In his 31 years in construction, on the industry side as well as with Engineering News-Record, Senior Editor Tom Armistead has had many adventures. He erected transmission towers, visited an LNG plant in Trinidad and an offshore oil-production vessel in Newfoundland. He even covered oil and power reconstruction efforts in Iraq. But his visit to Pickering A Nuclear Generating Station for this weeks cover story was like nothing else he has seen.
"This was my first visit to a nuclear plant," he says. "I think it would be easier to break into Fort Knox." Security includes airport-style screening plus personal sponsorship by an escort on staff, who never let him get out of sight.