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HII Partnerships Celebrate Workforce Development Milestones

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two HII (NYSE: HII) partnerships recently celebrated important milestones that illustrate HII’s commitment to building and supporting the education and training of a future nuclear workforce.

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  • MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two HII (NYSE: HII) partnerships recently celebrated important milestones that illustrate HII’s commitment to building and supporting the education and training of a future nuclear workforce.
  • “Investing in workforce development to safely and successfully support all aspects of nuclear projects is of vital importance to HII for multiple reasons, spanning from environmental stewardship, to economic growth to societal well-being,” stated Michael Lempke, president, HII Nuclear.
  • The SRNS apprenticeship program and the new mechanical engineering discipline are part of an ongoing commitment to create innovative workforce development at SRS.
  • Across the company HII invests more than $110 million a year in workforce development, education and training initiatives, including:
    Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) investments in elementary, middle and high schools.