Duke not responsible for growing county’s economy
THE ISSUE: County manager says more needs to be done to offset loss of nuclear plant. OUR OPINION: Event forced the county to refocus economic development efforts. At a recent meeting with federal officials to discuss decommissioning issues at the now-closed Crystal River Nuclear Plant, County Administrator Randy Oliver told officials that more must be done to mitigate the loss of jobs and hit to the county tax base caused by the plant closing.
About The Author
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative. Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.