A few years ago i visited the fast breeder nuclear reactor in Kalkar, Germany. They had just cut open the reactor core so that visitors could enter. Quite a unique opportunity to see a nuclear reactor from the inside out (even one that had never been fully operational). My eyes basically popped out when seeing all those massive sodium-based cooling systems, which must have costed billions of dmarks to install in the first place, simply being dismantled and shipped out for recycling. The giant cooling towers were already being converted to serve as a climbing wall, for the amusement park that they were constructing there.
At least they picked the right location for ITER. Cadarache will be a great place for an amusement park! 😉
