Chapter 638: A submersible nuclear power plant?(2/2)
If a nuclear power plant is built on land, it will cost at least tens of billions of dollars. For a floating nuclear power plant on the sea, there is no need to consider the cost of land, relocation costs, comfort costs for nearby residents, etc. The cost is very cheap.
In addition, the price is very cheap as it is renovated using second-hand nuclear submarines.
For Hansi people, the price of US$500 million is definitely a bargain!
"The cost of US$500 million is indeed not high, but we want to know how long this floating nuclear power plant can be used?"
"There is at least a life of more than ten years. After ten years, if you still plan to continue to use it, just drag this nuclear power plant back and replace the fuel." Nikola said: "If you want to order
, then please hurry up. After all, there are not many nuclear power plants of this level. The products that will be launched later should be 190,000 kilowatts. You should also know that our retired Type 941, which is what you call the Typhoon-class nuclear submarine, is not
not much."
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"Is this kind of floating nuclear power plant renovated from decommissioned nuclear submarines safe?" The other party was very concerned about this issue.
"Safety is relative. Any energy source is dangerous. Shouldn't we use it because of the danger? Of course, we will try our best to ensure safety. For example, the nuclear power plants we provide will be as far away from the land as possible, dozens of kilometers or even
Hundreds of kilometers of cables have long been a mature technology. If you think there will still be trouble, we have another solution."
"What plan?"
"Because it is modified using a nuclear submarine, this nuclear power plant also has the function of diving. If you want to be more concealed, we can also turn this floating nuclear power plant into a submarine nuclear power plant that can dive to a depth of tens of meters.
down, and then transmit the energy to the land through submarine cables, so those damn environmentalists don’t know anything at all!”
This is also the ultimate solution provided by Qin Tao to Nikola.
Why do customers give up using nuclear power plants? Of course it is because of the obstruction of environmentalists, especially the Hans people.
They are both in Europe and neighboring countries. Seventy percent of France's domestic electricity comes from nuclear power. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted per kilowatt hour of electricity produced in France is far lower than the European average.
However, the Hans people are extremely opposed to it. They seem to have forgotten that the world's first nuclear reactor was born on their land.
In 1968, they began to boycott the newly built Vergasin nuclear power plant, and the final result was that the reactor stopped operating.
Environmentalists became excited and found a new goal. In 1975, when the Weir Nuclear Power Plant was being constructed, they caused another landmark event. Tens of thousands of people gathered and established the world's first anti-nuclear camp on the construction site.
A month later, construction was stopped by a court ruling. Two years later, the project was finally abandoned.
The environmentalists were extremely happy and beat gongs and drums to celebrate this victory. Decades later, when they had to hide in a cold room shivering because they could not afford the high natural gas bills, and had to use cold water to make noodles, no matter what
Know what they would think.
When the energy crisis occurs, only France is not afraid because it uses nuclear power.
Now, Qin Tao proposed an ultimate solution to Nikolai: In order to avoid the entanglement of environmentalists, directly sink the nuclear power plant into the water and become a submersible nuclear power plant. Anyway, the predecessor was a nuclear submarine, and it only sank a few dozen meters.
Under water, there is no big problem at all.
In this way, no one will know where the power coming from the submarine cable comes from!
At this time, when Nikolai talked about this plan, the eyes of the Hans people opposite him lit up: "Really? Can it also be made into a submarine nuclear power plant? If it can be operated like this, that would be great!"
Nicholas knew that the Hans people were really interested in this plan, so he could increase the budget!
"It's just that if it is built as a submarine nuclear power plant, the price will increase to one billion. You should also know that underwater will be more complicated and require more support facilities."
"One billion is worth it. We can order one first! If it runs normally in the future, we will order more underwater nuclear power plants!"
After seeing off the Hans, Nicholas happily called Qin Tao over.
"Qin, your method is great. We already have our first customer! They are willing to spend one billion to purchase an underwater nuclear power plant from us!"
"Really? Congratulations to you," Qin Tao said.
"Qin, now revise the plan and change the second half of the two planned Type 941 nuclear submarines into submersible nuclear power plants!" Nikolai said.
"This is no problem, it's just..."
"Don't worry, Qin, I won't treat my old friend badly. In addition to the Inspiration, how about giving you an additional 100 million in modification costs?"
Qin Tao smiled: "Then we still follow the previous rules?"
Needless to say, a lot of money will flow into Nikola's account from the 100 million modification fee.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Qin, how did you come up with the idea of converting a submersible nuclear power plant? This is an idea that no one has ever thought of!"
"Well, of course it was inspired by submarines." Qin Tao said with a smile.
In fact, Qin Tao's idea of a floating nuclear power plant was of course inspired by another world.
In that world, floating nuclear power plants began to become a trend, which also made the French nuclear submarine manufacturer, that is, the French state-owned shipbuilding company, shine: Floating nuclear power plants are too simple, just remove the weapons on the nuclear submarine.
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Therefore, they proposed a "flexblue" floating nuclear power plant design concept and jointly developed it with Areva, EDF and other major French nuclear power companies.
When the French were designing, they also made a cool operation, which can not only float, but also dive!
Why do you need to dive? You know, after the dive, the personnel rotation is too complicated! The nuclear power plant cannot be unmanned, there must be a few caregivers!
Someone soon speculated that this French design was of course tailor-made for the neighbors!
They even sketched out a scenario: in the future, the Hans announced to completely abandon nuclear power, but there were a lot of floating nuclear power plants lurking on the seabed along their coast, quietly providing electricity to their country.
Now, Qin Tao is also inspired by this. In addition, it is a modified nuclear submarine anyway, so it can be easily made into a submersible type. Moreover, in this way, he still needs to ask for the design drawings of the second half of the Typhoon class.
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With Nikolai as his backer, these are easy to achieve. A billion-dollar order is Nikolai's first political achievement after taking office. Who dares to be unconvinced?
"Qin, you are so amazing!"
"Nicola, my friend, no need to praise me anymore, are you off work? Shall we go have a drink?"
Nicholas smiled bitterly: "No, I have to report this project to my superiors."
Being in Moscow is no easier than being in the Far East! Nicholas has just arrived, so he has to be careful about everything.
Chapter completed!