I started my working life as an apprentice and later in the design offices of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and I felt perfectly safe. I was getting irradiated more sat in front of our CRT television at home than I was at work.
At that time we were at the forefront of reactor development and were putting 100mW into the grid by way of demonstrating that we could. It was public misinformation that stopped us from developing our own power stations as people didn't want them on their doorsteps. So what do we do but buy electricity from French nuclear power stations, also on our doorsteps.
Ironic isn't it?