after tomorrow is the end

Chapter 450 Metal Plutonium

Shire Town, located on the east side of the transfer station.But the Empire seems to disdain to occupy this city. Their goal is the nuclear power plant on the top of the mountain.

The role of nuclear power plants is to fission the nucleus and release nuclear energy to generate electricity.

Of course, the purpose of the empire is definitely not to produce electricity. You must know that it is "one hundred and eight thousand miles" away from Jekaderinburg.

Since it is not for generating electricity, then... there is another possibility, no matter how unbelievable this possibility is, it must be.

That is.
The empire uses this nuclear power plant to provide an essential raw material for nuclear weapons!And this raw material is metallic plutonium!
There are two types of charges for atomic bombs, uranium-235 and plutonium-239.

Uranium 235 exists naturally, but the separation and purification requires a centrifuge to work for a long time, the cost of electricity is high, and the critical mass is relatively large.Plutonium 239 has a low critical mass, but it does not exist in nature (only this isotope does not exist, but other isotopes exist), and it can only be "created" in nuclear reactors.

The few atomic bombs that the Empire and the Science and Technology Association originally dropped on Tomorrow Continent were "plutonium bombs".After those few atomic bombs were fired, there was no stock left. If you want to have them again, you have to rebuild them.

However, launching is easy, but rebuilding is extremely difficult.

Therefore, the Science and Technology Association simply abandoned this research and development, and went all out to conquer the different-dimensional space technology, human cloning technology and robot technology.

The Northern Empire still inherited the military of the old world, such as missiles, armored vehicles and so on.Therefore, their most cutting-edge ultimate technology is the atomic bomb.

Then, to rebuild an atomic bomb, the plutonium bomb is naturally the first choice. It is low in cost and easy to miniaturize, but the premise is that there must be a nuclear reactor.

The establishment of a nuclear reactor is another big project.It would take too long and cost too much to build a purely military reactor dedicated to the production of plutonium-239.Therefore, the empire turned its attention to the Shire Town Nuclear Power Plant, feeling that it would be more cost-effective to directly rebuild the civilian nuclear reactor.

But in doing so, it will cause inherent deficiencies in safety, because the safety must be sacrificed if the material is to be picked up in the running state.

However, the empire didn't care about that much, and directly built a "pressure tube graphite-moderated boiling water reactor" on this nuclear power plant that seemed to have a simple structure and high cost performance, but was actually very risky.The advantage of this type is that low-enrichment uranium fuel can be used, and plutonium can be produced, and the cost is low, but there is a fatal hidden danger, the higher the temperature, the faster the positive feedback effect of the reaction.

But in this way, it is difficult to install the containment outside, because it is necessary to take out the material without shutting down the reactor, so a huge lifting device must be designed above the reactor.Therefore, the containment shell is simply not needed.

The containment is the last line of defense of a nuclear power plant. If an accident occurs, the containment will keep the accident in the shell to prevent the spread of nuclear pollution. It will also prevent the nuclear power plant from being blown up and reduce casualties.

Stark, the commander of the nuclear power plant in Shire Town, has a swollen face and a cigar in his mouth. He is tall and tall, and his military uniform is full. The military cloak behind him is rattling by the strong wind.

At this time, he was standing on a high platform, looking at the dozen or so soldiers busy below, who were loading iron drums with nuclear labels onto the helicopter.

After this period of transformation and production, the first batch of metallic plutonium was finally successfully produced!

Tattat. An imperial soldier ran up from below and saluted Stark: "Report to Commander Stark! The goods have been shipped, please instruct!"

"Well, is the pilot reliable?" Stark couldn't help asking. Liya's defection made him extremely angry before, but fortunately it didn't cause any serious consequences, otherwise he would inevitably be held accountable by the headquarters.

Moreover, what was transported this time was not trivial, it was related to the reconstruction of the atomic bomb and the fate of the empire.

"Reliable, he is our local pilot in Jinyao, and I also told the soldiers escorting the plane that if they find that the flight path is wrong, they can take necessary measures to stop their flight behavior immediately." It seems that they have also made two-handed preparations.

"Okay, then get ready." Stark was about to give the order to take off, when he suddenly saw his adjutant Yamanaka Shouyin rushing over.

"What happened!" Stark asked without waiting for Shouyin Yamanaka to speak, he was afraid that something would happen again at this time.

"Referring to the commander! A call from the outpost! We found that the federal army is... attacking from the sea!" Yamanaka Shouyin ran out of breath, and ran up immediately when he learned about it.

"What! They tore up the agreement so quickly! Damn alliance! Oh no, it's the Federation! Damn it! Everyone is a capricious villain!" Stark was so angry that the flesh on his face twitched, and the two sides reached an agreement , The agreement of the alliance against the enemy seems to be less than a week.

"Quick! Order the robot troops to rush to the beach and land immediately!" Li Jie on the flagship personally took the command, and his troops are extremely fast. He will not be slow.
Puff puff puff Sonny, Eve, and Thales directly turned on the jet engines behind them.

Swish Swish Swish. Gliding on the surface of the sea, the force of the speed still cuts a channel on the surface of the sea.

"The enemy is coming up! The enemy is coming up! Attack! Attack!" The empire only deployed simple defenses on the coast, without heavy artillery or armored vehicles, all infantry, and some with only two machine gun positions.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Daddah Empire poured firepower at the galloping Leviathan.

Puff puff puff. Eve adjusted their direction, most of the bullets were shot into the sea, and a small part of the bullets only caused weak sparks on them.

Whoosh whoosh. Three missiles!With a spiral trajectory in the air, it shot towards the imperial defense line on the shore.

"Missile attack!" The imperial soldiers avoided in horror.

Boom boom boom. The three missiles landed at the front, middle, and rear of the defense line. The huge power generated by the explosion directly set off three small mushroom clouds, and the soldiers at the core of the explosion were directly vaporized.

"Ugh!" "Wow!" The soldiers on the periphery of the explosion were also blown away by the shock wave, causing numerous casualties.

"Damn! Quick! Quick! Get the transport plane out of here quickly! The other armed helicopters immediately take off to fight! Send out the Iron Giant! We must contain the enemy on the sea!" Stark issued several orders in a row with a loud voice.

"Yes!" Yamanaka Shouyin saluted and immediately conveyed orders to all levels.

Chug chug. The propeller of the transport helicopter turns faster and faster, and the wheels gradually leave the ground and start to lift off.
(End of this chapter)