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“Did you tell him what's really going on here? Tell him exactly what it means to blow up reactor four.” Besonova asked,

“Reactor explosion? It's impossible. It's never happened. The reactor is not an atomic bomb.” Brekhanov shook his head.

“How do you explain the graphite fragments on the ground? ”

“I don't know, there's still some stock of graphite over there at Reactor Five, maybe from there.” Bryhanov argued cunningly.

“Then why did you propose to Serbina the evacuation of the inhabitants of Pripyati?” Besonova Cold Road, "isn't it because you've been hearing a voice in your heart telling you that it wasn't the tank that exploded, it was the reactor, and you don't actually believe your bullshit, do you? ”

“I asked Katelov and Akimov, the night's shift chief, and they told me it was a tank explosion, and the radiation was 3.6 roentgens, and I repeatedly confirmed to them that they were experienced old engineers at the nuclear power plant, and at a time like this, I needed to trust my people, and then I called Moscow, and they told us to keep pumping water into the reactor, and that's what we've been doing. ”

Brekhanov seemed so grieved, "I called Moscow every hour to report the reactor, and Fuming was trying to find water to fill the reactor, and then Vorobjøv suddenly came to me and told me that the radiation exceeded 250 roentgens. Who did you make me believe? My men? Or the cold device that Vorobyov had in his hand? If you've been in my line of work long enough to know that machines are going to have minor problems from time to time, that's why we hire experienced engineers. ”

“Damn experienced engineer! Didn't you send Anatoli to die after" Besonova withstood the impulse, “he was also an experienced engineer, why didn't you listen to him? ”

“I…” Brekhanov muted.

Zhang Heng was also watching Bulykhanov coldly during Besonova's questioning. Like Gatorov and Akimov, Bulykhanov was clearly suffering tremendously in his heart. His reason had detected what had happened to the nuclear power plant, but refused to acknowledge it.

Especially if he overturned what he had just said a few hours earlier in front of his superiors. It was too difficult for the man in front of him, and he had no courage at all.

Nor have there been minor accidents at the nuclear power plants before, because they were not too serious and were suppressed by Brekhanov using his own modest means, which has kept his resume pretty, and because he has been working hard in recent times to try to go further, this time he is more inclined to speak of Gatorov and Akimov.

He was constantly comforting himself, just the tank exploded, and although he drove around the reactor and saw the tragedy there, Gatorov and Akimov explained that it was like a life-saving straw to him, and he couldn't let go of it once he caught it.

He can only repeat the initial lie over and over again until he is completely swallowed up by it.

Realizing that radiation was more severe than he had imagined, he had finally mustered the courage to propose to the Moscow side the evacuation of the inhabitants of Pripyati, which was probably the only useful thing he had done so long after the explosion.

Ultimately, however, it was rejected by Shelbyna, who was unwilling to evacuate the inhabitants of Pripyati in conditions where the reactors were safe and radiologically controlled, which seemed entirely artificial to Shelbyna, and stabbed him in the face of SL's massive pursuit of the use of nuclear energy, most likely triggering a popular resistance to nuclear energy, and the previously formulated energy plan would probably have to be put aside for some time.

That is also why Shelbyna categorically rejected the Buljanov evacuation proposal, but even with the “beautiful” report submitted by Buljanov, the Moscow side formed the Accident Investigation Commission in the first place.

“Ask him about the Group.” Zhang Heng spoke to the coconut.

"The first group of experts boarded the plane at 9 a.m., and I just got word that they had arrived at Kiev Airport and were on their way to Chernobyl, led by B.Ya, chief engineer of the Atomic Energy League. Prussia, in addition to Vice-President Ye.I. Ignakenko, V.S. Konwitz, deputy director of the Institute of Hydropower Engineering, the designer of the reactor and the Atomic Energy Research Institute were also sent, along with a number of others.” Bryhanov is honest on this issue.

"The second team, at a higher level, with senior assistant prosecutors, civil defence ministers, chemical warfare commanders and several other ministers and academics, took off in half an hour," he added, "but I was informed that it was not easy to reach them over the weekend and that the take-off time might be delayed. Shelbyna is said to have flown in after handling the matter at hand. ”

“How are you going to explain this to them then?” Besonova grinned.

“Okay." Zhang Heng interrupted Besonova's remarks, and after realizing that the Group was likely to 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 explosion of the nuclear power plant. He could understand Besonova's indignation at Bryhanov's hidden reports, because Besonova, a resident of Pripyati, lived in that beautiful town where she had friends and lovers, and now exposed them to radiation because Bryhanov refused to believe the truth.

However, this is not a concern of the players, and Zhang Heng is more concerned about his role in the explosion than the enormous catastrophe caused to Pripyati and the nuclear plant workers by Bryhanov's powder decoration.

“Ask him what he knows about this safety experiment.” Zhang Heng spoke to the coconut.

The latter nodded and a moment later Besonova reopened.

Brekhanov hesitated for a moment, “Designed by Chief Engineer Fuming of Safety Laboratory, I don't really know the specific steps, I just simply understand what the experiment is, we want to simulate the inertia of the turbine to power the pump in the case of an emergency power outage, we have done this safety experiment before, it didn't succeed, but it didn't pose any danger, Chief Engineer Fuming feels the conditions are ripe, I just want to try again, I swear I don't know it will be like this, otherwise I will definitely call a halt to this experiment before it starts. ”