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Hanford, the gift that keeps giving… I knew NukeE’s in the 80’s whose best offers were Hanford. They’re probably still there. If you want a forever job, study

Hanford, the gift that keeps giving… I knew NukeE’s in the 80’s whose best offers were Hanford. They’re probably still there. If you want a forever job, study Nuclear Engineering.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
My dad’s contract with Westinghouse at Hanford ended in 1980 or 1981 (definitely he was not there in 1982). He got contracts in New Jersey, Louisiana, Michigan, but was unemployed for a year when the entire nuclear industry imploded in 1985-86 because they stopped building new nuclear power plants. He eventually got an FTE job in Mississippi of all places, and the pay was much lower than we were used to (also our family declared chapter 7 bankruptcy because of the unemployment leading to a house that got foreclosed). Don’t go into nuclear engineering if you want a good job in a nice location (they never build nuke plants in nice places!). The only places providing nuclear engineers are the navy and overseas (universities got rid of the NE programs in the 90s), it isn’t considered a nice job, and the pay is just so so (unless you are contracting, but then your job isn’t stable). Also kids if you do good on your ASVAB, and a Navy recruiter wants you to sign up to be a nuke, just say no unless you really really want to do it.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  > they never build nuke plants in nice places! I think you have it around the wrong way. The plant is what makes the place undesirable. Isolated and uninhabited is quite appealing.
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    Tell me how Grand Gulf nuclear power station makes Port Gibson MS a nice place to live (my dad took a 1.5 hour commute to live in Vicksburg instead)? Honestly, the nicest place we ever lived was the Tri cities when my dad worked at Hanford.
    - lostlogin 3y ago
      Maybe you’re misunderstanding my comment? I’m saying that the plants make places bad.
      - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
        Ah, but then stil disagree. These places would be bad with or without the plants, it’s just a matter of more or less jobs. The plants themselves don’t pollute like coal plants do, and are on large park-like plots of land. Hanford is unique because it was a DOE site, and..well, it’s all scrub out there (but now they have vineyards and wine), which I just find more appealing.
herewulf 3y ago
My uncle is a NukeE. Got his first job at Hanford and finished his career working for a French inspections company. Still lives in the area.
joker_minmax 3y ago
I thought so, but only if you work for the government. The private power companies have done a lot of layoffs and not hiring much back.

Hanford, the gift that keeps giving… I knew NukeE’s in the 80’s whose best offers were Hanford. They’re probably still there. If you want a forever job, study Nuclear Engineering.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

My dad’s contract with Westinghouse at Hanford ended in 1980 or 1981 (definitely he was not there in 1982). He got contracts in New Jersey, Louisiana, Michigan, but was unemployed for a year when the entire nuclear industry imploded in 1985-86 because they stopped building new nuclear power plants. He eventually got an FTE job in Mississippi of all places, and the pay was much lower than we were used to (also our family declared chapter 7 bankruptcy because of the unemployment leading to a house that got foreclosed). Don’t go into nuclear engineering if you want a good job in a nice location (they never build nuke plants in nice places!). The only places providing nuclear engineers are the navy and overseas (universities got rid of the NE programs in the 90s), it isn’t considered a nice job, and the pay is just so so (unless you are contracting, but then your job isn’t stable). Also kids if you do good on your ASVAB, and a Navy recruiter wants you to sign up to be a nuke, just say no unless you really really want to do it.

lostlogin 3y ago
> they never build nuke plants in nice places! I think you have it around the wrong way. The plant is what makes the place undesirable. Isolated and uninhabited is quite appealing.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  Tell me how Grand Gulf nuclear power station makes Port Gibson MS a nice place to live (my dad took a 1.5 hour commute to live in Vicksburg instead)? Honestly, the nicest place we ever lived was the Tri cities when my dad worked at Hanford.
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    Maybe you’re misunderstanding my comment? I’m saying that the plants make places bad.
    - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
      Ah, but then stil disagree. These places would be bad with or without the plants, it’s just a matter of more or less jobs. The plants themselves don’t pollute like coal plants do, and are on large park-like plots of land. Hanford is unique because it was a DOE site, and..well, it’s all scrub out there (but now they have vineyards and wine), which I just find more appealing.

herewulf 3y ago

My uncle is a NukeE. Got his first job at Hanford and finished his career working for a French inspections company. Still lives in the area.

joker_minmax 3y ago

I thought so, but only if you work for the government. The private power companies have done a lot of layoffs and not hiring much back.