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Fleischmann Cites ‘Workforce Shortage’ in NNSA, but Oak Ridge Unaffected By Firings

Sarah Salem

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), whose district abuts Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, said Tuesday the nuclear enterprise was facing a “workforce shortage.” Fleischmann, who chairs a House Appropriations subcommittee on Energy & Water, also told sister publication The Exchange Monitor Tuesday recent layoffs at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee were reversed quickly enough to avoid impact to operations at the Department of Energy facility. “What do we face? A workforce shortage,” Fleischmann said in his remarks…

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