Babylonian Empire

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However, until now, the following report has not come up, but the West took the lead. Although there is not a single picture, the incident is described in detail in that huge space, as if it was experienced personally.

This is simply a kind of irony. He is the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union, and he is not as good as a Western reporter who knows the inside story?

"I proposed that we should not open our news field to Western journalists. They are slandering our nuclear reactors." The head of the KGB said that he naturally regarded these newspapers as slandering them.There is not a single photo above, it is not slander, what else can it be?

"Call Miklin immediately." Gorbachev said. Miklin is the head of the State Commission for the Utilization of Atomic Energy. That is to say, the civilian nuclear facilities of the Soviet Union, these nuclear power plants, are all under his management.

For Gorbachev, he would rather believe those Western newspapers, because this incident is definitely not out of thin air, something must have happened, and he also has some understanding of the methods of the people below. It is also the reason why he agreed to open some non-key areas to the West for interviews by reporters, using those Western reporters to bring him real first-hand information?

Michelin arrived shortly thereafter with a report.

"We received a report from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. They reported that during the maintenance of the No. [-] reactor, an accident happened to the steam turbine outside, which caused a fire. Now, the fire has been completely contained. There was no impact, only two firefighters who were on the front line unfortunately lost their lives in the line of duty, and hopefully we can honor them as heroes."

Dozens of firefighters have been killed and injured, the main body of the reactor has exploded, and the nuclear leak has occurred on a large scale. When it came to Gorbachev, it became an ordinary fire understatement, and only two people died.

"Really?" Gorbachev felt a little relieved. Western journalists do have this kind of ability. In their eyes, a small accident in a nuclear power plant will be regarded as a big accident.

Who is making the false report? He has already believed in himself. From his heart, he is not willing to have a big accident this time. However, he is not at ease and said: "Send a team of our experts immediately, Going to Chernobyl to investigate, I need to know everything."

"Yes." Michelin said, he was actually not clear about this matter, because he was in Moscow, not in Kiev.He only reported to the general secretary after receiving the report.

Miklin went out, and Gorbachev received a report. Iraqi President Qusay in the Middle East called him.

Gorbachev still attached great importance to Qusay's phone call. At this time, he was able to make a call, so there must be ulterior motives.

Although Iraq is still a small country, in the eyes of Gorbachev, Iraq is very important to the Soviet Union, because Iraq is rich!With Iraqi money, the Soviet Union could solve many problems.

"Take it," Gorbachev said.

The current hotline has gone a step further, and it still has simultaneous translation, but there is no need to go to a special phone to answer it, and you can receive the voice from the translator directly in your office.

"General Secretary Gorbachev was very shocked when he got the news of the nuclear leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in your country." Qusay said on the other side of the phone.

Although the newspapers have already publicized it, Qusay is not sure whether he can be taken seriously by Gorbachev. In vain.

"Those were false reports by journalists. There was only a small fire there. Now, the situation is completely under control," Gorbachev said.

Hearing this, Qu Sai knew it, and he guessed right with himself.Damn, isn't this a disregard for human life?

"Really?" Qusay asked, "I just saw the reports in the West, and it turned out to be a misrepresentation. I originally planned to provide free support to you with [-] sets of radiation protection suits with the best performance in Western Europe in our inventory." China, the first batch has already been loaded on the plane, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.”

When Gorbachev heard this, he was even a little moved. For Qusay and Iraq, he had always been driven by him as a tool and a kind of interest. He was also a little jealous of Qusay's talent in commanding battles. But now, I feel that this guy from the Middle East is quite a friend.Invisibly, it seems that the distance between the two sides has been shortened.

But did he come to his support just after listening to Western reports?How does Gorbachev feel that this incident seems to be true?

"Thank you very much, although we don't need it now." Gorbachev said: "Iraq is a good friend of our Soviet people, and we attach great importance to our friendship with your country."

If it was just for this matter, the phone call between the two parties would have ended here, but then he heard Qusay's words: "If the Soviet friends don't need it, then I hope we can be allowed to urgently ship these protective clothing to Foreigners in Kiev are now frantically buying this kind of protective clothing. It is said that this kind of protective clothing is sold out in the market now. If we ship it there, we can earn a fortune from Western countries. Please agree. "

After hearing what the other party said, Gorbachev was already a little bit worthless for being touched just now. This guy, with oil under the land, is already a land rich man, and he still wants to come to the Soviet Union to make money. Moreover, he still came to tell himself Love, you can't disagree, right?

Suddenly, he woke up with a start. Qusay’s words definitely didn’t mean that. He revealed to himself a very important message: if Kiev hadn’t been subjected to nuclear radiation, then the westerners in Kiev would rush to buy this kind of What is the protective suit for?

Kiev City is more than 100 kilometers away from the nuclear power plant. If it affects even there, then the accident at the nuclear power plant is definitely not a trivial fire accident that has been brought under control!

Regardless of whether Qusay was intentional or unintentional, in short, a terrible possibility has emerged in Gorbachev's mind. If an accident occurs there, the hundreds of thousands of residents living around the nuclear power plant may be in danger. of!

Putting down the phone, Gorbachev changed his mind and said, "Pick me up Comrade Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet."

Now, the most important thing is to send an absolutely heavyweight person to Kiev to confirm what happened there. This person must have enough weight and no selfishness. Now, Gromyko is A very suitable candidate with high morals and high prestige. Under the current situation, it is time to invite him out once.

This time, because of Qusay's intervention, things were different again.In the Soviet Union, the KGB has a lot of power. For example, they can even monitor the phone calls of the general secretary. However, even if the conversation between Qusay and Gorbachev is monitored by the KGB, there is no problem, because Kusay In Sai's words, he did not reveal any Iraqi spies lurking in the Soviet Union. The problems discovered by the spies were only out of good intentions and he wanted to make a fortune along the way.

However, because of this, in the documents declassified by later generations, Qusay made outstanding contributions to this matter, and the local residents thanked him for his help, so that later, many people voluntarily moved into the Iraq, change nationality to Iraq.

After Gromyko arrived in Kiev, the expert team of the Atomic Energy Utilization Commission also arrived. They were shocked by the radiation measurements around Kiev. The content of cesium-137 and strontium-90 had seriously exceeded the standard. Going in the direction of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the north, the greater the radiation dose.

There is no doubt that there must have been a large-scale leak at the nuclear power plant this time!

Gromyko, who presided over the scene, immediately ordered the army to evacuate citizens within [-] kilometers around the nuclear power plant. At the same time, a large number of manpower and material resources were urgently organized to carry out emergency rescue of the nuclear power plant. five hours.

In later generations, it was not until 48 hours after the accident that some villages that were very close to the nuclear power plant began to be evacuated. As for the areas within [-] kilometers, the evacuation did not begin until seven days later.

At the same time, nuclear experts risked their lives to enter the nuclear power plant, saw the situation on site, knew that the most serious accident had occurred, and immediately formulated a plan to carry out remedial work.

This is a battle in which the minority sacrifices to protect the majority. They embody the virtues of a Soviet people.

At this time, the fire caused by the ejected graphite has been extinguished, but the wreckage of the radiation is everywhere. They need to use a shovel to shovel down these wreckage, and then dispose of it, especially on the top floor of the No. [-] reactor. The situation is most critical due to its close proximity to the exploded reactor number four.

Divided into groups of several people, climbed up to the roof, only shoveled a few times, then came down, and changed shifts again, even so, they received radiation hundreds of times more than normal.

9 Chapter [-] Emergency Rescue

There is another force that is far more at risk of death than the ground forces that do the rescue, and that is the helicopter pilots.

While further eliminating the strong radiation sources outside, the helicopter pilots are also risking death by flying over the nuclear power plant. Their helicopters are filled with boron carbide and sand. They need to throw these things into the Inside the core of a nuclear reactor that has been exposed to the air.

Because at this time, the fire in the nuclear reactor was still burning.

This is a graphite reactor, and the main component of graphite is carbon. There used to be [-] tons of graphite here, but now, there are only more than [-] tons left, all of which are burning. In order to extinguish the fire here, we can only use Boron carbide and sand are air-dropped on it, covering it, and extinguishing the fire. At the same time, boron carbide can prevent the fission reaction going on inside.

In order to extinguish these fires and prevent the remaining nuclear fuel from continuing to react, they spent seven days airdropping nearly [-] tons of boron carbide and sand before completing the mission. In order to carry out this mission, countless helicopter pilots, They had to venture into the radioactive smoke above the wreckage of the nuclear reactor, and their bodies received strong radiation.

If you use a fire hose to spray water directly into the interior, can you extinguish the internal fire?

The answer is yes, but this kind of graphite reactor does not have enough space inside to accommodate the water. Then, when the water is filled more and more, a lot of water will flow out, which will cause huge nuclear radiation. harm.In island countries, the crisis of future generations is to use seawater to cool down, pump up seawater, flow it into the reactor, and then discharge seawater into the ocean. It is really impossible to comment on this behavior.

These tasks are all carried out by people. Although the [-] anti-radiation suits provided by Iraq for emergency aid have been put in place, and Western European countries have also acted to provide some anti-radiation suits, they still cannot fully protect themselves to participate in the rescue. safety of all personnel.

At the beginning of the rescue operation, technicians used some remote control equipment to enter the most dangerous high-radiation area, but these equipment could hardly work and were scrapped because of the strong radiation, which caused the control circuit problem appear.

Therefore, everything needs to be operated by people.

This is an epic battle. Although there is no gunpowder, it is even more respectful.

A huge Mi-26 helicopter, from a height of 60 meters above the nuclear reactor, circumvented all kinds of strong radiation areas with incredible lightness, but it still couldn't avoid the No. [-] reactor with the strongest radiation. Flying right above, the radiation there is absolutely fatal, even for pilots wearing thick protective clothing.

Twenty tons of boron carbide and sand were airdropped, and then they returned to the landing site a few kilometers away. Then, the pilot got off the plane and began to vomit non-stop, and some of them had lost their ability to move.The medical staff came up, put the pilot in an ambulance, and sent him to the hospital, while another young pilot silently boarded the helicopter... Fortunately, because of the timely response, the surrounding personnel were not exposed to strong radiation. When he shot, he had already evacuated from the dangerous area.

Seven days later, radiation clouds drifted into Western Europe. As if facing a formidable enemy, they formulated various emergency measures to prevent the harm caused by radiation.

When the fire in the reactor was finally extinguished and the internal nuclear reaction stopped, a more difficult choice was presented to the accident handling experts. This time, the problem of the nuclear reactor needed to be completely resolved.How should these nuclear waste be disposed of?

This kind of open-air storage is absolutely not allowed, it must be sealed, and another terrible situation needs to be prevented. The magma formed by the melting of high-temperature uranium and cement in the core of the reactor will melt through the floor of the plant and enter the ground. , it will pollute the precious groundwater source. The underground nuclear test listed in Israel at the beginning caused the groundwater pollution in Jordan. Therefore, they finally decided to build a reinforced concrete sarcophagus for the bombed No. [-] reactor and completely seal it. stand up.

These construction projects, soldiers and workers are on the battlefield again, they need to fight for their country.

At this time, Iraq from the Middle East once again extended a hand of friendship, aiding five cement pump trucks with a lift of 40 meters and [-] cement mixer trucks.