Nuclear power plant

Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions.

Day 4
Curtis Manning briefs the office on the nuclear power plant threat. He says that the terrorists are planning to convert all 104 of them into weapons.Edgar Stiles says that if they can't shut down the cooling system, the radiation will spread throughout the plant. Within three hours, the population ten miles from the plant will start receiving radiation. Curtis gives a casualty count minimum of 7.8 million people. He also says that a 30 mile radius of the plant will be uninhabitable for at least 5 years.

Edgar notices that he gets a piece of the Dobson Override. He explains to Curtis that he might be able to turn off the override and stop the plants. But, he says that N.R.C. won't ever let him. He says that if he messes up, he can start a chain reaction.

Edgar sends some codes. He then watches for the plants to shut down.The screen takes a while, but eventually, the plants turn green, meaning they have shut down.Edgar goes back to his computer. He notifies everyone that six of the reactors are immune to his kill sequence. Those six will melt down.Either they find the override, or the country faces a nuclear holocaust.

Curtis Manning warns that casualty projections could reach as high as “450,000 in the first twenty four hours with long range estimates in the low millions and that’s not taking into account the resulting cancers and birth defects.” Erin Driscoll says they would have to find the override device to regain control. Keeler orders the evacuation of the six cities within range of the plants

Later the San Gabriel Island plant melts down and there are many casualties including Lucy Stiles, Edgars mother.No other power plants melt down.