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My grandfather was a Nuclear Engineer for General Electric his whole life (worked like 60 years at GE - he was one of the designers of Hanford.

He died of cancer, thyroid cancer of exenguination (bleeding out of your mouth)

My grandmother received a fairly large settlement from the class action lawsuit against GE for exposing engineers to radiation for decades without proper safety...

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My uncle worked at Hanford his entire life but his last few years of life were not good. He he retired with numerous health issues and was essentially a mental vegetable the last few years of his life. He was at Hanford from it's inception up to around the seventies when he retired.

My grandfather was Kenneth Victor Stave. If that name means anything to your family.

Also, I dont know if your uncle was part of that suit against GE - but it may be something you want to look up.

I don't have any further info to provide on the subject, my grandfather passed in 1996. My grandmother last year. So I cant ask anyone...

Son of a Hanford man here. I believe my father started work at Hanford _after_ the bulk of their issues were wrapped up but I'm sure there was some increased exposure relative to background.

Sorry to hear about your uncle's experience, a lot of pain came out of that facility.

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