Scram as the original and mostly likely accurate basis for the use of scram in the technical context. A persistent alternative explanation posits that scram is an acronym for 'safety control rod axe man', which was supposedly coined by Enrico Fermi when the world's first nuclear reactor was built under the spectator seating at the University of Chicago's Stagg Field. It could also stand for "Safety Control Rods Activation Mechanism" or "Control Rods Actuator Mechanism". Both of these are probably backronyms from the original, non-technical usage. In any reactor, a SCRAM is achieved by inserting large amounts of negative reactivity mass
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station to be damaged of all US nuclear generating stations. The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station consists of one operational reactor, one closed unit and one additional is planned. Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan on approximately 1,000 acres. All units of the plant are operated by the DTE Energy Electric Company and owned (100 percent) by parent company DTE Energy. It is approximately halfway between Detroit, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. It is also visible from parts of