Chapter 1151 Life-Saving Straw

"Did you tell him the real situation here? Tell him what the explosion of reactor No. 4 actually means." Besonova asked,

"The reactor exploded? This is impossible. Such a thing has never happened. The reactor is not an atomic bomb. How could it possibly explode?" Bryukhanov shook his head.

"Then how do you explain the graphite fragments on the ground?"

"I don't know, there is still some graphite in stock at the No. 5 reactor under construction, maybe it comes from there." Brukhanov quibbled.

"Then why did you suggest to Shcherbina to evacuate the residents of Pripyat?" Besonova said coldly, "Is it because there is a voice in your heart telling you that it was not the water tank that exploded? It’s the reactor, you don’t actually believe your own bullshit, right?”

"I asked Dyatlov and Akimov, the foreman on duty that night. They told me that the water tank exploded and the radiation was 3.6 roentgens. I confirmed with them again and again. They are all experienced in nuclear power plants. Old engineer, at this time I need to trust my subordinates, and then I called the people in Moscow, who told us to continue filling the reactor with water, which is what we have always done."

Brukhanov seemed very aggrieved, "I called Moscow every hour to report the situation of the reactor. Fomin was also trying to find a way to fill the reactor with water. Then Vorobyov suddenly found me and told me The radiation exceeds 250 roentgens. Who do you want me to believe? My men? Or the cold instrument in Vorobyov's hand? If you have been in my field long enough, you will know that the machine will have some minor problems from time to time. , which is why we hire experienced engineers.”

"Damn experienced engineer!" Besonova resisted the urge to swear. "Didn't you send Anatole to die later? He was also an experienced engineer. Why didn't you listen to him? ?”

"I..." Bryukhanov was speechless.

When Besonova was asking questions, Zhang Heng was also observing Bryukhanov coldly. Like Dyatlov and Akimov, Bryukhanov was obviously suffering a lot in his heart. , his mind has noticed what happened to the nuclear power plant, but he refused to admit it.

Especially for him to overturn what he said just a few hours ago in front of his boss. This kind of thing is too difficult for the man in front of him. He simply does not have the courage.

There were some minor accidents in the previous nuclear power plants. Because they were not too serious, Blyukhanov used his own little tricks to suppress them. This made his resume always very good, and he has been working hard again recently. , wanted to go further, so this time he was more inclined to the views of Dyatlov and Akimov.

He kept comforting himself in his mind that it was just the water tank that exploded. Although he drove around the reactor and saw the tragic situation there, Dyatlov and Akimov's explanations were like a lifeline to him. Straw, once you grab it, you can't let go.

He could only repeat the original lie over and over again until he was completely swallowed up by it.

When he realized that the radiation was more serious than imagined, he finally plucked up the courage and proposed to Moscow to evacuate the residents of Pripyat. This was probably the only useful thing he did for so long after the explosion. one thing.

However, it was ultimately rejected by Shcherbina. While the reactor was safe and the radiation was controllable, Moscow was unwilling to evacuate the residents of Pripyat on a large scale. In Shcherbina's view, this was completely artificial to create a nuclear energy panic. In sl This stabbing at a time when the use of nuclear energy is being vigorously promoted is very likely to trigger public resistance to nuclear energy, and the previously formulated energy plan may also be shelved for a period of time.

This is why Shcherbina categorically rejected Bryukhanov's evacuation proposal. However, even after receiving the "beautiful" report submitted by Bryukhanov, Moscow established an accident investigation committee as soon as possible.

"Ask him about the expert group." Zhang Heng said to Ye Ye.

"The first group of experts got on the plane at nine o'clock in the morning. I just got the news that they have arrived at Kiev Airport and are heading to Chernobyl. The team is led by B.Ya Pu, the chief engineer of the Atomic Energy Union. Lushens, in addition to Kiwi Vice Chairman Ye.I. Ignatenko, Deputy Director of the Hydropower Engineering Research Institute V.S. Konvits, the designer of the reactor and the Institute of Atomic Energy also sent people, in addition to There are some other people." Blyukhanov was quite honest on this issue.

After a pause, he added, "The second team is of a higher level, including the Senior Assistant Prosecutor, the Minister of Civil Defense, the Commander of the Chemical Warfare Force, and several other ministers and academicians. Their plane will take off half an hour later. But I got news that it was not easy to contact them because it was a weekend, and the departure time might be delayed. It was said that Sherbina would fly over after finishing the matters at hand."

"Then how are you going to explain all this to them?" Besonova sneered.

"Okay." Zhang Heng interrupted Besonova. After realizing that the expert team might arrive here at any time, he did not intend to waste any more time.

Zhang Heng did not forget that their purpose was to investigate the cause of the nuclear power plant explosion. He could understand Besonova's indignation at Blyukhanov's concealment of information, because Besonova was a resident of Pripyat and lived there. There was a beautiful town where her friends and lovers lived, and now because Bryukhanov refused to believe the truth, these people were exposed to radiation.

However, this is not a matter of concern to the players. Compared to the huge disaster brought about by Brukhanov's whitewashing of peace for Pripyat and the nuclear power plant workers, Zhang Heng is more concerned about his role in the explosion. What kind of role.

"Ask him what he knows about this safety experiment." Zhang Heng said to Ye Ye.

The latter nodded, and Besonova spoke again after a moment.

Brukhanov hesitated for a moment, "The safety experiment was designed by Fuming's chief engineer. I actually don't know the specific steps. I just briefly understood what the experiment was about. We want to simulate an emergency power outage using a steam turbine." The inertia of the water pump is used to power the water pump. We have done this safety experiment before. It was not successful, but it did not bring any danger. Chief Engineer Fuming felt that the conditions were ripe and wanted to try again. I swear I didn’t know what would happen. It's like this now, otherwise I would have stopped the experiment before it started."