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Chapter 108 Explosion for no reason

With the support of a powerful computing system, the list of personnel required by Ye Zhou quickly appeared on the system screen, with a total of 136 people, most of whom were engineers for daily maintenance and maintenance, and a small number of peripheral related researchers, who needed to routinely obtain data near the power reactor.

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

If you want to make this core explode and under unexpected circumstances, then Ye Zhou can only think of one operation, that is, arrange an explosion device outside the core to destroy all the structures of the core and force the core to enter a supercritical state.

Such operations must be carried out by extremely professional personnel, because if a bomb is just thrown at the nuclear reactor randomly, the nuclear fuel will spread out in all directions together with the control rod, and then the chain reaction will be quickly terminated under the treatment of the emergency safety device. It is impossible to have a large-scale explosion. At best, it is just 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 to create a small nuclear bomb, and there will be no more than ten people in the entire base who can perform such operations.

Ye Zhou quickly read the personnel information. He first excluded all the people who had no nuclear physics background, and then excluded those who had stayed for too short or had more than three people present. After this round of exclusion, only two groups of suspicious people were left.

Four nuclear physics engineers, they all came close to the core in groups in two groups.

Next, they need to determine whether these two groups of people have suspicious actions based on the surveillance screen.

This is an almost impossible task, and it is necessary to eliminate all suspicious behavior in a very short time, even if artificial intelligence assists it, it still cannot be done.

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

These surveillance images can be slowly seen after the replay after the simulation is finished.

Ye Zhou had 18 minutes left in countdown, and the on-site test results in front were also transmitted.

"Worker Ye, there were no abnormalities in the preliminary test results, no explosives were found on the site, the core status was stable, and the storage system and emergency stop rod set were operating normally."

"All normal? What about the core? Is there any abnormality?"

Ye Zhou asked with a frown.

"Explosive detection is still going on, but 90% of the time have been confirmed to be no explosives. Do you want to continue to implement the evacuation plan?"

Ye Zhou nodded without hesitation and said:

"The evacuation plan remains unchanged, expand the search scope, comprehensively scan the internal security control system, and check the system backdoors and vulnerabilities. How long does the scanning process take?"

"10 minutes. Man Ye, did you confirm that there would be something wrong with the reactor?"

"I confirm. Is it possible that under some circumstances the reactor's control rods will be pulled out and the boric acid solution will be completely emptied?"

"This possibility does not exist. According to the design principle, this power stack uses a redundant strong control system, and six control rods cannot be removed. When all other control rods are pulled out, the core will take at least 10 minutes to enter the supercritical state. In 10 minutes, even if all control systems fail, the mechanical safety lock will automatically drop the lock and insert it into the control rod again."

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

The explosion can only be caused by the influence of external extreme conditions.

Others are still analyzing the monitoring content. The countdown is 10 minutes. The expanded search has not gained anything, but no one in the entire disaster control office has shown doubts about Ye Zhou.

In the emergency command scenario with first-level authority, anything he says must be 100% executed unless it violates the underlying principles.

At this time, all unrelated personnel in the base had already started boarding the train, and one after another was driving into the darkness. These people did not know about the disaster that was about to happen at the base, and many people even thought it was an emergency safety drill.

Ye Zhou's brain was running at full speed. The talent of the planner stimulated for more than 20 minutes made his brain load almost reach its limit, but he could not see any problems from the surveillance screen.

"Arranging a shuttle bus and taking me to the scene!"

Ye Zhou said without hesitation.

"I understand, the shuttle bus is in place."

The temporary commander waved to the staff while walking towards the door with Ye Zhou. After boarding the bus, Ye Zhou said to him:

"Immediately organize all personnel to evacuate and go to the safe house as soon as possible. What I mean immediately is now!"

"Now? Master Ye, what should you do?"

"Leave one for me with a redundant train, and I will get on the train and evacuate myself."

"I understand, I'll arrange three collaborative personnel for you."

No one is concerned about whether the people who stay will be in danger. This is neither meaningful nor necessary.

When Ye Zhou arrived at the core, his countdown had reached zero. All inspectors had evacuated before he arrived. Only he and three cooperative personnel were left in the empty workshop.

He took a deep breath and squeezed out the only remaining adrenaline in his body. His heartbeat soared to 140 times, his face began to be congested, but his thinking was extremely active.

There is no problem with the installation system, no problem with the stop rod set, and even the core itself.

How did a core explode in a subcritical state?

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

"Open the lid to show me? I want to see what the internal stop stick group is like."

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

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

There is no problem with the spider holder, no problem with the seat, and no problem with the control stick...

What exactly went wrong?

Ye Zhou did not continue to worry. All he had to do now was to ensure that all parts that might have problems were taken into consideration. He could slowly check it in the subsequent replay.

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

"You guys are now heading to the evacuation passage, and I will catch up with you in two minutes."

"clear!"

The three cooperative personnel turned over to the shuttle bus, finally looked at Ye Zhou, and drove quickly towards the evacuation point.

Ye Zhou sighed, and he was silently circling in the workshop.

He will not evacuate again.

He wanted to know whether the reactor would explode after eliminating almost all possibilities.

Countdown to 1 minute.

Ye Zhou had already patrolled all the nearby equipment and indoor structures, and then stood quietly in place, looking at the small power pile without a moment.

Countdown to 30 seconds.

A dazzling blue light flashed by.

This reactor, which had almost no abnormalities and had no external factors disturbed before, exploded under Ye Zhou's nose for no reason.

[The third stage plot simulation of the Dragon Heart ends]

【B-level ending achieved】

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Chapter completed!
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