Nuke’em ‘Till They Glow »

Steve Blank talks about his job as an electrical engineer in a nuclear reactor in the 50s.

Steve’s mention of seeing Cerenkov radiation for the first time reminded me of a school excursion to the reactor at ANSTO, and the strange, at once both attractive and repulsive, thought that I had to dive into the fuel rod storage pool. Our guide at the time figured I’d be OK, as long as I didn’t go more than 3 meters deep, or stay in too long. In the end, I erred to stay on the dry side.