374 Something Isn't Right Radiation
"What?"
"Reactor shutdown?!"
"Mommy Fake! You...... You repeat? β
As soon as he heard the latest report from his subordinates, Brigadier General Trick felt as if he had been stabbed in the tail vertebrae.
This needle is still very fucking long, very thick!
A cool breath came all the way from under his ass and down his back to his brain, and his whole body shivered a little.
You know, these are two pressurized water reactors!
Although it is a castrated version of a nuclear reactor, it is designed to have a power rating of only a few million kilowatts. Compared with the reactors of those large nuclear power plants, which are tens of millions of kilowatts at every turn, the energy supply efficiency is more than dozens of times different.
But once the "nuclear" thing is beyond the control of human beings, the consequences will be devastating.
How many famous nuclear accidents in history, Chernobyl, Fukushima, etc., did not bring catastrophic consequences?
Although the USS Reagan rested at the base and underwent some superficial maintenance, it was not possible for the two pressurized water reactors to be shut down according to convention.
Because the reactors used in this kind of ships, the reaction principle currently used, are all chain reactions that go all the way to the end, which is what we commonly call nuclear fission.
The process of nuclear fission can be simply understood as the launch of a bullet from the chamber of a gun into a pile of bullets.
The first bullet shot out of the muzzle, and even if the gods came, it was impossible for it to turn around and stop the next fission.
As for the carbon rod that controls the reaction power, it can be regarded as the accelerator pedal of the car, and the deeper the accelerator is pressed, the faster the fission reaction will be, and the greater the output power.
But you want to put a foot on the brakes, unscrew the switch key, and dry out the reactor?
Excuse me!
With the current technology of human beings, there is no such awesome switch technology that can stop the nuclear fission reaction!
Unless you use a stupid way to blow up the reactor into the sky and completely detonate all the nuclear fuel in it. Or let it reach the limit of its service life, so that there is some hope that it can be shut down.
At present, this abnormal shutdown situation is absolutely not allowed to appear on a normal nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Because such a terrible consequence is absolutely beyond the reach of Brigadier General Trik.
I want to!
There are tens of thousands of sailors from the Eagle Country inside and outside this base, and counting the millions of ordinary people on the island chain, but if a little nuclear radiation leaks out, it is enough to carry this Brigadier General Trik and send him to a military tribunal for crimes against humanity for trial, and it is still carried by the most primitive black coffin.
The thought of this terrible consequence made Brigadier General Trik's heart instantly rise to his throat.
I saw that he was constantly urging the commandos to enter the power center and grasp the specific situation of the pressurized water reactor, while letting the combat command room issue the highest level of "nuclear" protection orders.
Piercing sirens rolled back and forth across the base, and a team of nuclear sappers in protective suits began to land on the deck of the carrier in helicopters.
In cooperation with the depth of the commando, the radiation instruments carried by the nuclear sappers did not have any abnormal alarms.
Even the most sensitive ambient radiation meters show a long list of "0000" betals for safe radiation dose figures.
As soon as he saw this, Brigadier General Trick's hanging heart relaxed slightly.
"God bless!"
"There was no leak!"
"The situation is still manageable!" Brigadier General Trick waved his fist excitedly in the war room, and by the way, he high-fived several communicators who monitored the radiation dose.
For everyone here, the fact that there was no nuclear accident is a blessing in disguise.
Unfortunately, not long after their cheering and celebration began, a discordant sound rang out in the noisy communications of the front.
βSirβ¦β¦ Sir, something is wrong! β
"Our gauges are working fine, but we can't measure a single dose of radiation in the power center." A nuclear engineer reported loudly.
"Isn't that good news?"
"The lack of a measured radiation dose does not mean that our pressurized water reactor is still normal?" Brigadier General Trick frowned and asked suspiciously.
He is not a serious nuclear major, and the promotion process is the same as the traditional military academy of the Eagle Country, so he naturally does not understand the deep meaning of this 0 radiation dose.
I had to find an intelligence officer in the operations command room and analyze it briefly:
"Sir, ambient radiation shouldn't be an absolute 0 dose!"
"Even if the power system is shut down, the fuel inside the reactor will still run slowly. Although Westinghouse's enclosure protection technology is very reliable, more or less radiation below safe values can seep out from the inside. β
After listening to the intelligence officer's analysis, Brigadier General Trik suddenly widened his eyes, took off his military hat, and said in a trembling voice: "Jesus is above!" You...... What do you mean...... The enemy stole our nuclear fuel? β
"No...... I don't know...... I can't be sure about Sir yet."
"Because we haven't found a single enemy yet."
"There is also a possibility that the enemy has mastered the technology to temporarily shut down the reactor, and perhaps because of this, we cannot detect the radiation value of the fuel." When the intelligence officer was asked by his boss like this, he also broke out in a cold sweat.
Because the theft of nuclear fuel is more fantastical than a simple nuclear leakage accident!
Even the most awesome nuclear technician would not dare to pat his chest and say that he could pump the fuel from two intact pressurized water reactors in just a few hours, guarded by a number of Eagle Nation sailors.
What's the use of a few hours for topping?
Even if you open a reactor lid, you have to spend days on it!
β¦β¦
Just as everyone was entangled in this unsolvable problem that could be called a logical vortex, another group of assault personnel who entered the aircraft carrier suddenly sent an emergency communication.
"Sir, we've found a suspected enemy target!"
"Target...... The target is directly above the island, about 20 feet! β
"Target Characteristics...... Flight...... Black casing...... Human body size ......"
Emergency communications were broadcast in the war room, and several patrol drones connected to the data link of the command center immediately switched to the angle of the commando's report through aerial photography.
"God forbid! What's that? β
"The enemy is a human in Iron Man's garb?"
Everyone in the war room gasped when they saw the humanoid target.
The intelligence officer in charge of monitoring the radar data hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Sir, it is hiding in the shadow of the mast of the ship island, avoiding the observation of the patrol helicopter!" The search radar did not react to it at all! β
"The AI capture system can't lock on to that target either! It can only be visually captured by the naked eye or by surveillance! β
Hearing the report of his subordinates, Brigadier General Trick had already come back to his senses at this time, and even became a little excited.
In his opinion, what can avoid tens of thousands of sailors swaggering and infiltrating the USS Reagan aircraft carrier is definitely the Zenith-like stealth technology.
And it's a black technology loaded onto a similar individual soldier!
Such a technique, even he, the Brigadier General of the Eagle Country, had never heard of it.
Don't think about it, it's definitely made by old hairy people or rabbits!
Once this target is captured, perhaps the handling of the enemy situation this time will be able to turn from passive to active, and will be commended by the Hexagon.
As soon as he thought of this, the high-spirited Brigadier General Trick returned.
I saw him take a deep breath in the war room, put up a shelf and commanded: "Since the radar can't capture it, use the visual method to fight!" β
"Soldiers! This is the enemy's latest stealth technology, even if you use all your firepower, you must shoot it down at any cost! β
"Roger, Sir!"
"God bless Erik!"
"The assault team dispersed in three groups and attacked from the deck! go go goοΌ β
"Listen to me! FireοΌ β
There was a noise on the front line, and fiery snakes made of light and heavy machine guns began to erupt wildly on the deck of the USS Reagan, weaving towards the black humanoid target above the island.
The commanders and intelligence officers in the war room also held their breath at this moment.
Everyone knows that this is just a tentative attack.
In the absence of specific information and intelligence on the enemy, in order not to destroy the island, it is necessary to organize such firearms attacks.
But what everyone didn't expect was that the humanoid target that was suspended above and was motionless suddenly floated upwards and soared into the sky at a speed beyond human imagination.
This high-speed upward rush dodged the bullet attack and drew a strange parabola-like trajectory in the sky.
Finally, with a loud "bang", the humanoid target broke through the sound barrier and tore open the air above the USS Reagan, like Iron Man in a Marvel movie landing and falling to the ground, and smashed heavily on the bulge directly in front of the aircraft carrier deck.
Immediately after, an unforgettable scene appeared!
I saw that the aircraft carrier Reagan, which had been smoothly docked in the deep-water port, suddenly made a terrifying loud sound of "Kuang Kuang", and the tail of the aircraft carrier began to show a strange trend of floating out of the water.
And the hull of the whole ship is also tilted up violently at this moment, like a seesaw standing in the seawater, showing a 90-degree right angle, straight and straight towards the sky!
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