An illegal immigrant was needing a nap. Smuggling yourself into the country is tiring, you know. So he continued his crime spree by violating the rights of a locomotion company and “hitched” a ride in a frieght car. He fell asleep there. He woke up at San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Edison officials said that a man was found on the San Onofre property — but not inside its “protected area” where the nuclear reactors and fuel are located — just after three freight rail cars arrived inside the plant around 12:30 a.m on July 25, the North County Times reported.
The rail cars carry freight inside the San Onofre grounds and pass by an area where Edison stores spent fuel — highly radioactive material that can no longer produce power.
The accidental intruder was discovered when Edison employees spotted him standing near one of the recently arrived freight cars, John Todd, director of security at San Onofre, told the Times.
“He claimed he was hitching a ride from Oceanside to San Clemente and was sleeping in the car,” Todd said, adding the man seemed surprised to find himself at the nuclear plant.
I imagine he was surprised.Â
