[quote=Paul810
That's what I figured, but it's just funny how that the thing is fine for years until I get here. Never a dull moment in my life. [/quote]

That's how things happen to me when I'm around software!
Works fine until *I* try it.....

Unimogbert

When I was a freshman at PSU in 1964, a bunch of us (on a tip from a physics major) walked into the reactor building - the doors were open - about 11:00 PM one evening. We wondered about for ten minutes before one of the white-coated denisons discovered us and gave us a tour of the building. I remember the blue glow of Chrenkov radiation surrounding the pile in the pool. That, apparently, was a more innocent time, before concerns about terrorists and maniacs run amok.

The last time I was at Penn State, for a seminar on tax accounting, the reactor was behind cyclon fence with a roll of razor wire on top. There was nothing identifying the building as a "nuclear reactor."

So much for the 'Good Old Days.'

Hey, Mods!!!!

Is there anyway we can pin a thread with Raydarkhorse's current location?

Enquiring minds and all that ..

No offense, Ray....

Reading Raydarkhorse's post, I was reminded of an old Charles Addams cartoon: a short stubby guy (looked like Uncle Fester) was waiting in line to board a ship. He had a suitcase that had stickers on it for the Titanic, Luisitania, Andrea Doria, etc.

Sue

Right now I'm in Atlanta but will be in Birmingham, Al tomorrow I'll be there a couple of weeks and then who knows. If it makes people feel safer I will keep you updated as to when and where I am.

Rats! I'll have to warn my brother in Birmingham and tell him to bug out for a few days... just until the dark clouds pass. lol

Sorta related story, I went to college in Indiana. When I drove from Pennsy across Ohio there would always be a set of dark clouds hanging over the toll booth at the Indiana state line. Ray, you weren't living in Hoosierland in the early 70's, were you?

Naw in the early 70's I was in Germany

Georgia Tech (Atlanta) had a similar research reactor, until 1996 and the 'games' came to town.

My fraternity's house was less than 1/2 block from the reactor, direct line of sight to the containment structure.

I was frequently tempted to switch the position of the N and U in NUCLEAR on the sign on the side of the building.

On the security side, the containment structure was surrounded by cyclone fence with barbed wire... but they gave tours up to '95 when it was de-fueled in preparation for the summer games.