Nearly 230,000 people are engaged in the nuclear industry in the United States

Abstract

US Nuclear News, July 9, 1979, page 76] According to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Energy in May 1979, by July 1977, the number of people engaged in the nuclear industry in the U.S. had reached 227,000, an increase of about 15% over July 1975. The fastest growth in personnel from 1975 to 1977 was in health physical and industrial safety, which increased by 165%;