Chapter 607: Nuclear Ping Utilization (first update, please subscribe)
The setting sun scatters the orange glow, and the cars on the highway run over their longer and longer shadows, disappearing in the depths of the rain forest. After climbing over several mountains, the blue sea appeared in sight.
After the car approaches, there can be an endless barbed wire fence. This barbed wire fence stretches out in both directions east and west and disappears on the other side of the sea. There are several barbed wire walls on this wall. Between the barbed wires, there are electric poles with electric lights erected every few dozen meters, and there are also sentry towers at regular intervals.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the figures of soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition on the sentry tower are vaguely visible.
When the car drove to the wall, Liang Zhenhua, who was sitting in the car, stared at this strange place - Liang Zhenhua, who was studying in the second year of graduate school, was assigned here together with his classmates. In the coming days, they will work and study here.
As the bus approached the gate, armed guards stopped the bus. After the driver opened the door, the guards got on the bus. The guards, armed with live ammunition, checked the identities of the passengers one by one. Facing these guards, Liang Zhenhua and other students, They all showed nervous expressions.
Then, the door made a soft sound and slowly opened.
The driver started the car again and drove slowly into the gate. The students sitting in the car all looked around curiously. The car turned to the right. The car drove for about five minutes and stopped in front of a building.
In front of the building, there were also guards with carbines on their backs.
What is this place? Why is the security so tight?
"Welcome to Factory No. 94."
Although the person who greeted them spoke pure English, everyone knew that he must be of German descent.
"Let us get to know each other, my name is Du Fu..."
Hearing this name, the students all suppressed a smile. When naming names, these Germans always like to use some Among the names of celebrities, one of their teachers was named Li Shimin.
Although they have long been used to it, they still inevitably laugh when they hear this name.
"Everyone must be curious about what kind of factory this factory is!"
Du Fu asked with a smile.
"You are all graduate students in physics, you must know the periodic table of elements!"
Everyone smiled slightly, what does this mean?
“Factory No. 94, as the name implies, is the factory that produces element No. 94!”
"Plutonium!"
In an instant, everyone including Liang Zhenhua was stunned. As physics graduate students, of course they knew what "Element 94" was.
It’s plutonium!
“That, those are the raw materials for producing atomic bombs!”
A classmate from Nanyang University said subconsciously.
"Yes, you can understand it that way, but our factory is not for the production of plutonium. Plutonium is just one of our research directions. Our research is very simple - how to use atomic energy peacefully!"
Du Fu said the students explained.
"As we all know, the United States and Russia used uranium and plutonium to produce atomic bombs, and this seems to have become its main use. However, the power of atoms should also be used peacefully, such as generating electricity through atomic energy. This is what we Research currently being conducted..."
Soon, through Du Fu's explanation, Liang Zhenhua and others finally understood that this factory was building a reactor - a graphite reactor that uses atomic energy to generate electricity.
After they briefly understood the purpose of the factory, they began to allocate dormitories. As for matters such as confidentiality, they had already received corresponding training before coming to the factory.
The moment the dormitory door opened, Liang Zhenhua heard Wu Yue say in surprise.
"My God, there is air conditioning in the dormitory!"
"What?"
Liang Zhenhua asked in surprise. "Air conditioner, look, there is an air conditioner on the window!"
"There are also... separate toilets and bathrooms."
Facing a dormitory with such a good environment, Liang Zhenhua was a little uncomfortable. Although there are separate toilets in the school, there is absolutely no air conditioning.
But here...it actually has air conditioning.
"Haha, I knew I had come here to the right place! Zhenhua, we are really in the right place!"
"Well,"
Nodding, Liang Zhenhua opened his travel bag and put clothes and other things into the wardrobe while he was packing the wardrobe.
"Zhenhua, what do you think this factory is for?"
"Atomic power generation,"
Liang Zhenhua said,
"But the same can be said Extracting plutonium, plutonium... can be used to make atomic bombs! I think we Tang people should also have our own atomic bombs, what do you think?”
As soon as he lay down on the bed, Wu Yue looked at the ceiling and said.
“Especially Nanyang should have atomic bombs, because we must have atomic bombs to better defend ourselves and Nanyang...”
Wu Yue’s statement is not true in Nanyang. Strange, in fact, in the physics departments of various universities, there is a view that Nanyang should develop an atomic bomb.
For those whose youthful memories were spent during the Japanese invasion, they have experienced the trauma of the war and experienced years of displacement. Naturally, they also know that the atomic bomb is the best choice to resist the invasion. Therefore, On the issue of developing an atomic bomb, it is very easy to reach consensus.
Our consensus is very simple, that is, Nanyang must have an atomic bomb. Only with the atomic bomb can we protect our current life.
"Indeed...but the research here seems to be to use it to generate electricity."
Liang Zhenhua smiled.
"Electricity is the most important thing. Even the development of atomic bombs cannot be separated from electricity!"
After saying that, Liang Zhenhua walked to the window and looked around. There were several things in front of him. Row of buildings. There is a three-story building on the right and a tower building alongside it. Those buildings showed a red color under the setting sun.
At this time, Wu Yue's voice came from behind him.
"Actually, I really hope to be able to participate in the research of atomic bombs. With it, we will no longer be bullied by other countries. With it, we can straighten our backs..."
Wu Yue's voice There was a certain expectation in it. At this time, neither he nor Liang Zhenhua knew at all that the real research conducted in this factory was not just the production of plutonium and atomic power generation, but an attempt to connect atomic power generation with the extraction of plutonium. together. Even the graphite matrix reactor being designed is not just for generating electricity, but for extracting weapons-grade plutonium.
All this is unknown to the outside world. Just when Liang Zhenhua, Wu Yue and more than 60 graduate students from many universities in Nanyang entered this factory to study, another building not far away In a building, physicists and engineers are discussing around a model.
"...The reactor uses carbon dioxide as the coolant and natural uranium as the nuclear fuel. During the reaction..."
In the low dusk, people in the conference room gathered around the model You and I were discussing each other with the drawings, and several engineers would interrupt from time to time and ask some engineering questions.
Amid people's discussion, the sun set, the sky became darker, and then the world became pitch black.
Everything was swallowed up by darkness. The sea breeze blew slowly, and the cool factory was quickly illuminated by electric lights. The waves in the distance were lapping at the coast, and the sound of the waves echoed in the night sky like a symphony... …
(End of this chapter)