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Originally Posted by ernie
The plant was immediately shut down (scrammed) when the earthquake first hit. The automaticpower system worked.
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I visited EBR-1, the world's first breeder reactor, this last summer on a trip through Idaho. Very interesting. Anyway, if you're wondering where the term "scram" comes from, and it's probably not what you'd think, here's the plaque about it:
