I know a fellow who “survived” 2 ground level, post-World War II nuclear bomb test blasts, that he observed wearing only his uniform and a special set of goggles, no other protection other than jumping into a trench, as a “test dummy.”
His skin was affected, such that, large finger-tip sized “blisters” formed all around his face and neck, where his skin had “dripped.” The sores healed but the formation of the blister-bubbles remained.
He was 85-86 years old, when I met him. I offered to help him get an appointment with a skin doctor - “just in case” this fellow decided to consult . . . but he did not show up.
I am thankful that the bombs used on Japan, were used at THE END of World War II <— as a warning for all, to never again use them.
I know people who have survived exposure to “nuclear waste” - but the affect upon their skin, is bizarre and terrible, visibly. Yet, they live mostly like “ordinary people.”
In the “good old days” of disposing of nuclear waste, the stuff was dumped “here” and “there.” And some people somehow manage to stumble onto it, or effectively drink the net-result that ends up in the water.