Welcome to Scala 2.11.8 (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.8.0_66-internal).
Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.

scala> :power
Power mode enabled. :phase is at typer.
import scala.tools.nsc._, intp.global._, definitions._
Try :help or completions for vals._ and power._

scala> val x = "foo"
x: String = foo

scala> typeOf[x.type].termSymbol
res0: $r.intp.global.Symbol = value x

scala> typeOf[x.type].termSymbolDirect
res1: $r.intp.global.Symbol = <none>