PUBLIC ASPECT

Impact on employment

It is necessary to divide possible increase in local employment into two stages. First it is growth during construction. According to [116], overall 3000 MW nuclear power plant is envisioned. Reasonable number of workers, employed during construction, is 4000 in case of such power capacity. Building time in economic analysis, and in relation to ensuring of the reactor producers is estimated at 5 years. Nevertheless, 3000 MWe is not single unit. Therefore, construction time of two 1500 MWe reactors can be agreed on 5 to 7 years, and additional delay time of 2 years can be added. It is gives total 9 years construction, when mentioned 4000 of workers will be needed. In Polish conditions - without any significant nuclear facilities - around 50 % of this number will be foreign companies workers due to lack of qualified human resources. So in fact, nuclear power plant construction will ensure temporary (up to 9 years) additional 2000 workplaces on local market. This number will increase if workers participating in Oilkiluoto 3 construction are employed.

The second stage contains constant increase in employment, caused by those who have a jobs due to nuclear power plant operation. There are direct, indirect and induced employments. Employees, acting in power plant are employed directly. Those, acting in companies that provide services for the plant, are employed indirectly. The concept of induced employment refers to increased money flows of households due to nuclear power plant operation. In old Indian Point PWR nuclear power plant in the USA, direct employment factor was 0,65 person per MW, and indirect together with induced was 0,57 person per MW. It is 1,22 person/MW. So effective "multiplier effect" is almost 2. Indian Point nuclear power plant is old construction and for new units direct employment factor is estimated at 0,25 person/MW. After "multiplier effect" (1,88 - Indian Point) including, total employment factor is 0,47 person/MW. It means that in normal operation, 3000 MW nuclear power plant can bring additional 1400 workplaces. Forecasts of larger increase seem to be overestimated and they may concern only construction period. [117]

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