Exelon-Limerick Covid-19 Website Doesn’t Mention Contract Worker Tested Positive
The Inquirer reported on Friday (April 3) that “One of about 1,400 contract workers involved with the refueling outage at the Limerick nuclear power plant in Montgomery County has tested positive for COVID-19, which is likely to further raise concerns of local officials who have protested Exelon Generation’s decision to proceed with the annual maintenance event.”
According to the Inquirer, “Of the 1,400 workers, Exelon said about half are local and half come from out of state. But nobody who has traveled recently overseas, or is coming in from hard-hit New York City, is permitted to work on site.”
Click here to see Exelon-Limerick Covid-19 Website.
In a video shown on Thursday (April 2), NBC10 reported that Montgomery County officials learned in mid-March that Exelon would staffing the plant with an additional 1,400 workers for the refueling operation. According to the report, the county asked Exelon “to put the project on hold during the Covid-19 Epidemic, or at least until it could get some of its questions answered.” The video shows a statement by an Exelon spokesperson that claims workers brought in for the refueling are being screened.
Val Arkoosh, Chairperson of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners can be seen in the video (0:32) at a news conference Thursday (April 2) saying “We were in communication with Exelon before that refueling started, particularly around their pandemic response site plan, which we didn’t feel was adequate.”
Senator Katie Muth represents the 17th District which includes Limerick Township where the Limerick Nuclear Plant is located. On Thursday (April 1,) before the report of the contract worker testing positive for Covid-19, her office issued this press release.
Exelon-Limerick Spokesman Addressing Questions About the Limerick Nuclear Plant Refueling