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My dad had those for most of his career. He worked at nuclear plants but lived in the nearest kind of big town, which was always at least 60 miles away from the plant. I can’t imagine what that did to his mental health, the nuclear power industry isn’t something I recommend anyone getting into.

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There is a book "La Centrale" by Elisabeth Filhol that describes the nuclear industry in France, it was a horrifying read. It is indeed not a fun industry to work in.

EDIT: seems it is available in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish but can't find it in english. That is kind of sad.

Yep. And at the end of it you die of some weird cancer while your heirs get a settlement with the DOE for some reason. But the commute really stands out.

Sounds nice to have the DoE to kick around given that no one will pay out for the long commute's cancer, cardiovascular disease and mortality.

That’s definitely true. I think the commute did my dad in more than the radiation, but those early days at Hanford definitely did something.

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