Chapter 866 Nuclear Power Plant
West of Baghdad, Habania.
This is a very ordinary town, but it has become unusual since a year ago. A large nuclear power plant has begun to be under intense construction.
Last year, Iraq signed a contract with the Soviet Union to ease Iraq's power shortage, two 50-megawatt nuclear power plants will be established in the suburbs of Baghdad and Zubaier in Iraq. As a witness to the friendship between the Soviet Union and Iraq, His Excellency Kusai, then Iraqi President, agreed to the Soviet Union's proposal.
Therefore, in Habania, technical experts from the Soviet Union guided Iraqi engineers to carry out construction, and the nuclear power plant was under intense construction.
The Soviet Union aided the rbmk1000 nuclear power unit, which is now commonly used in the Soviet Union, is a large graphite boiling water reactor.
In the nuclear reactor, the nuclear fuel rod is "combusted" to provide thermal energy. This nuclear power unit has 1,680 fuel tubes. However, in professional terms, chain reaction requires slow neutrons, so there is a slowing agent. Later, light water is often used as a slowing agent, but now graphite is used as a slowing agent. (Because the by-product of graphite reactors is the raw material for nuclear weapons, in order to avoid this political problem, graphite reactors are no longer exported.)
Specifically, this reactor is made of graphite into a reactor "factory building" with a diameter of 12 meters and a height of 7 meters. The core graphite masonry is equipped with 1,680 fuel pipes in the middle hole of the core. Boiling light water passes through the core in the pressure tube and is heated and boiled. Then it flows into four steam drums on one side. The steam in the steam drum directly enters the steam turbine factory, and each of the two rings provides high-temperature and high-pressure steam to a steam turbine generator set. This is the model of a pile of two machines, each of which emits half of the rated power. Since the reactor is a pressure tube type. The pressure tube is under pressure and the graphite masonry is very large, the reactor built by the Soviet Union has no pressure shell. However, under the repeated insistence of Kusai, the Iraqi reactor has a steel pressure shell.
Each nuclear power unit provides 25 megawatts of electricity, so this power plant has two nuclear reactors and four generator units.
Building a nuclear power plant is a complex process. So far, after day and night construction by Iraqi personnel, the reactor and unit No. 1 of a nuclear power unit have been installed.
This was a very meaningful moment, so the President of Iraq, His Excellency Kusai, came here in person to attend the completion ceremony of Unit 1.
The entire scene was very lively. Kusai looked at the spectacular scene outside the car window and knew that all this was hard-won.
Iraq has abundant oil resources, but if oil is used as fuel for power generation, it will be very wasteful and seriously pollutes the environment.
Therefore, nuclear energy, such clean and clean energy, is a new choice for countries in the world that need energy. At the beginning, nuclear reactors were just a military need to generate nuclear fuel through nuclear reactors. In 1954, the Soviet Union built the world's first nuclear power plant with an installed capacity of 5 megawatts. Britain, the United States and other countries also built various types of nuclear power plants. Later, with the rise of major energy and oil prices in the world, nuclear power became an alternative to energy.
There are relatively rich nuclear resources in the world. The world's main nuclear raw materials have a reserve of about 4.17 million tons. Therefore, the nuclear fuel resources available for development on the earth can provide more than 100,000 times the energy of ore fuel. Nuclear fuel has many advantages, such as small size and large energy, and nuclear energy is several million times greater than chemical energy; the energy released by 1,000 grams of uranium is equivalent to the energy released by 2,400 tons of standard coal; and the pollution is small, and nuclear power plants have layers of barriers, which basically do not emit environmental pollution, and even radioactive pollution is much less than coal-burning power plants. When the nuclear power plants are operating normally, the radioactive impact on residents a year is less than the dose of X-ray perspective. In contrast, the black smoke in the thick chimney of the thermal power station is criticized by environmental protection personnel.
Therefore, Iraq's goal of pursuing clean energy is very simple, such as protecting the environment.
In fact, various countries have secretly hidden another purpose when introducing nuclear power, such as by introducing nuclear power plants, studying nuclear technology, breaking through the nuclear threshold, and having a powerful and lethal tool.
Therefore, for nuclear-free countries, the introduction of nuclear power plants has always been stared at.
Iraq has already learned a lesson. The Ochrak nuclear reactor introduced by France for experiments was blown up by shameless Jewish air strikes. Therefore, around the nuclear power plant, Iraq has set up air defense missile positions to protect its nuclear power plant. Although the current situation is now, it is estimated that Israel has no ability to strike again.
When he arrived next to Unit 1, Kusai walked off the car and saw many people sitting on the rostrum used to conduct the ceremony, including nuclear power plant technicians from the Soviet Union, Iraq's own head, representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Soviet ambassadors to Iraq.
Seeing that Kusai came up, everyone stood up and expressed their greatest welcome to Kusai amid warm applause.
In the audience, the flashes of journalists from various countries have been flashing frequently.
As the president of Iraq, it is very important to attend the ceremony of the nuclear power plant in Iraq in person.
"Dear friends, I am very happy that today, our Habania nuclear power plant has finally begun the completion ceremony of Unit 1. This means that we are one step closer to the commercial operation of our nuclear power plant. It means that we have finally had a clean nuclear power plant in Iraq, which is a milestone in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Iraq!"
Listening to the applause below, Kusai pressed down with his hand, signaled the applause to stop, and then said: "The first thing we want to thank here is our international friends, the Soviet technical experts who exported nuclear power plant technology to us. On behalf of Iraq and the whole people, I thank you for your hard work over the past year!"
Hearing this, the Soviet experts on the stage couldn't sit still and stood up and nodded to the people below to express their gratitude.
"When we have a nuclear power plant, we also need to know that radioactive pollution is a very terrifying injury. Therefore, our technicians must strictly follow the operating procedures to prevent accidents. This is my requirement for our nuclear power workers. No matter when, we must not be careless. This is not only responsible for our Iraq, but also for the entire Middle East and the entire world."
Kusai will not forget how much harm an accident at a nuclear power plant will cause, especially the nuclear leakage accident that will occur next year has caused disasters in Europe. Nuclear power plants are actually relatively safe. The key issue is that the personnel operating nuclear power must abide by operating procedures. Nuclear radiation is the demon in Pandora's box and must not be released.
"Secondly, I want to reiterate that Iraq is a peace-loving country. We own nuclear power plants, which is just the beginning of peaceful use of nuclear energy. We are definitely not like some rogue countries, who point fingers at other people's peaceful use of nuclear power, and even use the air force to blow up nuclear power plants. This way of treating force as our only guarantee is unreliable. When their force weakens, they are afraid in their hearts! Our current nuclear power plants in Iraq will never repeat the tragedy of our Ochilak nuclear reactor! We have the ability to protect our nuclear power plants, serve our peaceful use of nuclear energy, and serve our Iraqi country construction!"
Kusai's words point directly to the rogue country Israel. At the beginning, they announced that Iraq wanted to use nuclear reactors to create nuclear weapons, so that it blatantly bombed Iraq's nuclear reactors. This practice of arousing public outrage, Israel will never be afraid of condemnation from public opinion, because they use their force to point fingers and interfere with the surrounding Arab countries!
In light of the current situation, Israel's reputation is already very bad. Kusai's words have been recorded by many reporters. Is this accusation against Israel?
"We in Iraq will never be like a rogue country. Therefore, since the start of construction of our nuclear power plant, we have been supervising by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency. I would like to express my sincere welcome to the supervision of all experts! You need to stay in Iraq. Thank you for your hard work! Every time our nuclear power plant replaces fuel rods, deals with nuclear waste, and shuts down inspections, it will be carried out under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and will never conduct any activities privately!"
Kusai's statement made the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the stage very happy. They remembered their encounters in Israel, their wanton obstruction by superpowers, and their verification could not be carried out at all. It was like Iraq, and they hired them to supervise the entire process. Therefore, Iraq had no intention of developing nuclear weapons at all!
Kusai admitted that in his mind, he did have such an idea, that is, to allow these two nuclear power plants to be supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency and fully express Iraq's cooperation, then the whole world will know that Iraq's sincerity does not develop nuclear weapons and successfully concealed public opinion in the world.
These two nuclear power plants are their shields.
Kusai’s statement made the reporters below happy. The interview materials for this news will definitely be available on the top ten news of this year.
After Kusai's speech, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency made a speech, commending Iraq for its peaceful use of nuclear energy and its cooperation in the absence of developing weapons of mass destruction. At the same time, the International Atomic Energy Agency will also help Iraq to achieve the stable operation of nuclear power plants. (To be continued...)
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