Homer J. Rockwell

As it so happens I teach English to a some adults. The group is mainly composed of a country and western band called "Duha". One of the members, Pavel, works at the nearby nuclear power plant. He is one of the safety engineers. So he offered to give me a tour.

Look, lots of buttons, schematics and gauges. What's not to like?

ah, that's better, nothing like a good sit.

More like Homer already. Just missing the donuts. I really wanted to put my feet up and act like I was sleeping... but I didn't want to offend my host.

Prior to exiting the secure reactor area, one must be scanned by the objects on the left that take a reading of how much radiation you might have received.
I guess if you're a safety guy you don't have to change your clothes. As one of the brave core workers, you get to wear...yellow. I guess this means that when you go home and put on your regular clothes, they won't glow and upset the family. If these glow, who would know?
Honestly, I would have loved to take one of these home. For those of you who have seen "Bottle Rocket", this is a nice homage.

Ah, the core... where all the magic happens.
See the black object on my chest? That is a miniture gygercounter. I scored a .0001! I beat Pavel! Maybe I have latent nuke powers?
Hmmm to use my powers for good or evil... that is the question.

"Look out Radio Active Man!"
Hmmm, a big red button. Buttons are for pushing. That's my philosophy.

Look! Another scanner! Something is flashing
"Neurodny"
Wonder what that means? Whatever it is, I'm sure it's over rated.
Oooo, it's funner than it looks. Weeeeeeee

Now really. It was a great trip and really fascinating. The complexity of the design and implementation of such a system is really impressive. My thanks to Pavel who went to a lot of trouble. He certainly was informative. Actually, it was a good test of his English. He speaks quite well, but explaining the plant pushed the limitations of his English. But he did a great job. I'm sorry I don't have a picture of him... he was taking all the pics. It was his camera.