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Riches in a Nuclear Dump Attracts Unemployed in West Virginia
In McDowell and nearby counties face 36 percent unemployment, residents urge drawing 1000 jobs from a monitored storage facility for spent nuclear fuel along U.S. 52. Officials hope for federal backing to open a repository by 1998 with workers from coal towns, while opponents fear stigma and out-of-state hiring.
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Saeger
W.va
U.S. 52
West
Mike Goode
Wyoming County Economic Development Authority
Washington, D.C
Energy Polme
United States
West Virginia
Harold L. Wright
First Community Bank
Pineville
Sen
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Iverson Justice
Justice