Great Power Technology.

Chapter 107 Explosion for no reason

With the support of a powerful computing system, the list of personnel needed by Ye Zhou soon appeared on the system screen. There were 136 people in total, most of them were engineers for daily maintenance and overhaul, and there were also a small number of peripheral related researchers. Routinely go to the vicinity of the power reactor to obtain data.

This nuclear power reactor core has completed its first fuel loading, but has not yet been formally assembled. It is now in a deep subcritical state, all control rods are inserted into the core, the concentration of boric acid in the primary circuit is extremely high, and almost all neutrons Being absorbed, according to normal circumstances, there is almost no possibility of an uncontrollable explosion.

If you want the core to explode, and the explosion occurs under unexpected circumstances, then there is only one operation that Ye Zhou can think of, and that is to arrange explosive devices around the core, destroy all the structures of the core, and force The core enters a supercritical state.

Such an operation must be performed by extremely professional personnel, because if a bomb is randomly thrown into the nuclear reactor, the nuclear fuel will spread out in all directions together with the control rods, and then the chain reaction will be quickly controlled by the emergency safety device. Abort, there is no way a massive explosion will happen, at best it will just be a dirty bomb.

To make the core enter a supercritical reaction, it is necessary to accurately calculate the blasting equivalent and direction, and compress the nuclear fuel to the same point as much as possible—this is almost like making a small nuclear bomb. There will be no more than ten people operating in this way.

Ye Zhou quickly read the personnel information. He first excluded all personnel without nuclear physics background, and then excluded those who stayed too short or had more than three people present. After such a round of exclusion, the final suspicious personnel Only two groups remained.

4 nuclear physics engineers, they are all in groups of two and two close to the core.

Next, they need to determine whether the two groups of people are acting suspiciously based on the surveillance footage.

This is an almost impossible task. It is impossible to eliminate all suspicious behaviors in a very short period of time, even with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

But Ye Zhou didn't care, he just asked the operators present to play the all-round monitoring screen at 90 times speed.

These monitoring pictures can be seen in slow motion after the playback after the simulation is over.

There are 18 minutes left in Ye Zhou's countdown time, and the results of the on-site test ahead have also been sent back.

"Gong Ye, the preliminary test results are normal, no explosives were found at the site, the core is in a stable state, and the safety injection system and emergency stop rods are operating normally."

"Everything is normal? What about around the core? Is there anything abnormal?"

Ye Zhou frowned and asked.

"The detection of explosives is still going on, but it is basically confirmed that there are 90% no explosives. Ye Gong, do you want to continue to implement the evacuation plan?"

Ye Zhou nodded without hesitation, and then said:
"The evacuation plan remains unchanged, the search area is expanded, the internal security control system is fully scanned, and system backdoors and vulnerabilities are checked. How long will the scanning process take?"

"10 minutes. Ye Gong, are you sure there will be a problem with the reactor?"

"I confirm. Is it possible that under certain conditions the control rods of the reactor will all be pulled out and the boric acid solution will be completely emptied?"

"There is no such possibility, Ye Gong. According to the design principle, this power reactor uses a redundant strong control system, of which 6 control rods cannot be removed. When all other control rods are pulled out, the core It also takes at least 10 minutes to enter the supercritical state, and within 10 minutes, even if all the control systems fail, the mechanical safety lock will automatically lock and reinsert the control rod.”

If this is the case, then the possibility of a core explosion due to operational errors is basically ruled out.

Only under the influence of extreme external conditions can the consequences of explosion be caused.

Other personnel were still analyzing the monitoring content, and the time came to a countdown of 10 minutes. The expanded search did not yield anything, but no one in the disaster control office expressed any doubts about Ye Zhou.

In the emergency command scenario with first-level authority, everything he said must be 100% implemented—unless it violates the underlying principles.

At this time, all irrelevant personnel in the base have already started to board the trains, and the rail trains drove into the darkness one after another. These people did not know the impending disaster at the base, and many people even thought it was an emergency safety drill. .

Ye Zhou's brain was running at full speed, and the planner's talent that had been stimulated for more than 20 minutes in a row made his brain load almost reach its limit, but from the monitoring screen, he couldn't see any problems.

"Arrange a shuttle bus and take me to the scene!"

Ye Zhou said without hesitation.

"Understood, the shuttle bus is already in place."

The temporary commander waved for the staff, and led Ye Zhou towards the door. After boarding the car, Ye Zhou said to him:
"Immediately organize the evacuation of all personnel and go to the safe house as soon as possible. When I say immediately, I mean now!"

"Now? Ye Gong, what are you going to do?"

"Leave me one of the redundant trains, and I will board and evacuate by myself."

"Understood, I will arrange three coordinators for you."

No one has to worry about whether the people left behind will be in danger, which is neither meaningful nor necessary.

When Ye Zhou arrived at the core, his countdown had reached zero, and all inspectors had evacuated before he arrived, leaving only him and three coordinators in the empty workshop.

He took a deep breath to squeeze out the remaining adrenaline in his body, his heartbeat soared to 140 times, his face began to congest, but his mind was extremely active.

There is no problem with the safety injection system, there is no problem with the stop bar group, and there is even no problem with the core itself.

How did a subcritical core explode?
Ye Zhou walked around the reactor core in confusion. This was the first time he saw a living reactor core, but because he had prepared for several weeks in advance, he was no stranger to the structure of the reactor.

"Open the lid and show me? I want to see what's going on inside the stop bar."

The engineers waiting on the side quickly entered instructions on the console, and then with the scream of the airtight device, the upper cover of the reactor was opened.

Ye Zhou climbed up the ladder, and then the light inspected the structure of the stop rod group one by one.

No problem with the spider frame, no problem with the tube base, no problem with the control rod.
What went wrong?
Ye Zhou didn't continue to struggle, all he had to do now was to ensure that all possible problematic parts were caught in his eyes, and he could check them slowly in the replay later.

He climbed down the ladder again, and the time entered the final countdown of 5 minutes.

"Go to the evacuation channel immediately, and I will catch up with you in 2 minutes."

"understand!"

The three coordinators got on the shuttle bus, and after finally paying attention to Ye Zhou, they drove towards the evacuation point at high speed.

Ye Zhou sighed, and he walked around the workshop silently.

He will not evacuate again.

He wanted to know whether the reactor would explode after almost all possibilities were ruled out.

Count down for 1 minutes.

Ye Zhou had already inspected all the nearby equipment and indoor structures, and then stood quietly on the spot, staring at the small power pile without blinking.

Countdown to 30 seconds.

A blinding blue light flashed.

This reactor, which had almost no abnormality and was not disturbed by any external factors before, exploded under Ye Zhou's nose for no reason.

[Dragon Heart three-stage plot simulation ends]

[B-level ending achieved]

　There are still two chapters a little later, and I worked overtime until early in the morning today, so there is really no way to finish it on time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)