RE: Why a "pig"?

[Doug Huffman <dhuffman@mail.awod.com>]

Apocrypha from the Navy, circa 1970, had it as Super Critical 
Reactor Axe Man.

--- On Thu, 2 Oct 97 06:35:50 -0500  "Westergard, Lee" 
<westergard_lj@nns.com> wrote:
If I recall correctly, SCRAM came from the early reactor 
shutdown
mechanisms. (Was it Fermi?) The shutdown operators were 
stationed at the
control rod lifting mechanisms which were simply ropes attached 
to the
rods. When the word came over to drop the rods, they would take 
axes and
chop the ropes to shutdown the reactor. After they chopped the 
ropes,
they were told to SCRAM out of the area.  At least that is the 
story I
was told. 

> ----------
> From: 	Bob Carlson[SMTP:carlson@en.com]

> And just to further cause thought, what is the real meaning 
of SCRAM? 
> Hmmmmmmm???????????

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