An Atomic Romance
by Bobbie Ann Mason · 2005

Reed Futrell spends his time working in the town's uranium plant and chasing his girlfriend, a biologist named Julia, until rumors of plutonium contamination at the plant and Reed's refusal to see the danger threaten their relationship.
EmployeesEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental aspects of Nuclear power plantsEnvironmental aspects of PlutoniumFictionNuclear power plantsPlutoniumRadioactive wastesWomen biologistsKentucky, fictionMan-woman relationships, fictionFiction, psychological