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HURDLES. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN HAS MORE FROM LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP. CONSTELLATION ENERGY SAYS IT’S GOING TO NEED ABOUT $1.6 BILLION WORTH OF WORK TO GET TMI BACK ONLINE, BUT IT’S NOW CALLING IT THE CLEAN ENERGY CENTER AND HAS ALREADY SECURED ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WORKFORCE THAT WILL BE NEEDED THERE. MORE THAN 200 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIRED FOR THE REACTOR RESTART. SOME USED TO WORK ON THREE MILE ISLAND AND WERE LOOKING TO RETURN TO THE HARRISBURG AREA FACILITY, BUT THEY HAD TO MOVE TO PEACH BOTTOM IN SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY. THEY HAD TO GO TO LIMERICK OUT TOWARDS PHILADELPHIA, CALVERT IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND, OR ONE OF OUR OTHER PLANTS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK OR ILLINOIS. SO PEOPLE HAD TO UPROOT THEIR LIVES AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. ECONOMIC LEADERS SAY THE RETURN OF 600 FULL TIME JOBS AT THE FACILITY WILL HELP THE REGION’S ECONOMY, BUT SO WILL THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS AHEAD OF THE RESTART. ANYTIME YOU’VE GOT HIGH PAYING JOBS, YOU’VE GOT TO HIRE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THAT PROJECT. CONSTELLATION ENERGY SAYS THEY’RE ON SCHEDULE FOR THE RESTART OF REACTOR UNIT ONE, AND DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO FEDERAL REGULATORS SHOW A TARGET OF OPENING BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER IN 2027. BUT SOME OPPONENTS OF REOPENING THE FACILITY, LIKE ERIC EPSTEIN OF DAUPHIN COUNTY, SAY THE 1979 NUCLEAR DISASTER INVOLVING THE OTHER REACTOR UNIT SHOW WHY CONSTELLATION WILL HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN ITS PLAN TO HANDLE AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER. WELL, IT’S AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE. WE’LL BE INTERVENING IN OUR FIRST CASE NEXT WEEK. THEY’RE CALLED LA LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS. WE WILL INTERVENE ON THOSE ISSUES. CONSTELLATION ENERGY WILL HAVE TO SECURE A NUMBER OF APPROVALS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. AND THEY PRESENTED AN INITIAL EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR THE SITE ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE NUCLEAR REGULATO