APOCALYPSE 2073 Omnibus by Parker James

Author:Parker James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-08-03T06:00:00+00:00

Episode 18: “The Dome”

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Immediately upon conclusion of the meeting the President, Professor Enghult, Veronica, and Agent Phillips headed toward the secured elevator on their way to level 15 where the power generation unit was located for their final walk-thru prior to restart at 2400 hours. Each power generation unit located in all of the 20 bunkers had its own dedicated staff independent of the damage control crews. They were highly trained technicians dealing with nuclear power generation, each having many years of experience to their credit. As the previous decades had progressed so had nuclear technology; less fissionable material was required while the power output had increased exponentially. Multiple redundancies were built-in allowing for vastly increased safety as space requirements became less and less. The technical advancements excluding the computerized diagnostic control systems were primarily in the increased simplicity of the units to the point that space requirements for the unit itself barely consumed 3,000 square feet within level 15. The unit was completely sealed should any unlikely situation arise at any given point in time and needed to be temporarily isolated or shut-down. At a later date the President as well as Veronica would go through all of the operational protocols and schematic diagrams, yet for now Andrews trusted in Professor Enghult who was completely familiar with the systems down to the smallest of details. Many questions were asked by the President during the inspection, not only concerning potential problems that might arise during the restart procedure but he even asked the most seemingly mundane and simplest of questions.

“And what is this; and what is that; Professor?” were questions often heard by Enghult.

The lead nuclear operations technician accompanied them on the walk-thru, interjecting only when specifically asked a question directly while the other technicians within the room continued their preparations for restart and simply stayed out of the group’s way. The President’s questions although seemingly simplistic at times primarily revolved around two simple concerns; what were the risks involved with restart and if certain things were to occur what solutions were available to them? Satisfied with the answers he had received final approval was given to Professor Enghult for restart to proceed according to schedule, but the President fully intended to be on-site within the control room throughout the evening as the procedure was performed. It was going to be another very long day and the President soon released Enghult and Veronica to continue with their operations in the control room on level 20. However, before doing so he asked Professor Enghult to assign a damage control team crew member to accompany him and Secret Service Agent Phillips on his comprehensive inspection of the primary bunker site should he have any questions that needed to be answered. Professor Enghult and Veronica departed while the President lingered for a short period of time, simply walking the floor and familiarizing himself with the knowledge he had gained, being very careful to not touch anything. Thanking the lead operations technician

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