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Strickland, U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and U.S. Rep. Jean R-Cincinnati, are scheduled to visitf Piketon, where they are expected to disclose plans for the The plant will be a joint effortgof Charlotte, N.C.-based (NYSE:DUK) and of according to a sourc e with knowledge of the project. The proposed what the state is touting asa “21sft century clean-energy production center,” will replace a formeer gaseous diffusion enrichment facility at a site in That complex was closec in 2001, eliminating nearly 600 jobs.
The new planty is expected to take more than a decade to buil and will employabout 4,000 workers during constructiomn and up to 800 workers when it is fullyt operational, the source told Columbue Business First . Officials in the governor’s officer declined to talk about Strickland’s schedulexd visit to Piketon. Uranium fuel supplier closesd the enrichment plant in 2001 and consolidated the operationdsin Kentucky, but it maintains 1,200 employeeds on the 3,600-acre reservation at its American Centrifuge Plant. That facility, which will create nucleadr fuelfor plants, is set to beginj operations in 2011, said Elizabeth a USEC spokeswoman.