The week before spring break would have been a busy one for the undergraduates who run Reed College?s nuclear reactor in any case. Almost everyone had midterms, and a team of inspectors from the U.S. Energy Department was visiting to check the reactor?s old fuel rods with a high-tech camera and watch as reactor operators?all of them students?transferred the rods to lead-lined caskets so they can be shipped away later this year.
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