Trump Administration Wants to Un-fire Nuclear Safety Workers but Can’t Figure Out How to Reach Them

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Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
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"We do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel.”
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National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated — but they struggled to find them because they didn’t have their new contact information.

In an email sent to employees at NNSA and obtained by NBC News, officials wrote, “The termination letters for some NNSA probationary employees are being rescinded, but we do not have a good way to get in touch with those personnel.”

The individuals the letter refers to had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts. NNSA, which is within the Department of Energy and oversees the nation’s nuclear stockpile, cannot reach these employees directly and is now asking recipients of the email, “Please work with your supervisors to send this information (once you get it) to people’s personal contact emails.”

The move comes as Trump and one of his top advisers, tech mogul Elon Musk, seek to slash the size of the federal government.

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