign to highlight some of the economic benefits the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant brings to the Georgia area. I particularly like the image--the sun rising on the construction site for Vogtle units 3 and 4. It sheds a hopeful light on a topic that I discussed in a blog post earlier this week: Is the Future Outlook for Nuclear Energy Bright? For the latest on construction at the site, see Southern Company’s website .

On September 25 at the inaugural United Association Tripartite Conference in Mokena, Illinois, Bill Hite, General President of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters , delivered a message to politicians all across the U.S.: "The Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union will only support political candidates who support nuclear power." Thanks, Bill. It's good to know who your friends are. Here's hoping the message gets out. UPDATE : Organized labor's support for new nuclear is a global phenomenon, with recent support coming from Scotland and South Africa .