Once an operational nuclear plant in the 1960’s, a large explosion rendered the site inactive and abandoned for the last 60 years.
MediChem (the good guys) believe there is a rare substance stashed in the Wastelands that can help cure most forms of cancer without endangering the victim. However, Radical Annihilation Technologies (RAT, the bad guys) would rather capture the nuclear sludges to use as a weapon of mass destruction and biological warfare.