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[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 59 points 2 weeks ago

After construction of the experimental reactor started in 2018, most of the scientists involved in the project abandoned their holidays – they worked day and night, and some stayed on site for more than 300 days in a year.

That's not ideal

[-] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

It's stupid but this is the norm around the world. At my plant, which is not a nuclear plant, most of the engineers and workers can't take a leave and are always "on call" (even though their contract is not an on call contract) until they can get a break once in around 1.5 years because we are technically understaffed. And this isn't even a meaningful plant, if it goes down nothing really happens.

[-] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Guessing you're Russian based on the handle but this was also a thing in the Soviet union even in the 30s, there were cases of people wanting to work too much that their boss had to force them to take time off. It just lowers your productivity in the long run

[-] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

Trust me our guys aren't raring to work at all. Most of them aren't citizens and their residency status and their family's lifestyle depend on them being able to hold this job, so they feel obligated to do this. Just classic capitalism things. Also, the plant is not in Russia.

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