EBR-1

Experimental Breeder Reactor 1

That's right! Nuclear Power!! We visited the first breeder reactor power plant in the U.S. The goal of our self-guided tour was to infiltrate the system and hit the SCRAM button. SCRAM stands for "safetly cable release axeman" or some such nonsense. They literally had some guy stand on top of the reactor with an ax...and if it got too hot, he would cut the cable to the cooling rods and the rods would drop into the reactor and slow the reaction. Talk about a stressful job! But don't worry, I found the SCRAM button and hit it hard. Plus I turned all the dials and knobs I could in the place. Loads of fun, I like nuclear power. In fact the last breakfast of our roadtrip was at Ensenada Cafe near Yucca Mountain. Nothing like eating eggs at our nation's nuclear waste site.