48 Hours a Day

Konwitz is just feeling physically and mentally tired.

Almost all the first experts who arrived were woken up by telephone before dawn, and then rushed to the airport to get dressed and gather, studying the reports submitted by Brekhanov and Fuming on the way, while discussing how to restore power to the nuclear power plant as soon as possible.

However, when their servants arrived at the site of the explosion, they realized the magnitude of the problem was far greater than imagined. The previous plans were all based on the safety of the reactor and were now completely unusable, so they had to gather information and find new solutions.

Experts had been arguing for a long time about how to put out the fire in the reactor before Shelbyna arrived, and then they returned to the DW office after Shelbyna had taken a helicopter to inspect the reactor.

Water is the most commonly used fire extinguishing material, yet water cannot extinguish the nuclear flame. Instead, it will accelerate contamination after evaporation, and eventually scientists decide to use sand to extinguish the fire. But how to put sand into the reactor is also a troublesome issue. It was not until around 3 a.m. that Serbina brought in an Air Force commander from Kiev, who borrowed pilots and helicopters to carry out his mission.

Due to understaffing, some had to stay to help transport the sand, including even a few deputy ministers, but Konwitz was lucky enough to get a few hours' rest and drag his exhausted body back to the hotel.

When he unlocked the door lock with his keys, he had lost the strength to brush his teeth and just wanted to fall asleep with his head directly on the bed.

The next moment, however, something cold reached the skin of his throat and he couldn't help beating a chill, and the whole person was awake.

Then Konwitz heard the door shut behind him, and about half a second later, the lights were on in his room, and Konwitz saw a woman sitting on the couch.

“Hello, Deputy Director. ”

“Who are you and why are you in our room?” Konwitz asked with a trembling voice.

“It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is that we don't mean anything to you.” Besonova said that she was wearing a gas mask on her face so that Konwitz could not see her face.

This is actually also to protect Besonova, after all, the players will leave after the task, and naturally it doesn't matter if someone will remember it, but Besonova herself is the person in this copy, and if her identity is leaked, it's not hard to fight her with Konwitz's energy.

Besonova obviously understands this, so when she heard Zhang Heng put her mask on, she was grateful, and with her previous experience, she is now becoming more and more comfortable doing this.

At least now, in Konwitz's view, he would never believe that the woman in his room was just a nurse.

“Then why did you sneak into my room? ”

Konwitz doesn't seem too convinced that Besonova has no malice, especially considering Zhang Heng's knife is still on his throat.

“We just wanted to ask you a small favor.” Besonova Road.

“Do you guys want money? I'm in a hurry to get out this time. I only have about a hundred rubles. If it's not enough, you can take my watch too.” Konwitz said that he had unwrapped the watch on his wrist.

“No, you keep the watch, we just want to ask you a few questions about Chernobyl. ”

Heard that name, Convitz's body trembled slightly, "Chernobyl? Who the hell are you and why do you care about Chernobyl? ”

“All you have to do is answer our questions truthfully, and we have the same purpose as you to find out about this accident.” Besonova Road.

Tong, she went on, "You are the deputy director of the Hydropower Engineering Institute for nuclear plant safety, and as far as I know, the Hydropower Engineering Institute is responsible for the overall design of the plant. ”

“Exactly.” These things are not so secret that Konwitz did not deny them either.

“So you also designed the Chernobyl nuclear power plant? ”

“Uh, yeah, but technically, this design was done before I became the Director of Design at the Nuclear Power Plant,” Konwitz wiped the sweat off his forehead, "and I was still working on the hydroelectric design. ”

“So as far as you know, is there some kind of omission in this design?” Besonova continued.

“Neglected? Oh, of course there is, but this kind of thing is inevitable. I mean, design is one thing, and when the nuclear power plant actually operates, it's another thing. We're a little behind in the treatment of radioactive waste, and now the pipeline is buried a little dense, there's no separation...”

“Mr. Deputy Director, I am not asking such a small question, but a design flaw that could lead to an explosion of a nuclear power plant.” Besonova interrupted Konvitz's words.

“Defects that can cause a reactor explosion?” Konwitz opened his mouth and could tell his surprise wasn't disguised, "do you think the Cherno IV explosion was due to a design flaw? ”

The deputy director squeezed six words out of his mouth, “That's ridiculous! ”

“How can it be a design problem that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which began construction in 1970 and became operational in 1977, has been safe for nine years now? The employees on duty at the nuclear power plant must have misoperated that night and failed to comply with the safety manual. Not only do I think so, but the rest of the Group of Experts also believe that, unfortunately, we were unable to interview them face to face when they heard that they were exposed to radiation. ”

Konwitz seemed a little unbelievable to see Besonova, so he added, "I know what you're thinking, but I'm not saying this to exonerate you. RMBK reactors are everywhere in sl, and you can look around and see how well they've been working. ”

Besonova asked, “Who's the designer? ”

“What?”

“What RMBK reactor did you just mention, who was its designer? ”

“It's Dean Dolezary. ”

“Dolezary? Where can we find him? Moscow? ”

Konwitz smelled a strange look on his face.

“Academician Dolezari led the design of the RMBK reactor in 1947 and later built sl's first nuclear power plant, but now… he's gone. ”