Chen Chen sat in the Wrangler's vehicle and quietly looked out the window.

On the horizon, four huge chimneys like pillars of heaven can be seen standing silently on the horizon.

However, Chen Chen knew that it was not actually a chimney, but a condensation tower of a nuclear power plant.

In fact, it stands to reason that a nuclear power plant built on the seashore does not need a condensation tower, but adopts a direct and direct discharge method, directly taking seawater for cooling, and then discharging the superheated seawater back into the ocean again.

After all, the ocean itself is huge, and the water quality and temperature will not be changed by the slightest discharge, thus saving costs.

That's why most nuclear power plants want to be built near the sea.

Chen Chen and Namibia's Ministry of Environmental Protection reached an agreement that in order to prevent accidents at the nuclear power plant, there will be two sets of heat dissipation devices in the nuclear power plant, namely seawater direct exhaust heat dissipation and condensing tower heat dissipation.

At this time, Chen Chen rushed towards the completed nuclear power plant.

After 18 months of construction, it is finally time for the Heiguang Nuclear Power Plant to be completed and put into trial operation.

On both sides of the road, there are high-voltage power transmission towers every 100 meters, and these 30-meter-high towers stretch from the nuclear power plant to the Life Science City, and then continue to the coastal towns of Walvis Bay Harbor, Swakopmund, and Flordska Sbakken, forming a unique landscape in the African wilderness.

As soon as a nuclear power plant starts generating electricity, it will be able to transmit this electricity to thousands of households.

After all, the end of the road is the Blacklight Nuclear Power Plant, and no one will set foot here except for the employees and visitors of Blacklight Technology.

As the four optimus prime-like cooling towers got closer and closer, Chen Chen gradually saw the gate of the nuclear power plant, and at this time, a big red banner had been pulled out at the gate of the nuclear power plant, on which the words "Celebrating the official completion of the Namibian Nuclear Power Plant of Black Light Biotechnology Technology" were written in white font.

At the gate, there were already a group of leaders of the engineering team waiting outside the door, ready to welcome Chen Chen.

I heard that for this start-up and trial operation, a high-level boss of China National Nuclear Corporation has arrived.

As Chen Chen's convoy stopped in front of the gate, Chen Chen slowly got out of the car, and at the gate, the group of people from the engineering team also followed to greet him.

"Boss Chen, congratulations!"

As soon as Chen Chen got out of the car, he didn't stand firmly, and the bald Zhongzhou man at the head greeted him first, and at the same time enthusiastically stretched out his two hands, "Boss Chen, congratulations on the completion of your nuclear power plant!" ”

"No, without the help of Minister Wang and your construction team, I would not have been able to build this nuclear power plant."

Chen Chen smiled brightly, "I should thank you so much." ”

"Hahaha, then let's thank and congratulate each other!" The bald man looked up to the sky and laughed.

As the two talked, there were many reporters next to them who kept clicking and taking photos, Chen Chen glanced at them, and the signs of these reporters were all hung with the words CCTV.

"Come on, come on, don't talk about those who don't have it, I'll take you to visit the internal equipment of the nuclear power plant in person."

The bald man led Chen Chen enthusiastically, "And at twelve o'clock at noon, we will start the ceremony of filling nuclear fuel rods, and officially start the test run!" ”

"Then it's troublesome Minister Wang."

Chen Chen nodded, and walked towards the inside of the nuclear power plant under the sound of a group of clattering photos and a group of people.

"The Heiguang Nuclear Power Plant covers an area of 15 square kilometers, of which it is 5 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide, and consists of 42 large and small buildings, including the nuclear island area, the conventional area, the supporting facilities of the nuclear power plant, the safety protection measures of the nuclear power plant, and the five parts of the living area."

While walking, the other party pointed to Chen Chen and explained, "Look, the largest building in front of me is the living area, which has a special staff dormitory building, as well as a canteen and entertainment area, which can accommodate 5,000 employees to work and live here......"

"The huge building built on the seashore, half of which juts out of the sea, is the safety zone of the nuclear power plant, which can exchange heat between seawater and boiling water at a rate of more than 100 cubic meters per second, cooling the excess temperature."

Chen Chen nodded.

The reason why impurity-filled seawater can be used directly to dissipate heat is that it does not need to be involved in any power generation operations, but is contained in the form of coolant in pipes.

The power generation principle of the nuclear power plant built by Chen Chen is that nuclear fission produces heat energy, and then uses water under high pressure to bring out the heat energy, and then uses the generator to generate steam to drive the steam turbine to rotate to generate electricity.

The water vapor that has already pushed the turbine to rotate will come into contact with these seawater pipes, and in the sudden cold state, it will condense and reconvert into pure water, which will be returned to the nuclear reactor for circulating heating.

Therefore, the seawater does not need to participate in any power generation operations, and only acts as a cooling water vapor without causing any pollution.

"Look, this is the core of the nuclear power plant, the nuclear island area."

After the introduction along the way, the bald man finally led Chen Chen to the core complex of the nuclear power plant.

As the name suggests, the nuclear island area is like an island-like building, and as Chen Chen followed the other party in, he went up to the second floor and entered the observation room of the nuclear reactor.

The nuclear power plant built by Chen Chen has a total of two nuclear reactors, and this is the No. 1 nuclear reactor observation and control room.

In the observation control room, there are already more than a dozen staff members sitting in front of the control console, and in front of the observation room, there is a huge floor-to-ceiling window about five meters long and three meters high.

"These floor-to-ceiling windows are made of ZF6 heavy lead protective glass of international standards." The bald man pointed to the glass window and said, "And the walls also have lead barriers, so standing here, you definitely don't have to worry about any radiation." ”

Chen Chen nodded, looked along the glass, and immediately saw a huge tower-shaped machine and equipment behind the glass, and there were dozens of workers in nuclear protective suits who were constantly overhauling the equipment inside, looking extremely busy.

"The people inside are counting the nuclear fuel rods."

The bald man explained, "Our pressurized water reactors in the Middle-earth region have always used uranium dioxide, which is packed in a zirconium tube with a diameter of only one centimeter, and made into fuel rods that are four meters long. ”

Chen Chen nodded, "I know this, 312 fuel rods form a fuel rod formation." ”

"Yes, this nuclear reactor is divided into three batches of nuclear fuel rods, each batch of replacement cycle is 12 months."

The bald man explained, as he looked at the time, and changed the topic, "Boss Chen, it's noon now, should we have a meal in the cafeteria first, or just install the nuclear fuel rods and start the trial operation?" ”

"Let's get started." Chen Chen thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, let's get started!"

Following Chen's order, the operator in the control room immediately conveyed the order to the reactor, and several employees lowered groups of four-meter-long fuel rods on a crane-like operating machine and lifted them towards the nuclear reactor.