HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owner of Three Mile Island, site of the United States’ worst commercial nuclear power accident, said Monday that it will shut down the plant in 2019 without a financial rescue from Pennsylvania. Exelon Corp.’s announcement comes after what it called more than five years of losses on the single-unit power … Continue reading
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — The “all-clear” has been given after a chemical leak at a Hopewell plant temporarily shut down a roadway. Local news outlets report that emergency crews responded to AdvanSix, formerly known as the Honeywell Plant, Tuesday night after receiving a call about the leak. Officials say the leak was quickly contained inside … Continue reading
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — State safety officials say Goodyear’s plant in Danville faces additional penalties following recent deaths there. Local news organizations report that the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it had filed a citation last week related to one of the deaths and will issue another one Friday. Jennifer Rose, … Continue reading
DUBLIN, Va. (AP) — Volvo is preparing to lay off 734 employees at its truck plant in Virginia. Volvo spokesman John Mies said Tuesday that the layoffs at the New River Valley Assembly Plant in Dublin will begin in February. He says there’s been a slowdown in demand for highway trucks and that the company … Continue reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Authorities say one worker has been injured in a flash fire at Continental Corporation’s plant in Newport News. Newport News Fire Department battalion chief Stephen C. Pincus says the fire occurred Thursday morning in a lab area. Pincus says in a news release that a male employee suffered burns. He … Continue reading
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