The Atom Smasher Next Door

The Atom Smasher Next Door

Monroe — At St. Michael the Archangel School, students like me rarely thought about the nuclear reactor nearby. But we did have evacuation drills. Once a year, teachers loaded us onto buses in the middle of the day and drove us south toward Ohio. No one ever spoke about what would happen if disaster struck. Maybe we’d all just feel a little seasick. Maybe our hair would thin. Maybe we’d hide under desks at some Toledo-area middle school as our f…