Honeywell Plant on schedule to Restart

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Chad Lampe

Published April 4, 2013 at 12:06 PM CDT

The Honeywell uranium fuel conversion plant in Metropolis remains on track to restart work in June.

The plant shutdown in May 2012 after Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors found equipment there could not withstand a major earthquake or tornado. Honeywell Spokesman Peter Dalpe says the plant currently has 188 employees, 84 of which are hourly union workers that are doing various jobs to prepare for starting production.

The plant laid off more than 200 employees at the time of the shutdown. Dalpe anticipates the NRC will provide authorization to begin production following a final inspection. He says employment levels at the plant will depend on demand for the fuel the plant produces.

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Chad Lampe

Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Assistant Station Manager.

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