Last Thursday we had a great opportunity to go on a tour of the nuclear reactor at MIT. The walk there was a huge problem. If we had taken a train we would have had more time to learn about how this machine was used. What I took home was that this machine was used to help treat brain cancer and used to learn about nuclear energy. This machine only does nuclear fission. I wish I had taken notes because the lecture went by very quickly and covered tons of information that would be helpful for writing this blog. It was a great experience to be able to go inside the reactor and see the different lab experiments set up around the core. At first I was scared to go into the containment because of radiation and other dangerous things. I know that these are safe places because my dad works at Seabrook power plant and does shutdowns every year. He has taught me a lot about nuclear energy so I had a good understanding before going to the core. I thought that it was really neat that one girl can record all the readings and control the nuclear reactor. The tour was a great experience and I am glad I was able to go. Overall, the tour was very rushed and we learned as much as we could with the small amount of time we had to go on the tour.