Worst things to Hear at a Nuclear Power Plant

Fission shmission, relax, I'll increase the water level after my coffee break.
Was that "Open valve A and close valve B" or was it the other way round?
This whole plant will be running under Win95 tomorrow.
HEY! Is smoke coming out of the core normal?
Who forgot to pay the water bill?
We got 12 seconds to WHAT????
A leak? Can't you fix it with duct tape or something?
Oh yeah! 50 bucks says I can make it blow.
Move over Three Mile Island - here we come !!!
Sniff, sniff. . . . you smell that?
I used to work at Chernobyl.
How come all the big shots are leaving?
Is that a 60 minute film crew out there?
Look at the good news: we are going to find out whether people actually glow in the dark.
Originally published November 14, 2002.