270 Atucha workers fired and guilds announce unemployment for an indefinite period

The Atucha Nuclear Power Plant announced the dismissal of 270 workers according to the Luz y Fuerza trade union in the Paraná region. Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A, name of the state company, reported the measure this morning.

According to traced, the layoffs are a consequence of the decision to stop the construction of Atucha III. Damián Straschenco, deputy secretary of Luz y Fuerza de Zárate confirmed to INFOCIELO the 270 dismissals and affirmed that the majority are in the management unit, located in Vicente López. "We are planning another 600 layoffs, and on Monday there will be a meeting and we will decide what to do," the trade unionist said.

The majority of the licensees are permanent factories aged 25 to 30 years and participated in the construction of Atucha I and Atucha II . The Atucha complex has about 3,000 workers.

Meanwhile, the Paraná de Luz y Fuerza branch announced "a stop for an indefinite period until the company reformulates unilaterally implemented"

There are some time, Agustín Arbor González, president of the National Commission of Atomic Energy and Nuclear Activity (APCNEAN) expressed that "the cancellation of the construction projects of the new factories and the suspension agreements with China will lead to a regression impossible to overthrow ".