Chen Chen sat in the Wrangler vehicle and looked out the window quietly.
On the horizon, four huge chimneys like towering pillars 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 seaside does not need a building such as a condensing tower. Instead, it uses a direct discharge method to directly take seawater for cooling, and then discharge the seawater that has released heat back into the ocean.
After all, the ocean itself has a huge volume, and the water quality and temperature will not be changed by a small amount of discharge, thus saving costs.
This is why most nuclear power plants want to be built near the sea.
As for these cooling towers, they are the product of a compromise between the two parties. Chen Chen reached an agreement with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Namibia. In order to prevent accidents at the nuclear power plant, Blacklight Technology's nuclear power plant will have two sets of heat dissipation devices, namely seawater direct discharge heat dissipation and condensation tower heat dissipation.
At this time, Chen Chen rushed towards the completed nuclear power plant.
After eighteen months of construction, the Black Light Nuclear Power Plant is finally ready for completion and trial operation.
On both sides of the road, there is a high-voltage power transmission tower every 100 meters. These 30-meter-high towers extend from the nuclear power plant to the Life Sciences City, and then continue to Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, and Coastal towns such as Frozkasbakken form a unique landscape in the African wilderness.
As long as the nuclear power plant starts generating electricity, this electricity can be transmitted to thousands of households.
This once extremely busy road has become completely deserted with the completion of the nuclear power plant. After all, the end of the road is the Blacklight Nuclear Power Plant. No one except Blacklight Technology employees and visitors will set foot here.
As the four Optimus Prime-like cooling towers got closer and closer, Chen Chen gradually saw the gate of the nuclear power plant. At this time, a big red banner had been pulled out at the gate of the nuclear power plant, with the words " Celebrating the official completion of the Blacklight Biotechnology Namibia Nuclear Power Plant".
At the gate, a group of leaders from the engineering team were already waiting outside, ready to welcome Chen Chen.
I heard that for this start-up and trial operation, a senior executive from China National Nuclear Corporation was here.
As Chen Chen's motorcade 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 came to greet them.
"Boss Chen, congratulations!"
As soon as Chen Chen got out of the car and before he could stand still, the leader, a bald Zhongzhou man, was the first to greet him. At the same time, he extended his hands enthusiastically, "Boss Chen, congratulations on the completion of your nuclear power plant!"
"No, I wouldn't be able to build this nuclear power plant without the help of you, Minister Wang, and your construction team."
Chen Chen smiled brightly, "I should really thank you."
"Hahaha, let's thank and congratulate each other!" The bald man looked up to the sky and laughed.
As the two of them were talking, there were many reporters nearby who were taking photos. Chen Chen took a glance and saw that the signs of these reporters all had the words CCTV on them.
"Come, come, let's not talk about what is there and what is not. I will personally take you to see the internal equipment of the nuclear power plant."
The bald man led Chen Chen enthusiastically, "And at twelve o'clock at noon, we will also start the ceremony of loading nuclear fuel rods and officially start the test operation!"
"Then I'll trouble Minister Wang."
Chen Chen nodded his thanks and walked towards the interior of the nuclear power plant with the sound of snapping photos and followers.
"The Black Light Nuclear Power Plant covers an area of 15 square kilometers, five kilometers long and three kilometers wide. It consists of a total of 42 large and small buildings, including the nuclear island area, conventional area, nuclear power plant supporting facilities, nuclear power plant safety protection measures, and Five parts of living area.”
As they walked, the other party pointed and explained to Chen Chen, "Look, the largest building in front is the living area. The living area has special employee dormitories, as well as canteens and entertainment areas, and can accommodate 5,000 employees working and working here. Life… "
"The huge building built on the seaside, half of which extends into the seawater, is the safety protection area of the nuclear power plant. It can exchange heat with seawater and boiling water at a speed of more than 100 cubic meters per second to cool down the excess temperature."
Chen Chen nodded.
The reason why seawater full of impurities can be used directly to dissipate heat is because seawater does not need to participate in any power generation operations, but is installed in pipes in the form of coolant.
The power generation principle of the nuclear power plant built by Chen Chen is that nuclear fission generates heat energy, and then water under high pressure is used to take out the heat energy, and then the generator is used to generate steam to drive the turbine to rotate and generate electricity.
The water vapor that has driven the rotation of the steam turbine will come into contact with the pipes containing sea water. When it is suddenly cold, it will condense and be converted into pure water again, and then return to the nuclear reactor for circulation heating.
Therefore, this seawater does not need to participate in any power generation operations. It only plays a role in cooling water vapor and will not cause any pollution.
"Look, this is the core of the nuclear power plant - the nuclear island area."
After introductions along the way, the bald man finally led Chen Chen to the core building complex of the nuclear power plant.
As the name suggests, the nuclear island area is like an island-like building. As Chen Chen followed the other party inside, he made his way 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. At this time, this is the observation and control room of the No. 1 nuclear reactor.
In the observation control room, there were already more than a dozen staff members sitting in front of the control desk. Directly in front of the observation room was a huge floor-to-ceiling window about five meters long and three meters high.
"These floor-to-ceiling windows are made of the international standard ZF6 heavy-lead protective glass." The bald man pointed at the glass window and said, "The walls also have lead partitions. Standing here, you don't have to worry about receiving any radiation."
Chen Chen looked along the glass and immediately saw a huge tower-shaped machine equipment behind the glass. There were dozens of workers wearing nuclear protective suits inside who were constantly inspecting the equipment. They looked extremely busy.
"People inside were counting nuclear fuel rods."
The bald man explained, "Our pressurized water reactor in Zhongzhou District has always used uranium dioxide. This uranium dioxide is packed into a zirconium tube with a diameter of only one centimeter, making it a 4-meter-long tube. Fuel rods."
Chen Chen smiled and said, "What I know is that 312 fuel rods form a fuel rod assembly."
"Yes, this nuclear reactor divides the nuclear fuel rods into three batches, and each batch has a replacement cycle of 12 months."
The bald man explained. He looked at the time and changed the topic, "Boss Chen, it's almost noon now. Should we have a meal in the cafeteria first, or should we directly install the nuclear fuel rods and start trial operation?"
"Let's get started." Chen Chen thought for a while and nodded.
"Okay, let's start!"
Following Chen Chen's order, the operator in the control room immediately conveyed the order to the reactor. Several employees lowered groups of four-meter-long fuel rods on a crane-like operating machine and lifted them toward the nuclear reactor.