Chapter 406: Helping the Soviet Union
"Just leave this question to our assistant engineer to answer." Kiatrov said.
Give it to the assistant engineer? This answer is really shameless enough, it seems that this chief engineer really doesn't understand professional knowledge.
Hearing the other party's words, Asif's face immediately turned cold, and he said to Putin on the side: "Mr. Putin, I really didn't expect that the engineer of your country's nuclear power plant is actually of this level, and a chief engineer can't even answer the most important safety question of a nuclear power plant!" How else does this make me believe in the level of nuclear power in your country? ”
As the head of the KGB, which is responsible for the task of domestic production safety, Putin also has a gloomy face: "Comrade Kiatrov, why can't you even answer the basic question of a nuclear power plant?" ”
"It's not a fundamental problem with nuclear power plants at all, it's a very specialized problem." Kiatrov was strong.
"Then how come you, the chief engineer of the nuclear power plant, can't even answer a professional question?" Asif asked.
"I used to be the chief engineer of a thermal power station, and I know a lot about thermal power stations, but I am not very familiar with nuclear reactors." Kiatrov said.
"It's funny in your country, a chief engineer of a thermal power station who doesn't understand nuclear reactors can be a chief engineer in a nuclear power plant!" Asif said: "This visit to your country is also an eye-opener. ”
Putin's face was cold, and he said to Kiatrov: "Comrade Kiaterov, in view of your current performance, you do not understand nuclear reactors at all, and you are not competent for the task of chief engineer of a nuclear power plant, I will report to my superiors and transfer engineers who understand this aspect to come over, and before that, please end all your duties here." ”
"But reactor 4. There's going to be a performance test soon, and I'm going to have to be the commander here. "This test of the reactor's turbine generator capability is to test whether it can generate enough power to supply the reactor's safety systems, especially the pumps, in the event of a lack of power," Kiatlov said. This is of great significance when the reactor is attacked, and the reactor can be shut down normally and safely. ”
He spoke these words very fluently. Because this is what he wants to write in the performance report, when he completes this experiment, relying on the resume of this experiment, he will be transferred to Moscow to work at the national nuclear energy agency, which is an opportunity for him to be promoted.
At the same time, this is also the direct cause of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, because of his experimental accident, which caused a huge disaster.
Right now. He didn't have a chance anymore.
"We'll wait until a new engineer arrives." Putin said.
"Comrade Putin, I have a very good relationship with Comrade Tiamikov of the Politburo." At this time, Kiatrov began to raise himself backstage.
This kind of remark made the upright Putin even more disgusted, and he immediately said: "Even if you have a good relationship with the general secretary, you can't continue to work here, and I will take everything here." Report directly to the General Secretary. ”
This visit by the Pakistanis is very important. It was related to the export of nuclear power plants in the USSR, but now, it was all disturbed by this Kiatelov, he made a big fool, a person who did not understand nuclear power at all, but here he became the chief engineer. This is a disgrace to the great USSR!
When the delegation returned from the Soviet Union, it was already the 27th, and the Soviet Union invited them to go to other nuclear power plants for inspection, and that's it. After a long delay, I finally came back.
Mhammad relieved himself, the 26th passed, and there was no loud noise over Chernobyl, and the news came from the Soviet side that the incompetent chief engineer Kiatlov had been sent to Siberia.
In front of Mhammad's eyes, it seemed that the truth of that accident had appeared again.
At 0:30 on the 26th, Kiatlov, who was a little drunk, came to the control room and ordered the experiment to begin. Allowing the reactor to operate at lower power, reducing the energy from 3,200 megawatts to 700 megawatts of normal power. When the power of the reactor is less than 700 megawatts, there will be a serious positive vacuole reactivity, which is quite dangerous, but unfortunately, the layman Kiatrov did not know.
And, because of Kiatelov's tardiness, he gave several orders for violations of the operation, allowing the power of the reactor to drop rapidly, as a result ...
"It is reported that the xenon-135 inside the nuclear reactor is increasing rapidly." A monitor reported.
Xenon-135 is a nuclear fission product formed by neutron attraction, and in order to slow down a nuclear reactor, a control rod, that is, cadmium rod, which can absorb neutrons, and when the control rod is inserted too quickly, this element increases rapidly.
"Our control rods were inserted too quickly, which led to the rapid generation of this by-product." Another technician reported: "In accordance with the safety charter, we need to shut down the reactor now. ”
Down? Kiatelov, of course, did not agree to this, the control rods were inserted too quickly, resulting in a large number of by-products, and the power of the nuclear reactor is now declining too quickly, almost one-twentieth of what was expected.
"So, let's pull out the control rods again, so that the power of our reactor will increase a bit, and at the same time, these xenon-135 will also be reduced to the normal range, right?" Kiatrov said.
"Theoretically, yes." The technician could only stubbornly reply.
"There are only seven control sticks left, and the rest are all pulled out."
Originally, the nuclear reactor operators wanted to refuse, and in terms of operating procedures, for the safety of the nuclear reactor, it was necessary to keep at least fifteen control rods, and now only seven are left, however, no one refutes the words of Kiatelov, and here he is the supreme leader.
"The power went up to two hundred megawatts." The monitor said.
"Start experimenting." Kiatrov said.
The power was normal, the experiment began, the controller turned off the power of the pump, the turbine generator was pushed by inertia, the speed of the water flow was reduced, and the pump was restarted.
"It worked!" Kiatlov was very satisfied, alas, he did not know, the reactor was already burning like crazy. This kind of graphite light water reactor, under normal circumstances, the core of the reactor is water, but now, the core is all steam. When there is no water and only water vapor, the power of this graphite reactor increases rapidly, especially when at least fifteen control rods are required, and now there are only seven, which is simply unable to absorb excess neutrons.
And after completing this experiment, Kiatlov gave the last order to let the reactor explode: "Emergency shutdown." ”
Actually, this is Kiatrov in a hurry to go home, and if the reactor is shut down normally, this nuclear accident will not occur.
The operator pressed the AZ-5, which was the quick emergency defense 5 button, all the control sticks were inserted, the Grim Reaper beckoned to them, and the countdown began, seven seconds!
The power of the reactor increased dramatically, and in just seven seconds, the pressure of the water vapor in the reactor core exceeded the upper limit! ”
When the emergency shutdown button was pressed for three seconds, the reactor power had exceeded the prescribed five times, and the violent internal heating deformed the pipe of the control rod, and the control rod only entered one-third of the pipeline, and it was already stuck, and the control rod was lost, and the reactor was completely out of control.
Seven seconds later, the reactor's power rose to ten times its rated power, the fuel rods began to melt, the vapor pressure increased rapidly, and the top of the reactor exploded violently!
The nuclear raw materials that melted inside were blown into the sky like gas, and the nuclear radiation was scattered, and the high-temperature graphite blocks in the reactor exposed to the air immediately combined with the oxygen in the air, causing a graphite fire. Fires spread and contaminate a wider area of radioactive material.
Kiatlov, who had long forgotten that he was an engineer here, ran out, jumped into his car and drove out of the factory.
The first to actually explode at the scene was Lieutenant Pravik, who was on duty at the second fire station of the nuclear power plant, and 28 firefighters led by him quickly dispatched.
They were working in a violent radiation, trying to extinguish the fire, when the radiation intensity on the roof of the turbine plant was 20,000 roentgenium, and the inside of the blasted reactor was 30,000 roentgenium. And as long as 500 roentgens can be irradiated for 5 hours to cause acute death. As a result, Lieutenant Plavik died two weeks later, and only 16 of the 28 firefighters survived to the twentieth anniversary of the accident, and all the rest died of radiation sickness. However, it was they who rushed to the scene at the first time to save the No. 3 reactor and the entire nuclear power plant.
(It has been many days since the Tianjin explosion, salute to the firefighters who died in the accident, you are the loveliest people of our time!) )
Now, the direct perpetrator of the accident, Chief Engineer Kiatrov, has been driven away, and without his blind command, the brutal operation, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, should not repeat the previous tragedy, right?
There's only so much Mhammad can do.
In later generations, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident was also a straw that crushed the Soviet Union, this accident brought huge losses to the Soviet Union, the rescue work caused many soldiers to die, and it consumed tens of billions of dollars, making the Soviet Union even worse. Moreover, this accident is also an important reason for the contradiction between Ukraine and Russia.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the hegemony of the United States, the world has become even more unpeaceful and China's international situation has become more dangerous. In order to maintain its huge military spending, the United States needs to find enemies, and naturally begins to exaggerate the theory of the Chinese threat.
Pakistan and China are strategic alliances, and in order to prevent the United States from monopolizing, they will pull the Soviet Union to live a few more years.
Mhammad's vision has now reached farther, and the situation in the future will be more difficult and complicated. (To be continued......)