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Powerplant chemistry is incredibly simple-minded water monitoring and engineering stuff but it could be a well paid job, with a major responsibility.
ReplyDeleteI have friend who works at Exelon as a chemist (she has since progressed beyond this position) with a masters degree.
ReplyDeleteShe was well compensated despite the apparent simplicity.
Lusby would be a fairly attractive place to work (not that I know anything about nuclear chemistry). Close enough to Washington, DC to take advantage of it's culture or second job market for the spouse, but far enough out that housing is relatively cheap.
ReplyDeleteyou probably won't need to know much about nuclear chemistry. It is all about DI water filtration system, and the turbines, and water in heat exchangers/cooling towers. You add algicide to keep stuff from growing there, and you add corrosion inhibitors to keep the machinery healthy. It probably involves lots of monitoring, and if you neglect something and there is a problem it could get very expensive, etc.
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