and july 13th, about 11:00, usually when i got there on that particular graveyard shift. went in the building. i pulled up to the control room. looking through the door, and i seen my crew was already there. then i looked even closer, and i seen dr. marvin j. fox. and he had two others with him that i wasn t quite sure who they were, and i said man, there s something that s just not right. so i got brave and opened the door real quiet and then, as i stood there, i heard the words coming out of dr. fox s mouth. i herd my supervisor ask, can we tell our families what happened today?
i was 19 when i was hired there in 1959. i didn t even know what a reactor was when i first went to work there. fella was sitting at the control desk. looked young to me. are these young men if your organization? yes, all of these operators are kind of young fellas. all with a high school education with some major in science. it was a cold wartime at that time and i was trying to help the united states outdo the russians. on the one side, the forces of freedom. on the other, the forces of communism. it was an honor to work there. i was working with the very best scientists in the nuclear business. in fact, the person that overseen the sre reactor was dr. marvin j. fox. he s the one that helped invent the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima.
about 11:00 when i got there on that particular graveyard shift, went in the building. i pulled up to the control room, looking through the door and i seen my crew was already there. then i looked even closer and i seen dr. marvin j. fox. and he had two others with him that i wasn t sure quite who they were. and i said, man, there s something that s just not right. so i got brave and opened the door real quiet. then as i stood there i heard the words coming out of dr. fox s mouth. i herd my supervisor ask, can we tell our families what happened today? the three looked at each other for a minute, and dr. fox, he turned around real quick and
i didn t even know what a reactor was when i first went to work there. sitting at the control desk. you look young to me. are these young men in your organization? yes, all these operators are fairly young fellows. all they need is a high school education with some major in science. it was a cold wartime at that time, and i was trying to help the united states outdo the russians. on the one side the forces of freedom. on the other, the forces of communism. it was an honor to work there. so i was working with the very best scientists in the nuclear business. in fact, the person that overseen the sra reactor was dr. marvin j. fox. he s the one that helped invent the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima. and july 13th it was probably