NATION IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Nuclear Plants Shut by Labor Dispute
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Some of the nation’s 38 nuclear power plants were unable to operate because hundreds of health-physics technicians, who monitor radiation levels during reactor fueling and other activities, stayed off the job. Officials could not say just how many plants were closed; one source put the number of health-physics technicians at about 3,000. An electrical workers’ union promoted the walkout to persuade contractor employers to allow a union election.
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