Chapter 540 - 529 Raise Your Hands_1

In mid-October on the internet, something very strange happened.

A physicist of Island Country descent from the University of Pennsylvania spoke out through the media and internet, claiming that Fukushima was polluting the entire world, and that the reactor cores would continue to melt through and eventually sink into the sea, continuously contaminating global marine areas for 30 to 50 years.

The only solution was to detonate a 10-million-ton hydrogen bomb beneath the location of the reactor cores to contain the spread of the pollution.

Not only did he propose this astonishing idea, but even more outrageously, he actually called on all citizens of the Island Country to donate money, like United Mining had, to purchase a bomb to quickly display the sense of responsibility expected of high-quality nationals.

This shocking statement, somehow, became known to all within just one day, and combined with his own identity, it immediately caused a great deal of heated debate.

Nakayama Juji quickly contacted the most influential platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, requesting a ban on this person’s nonsense, and was willing to pay a fee for it.

However, unexpectedly, these internet media giants uniformly stated that "freedom of speech is a legitimate right of every user" and sternly refused the Island Country authorities’ request.

Having hit a wall with foreign media outlets, the mainland was even less hopeful, as the physicist’s remarks quickly became a top trending topic domestically, and there was no suppressing it.

Nakayama Juji had a bad feeling about this and immediately contacted Tomoaki Kobayakawa.

...

In the Manhattan district.

The International Atomic Energy Agency had given early notice that their dispatched team of experts had completed the first round of pollution assessment and would present a summary report and propose remediation plans at this United Nations assembly.

This was all very normal, with nearly all delegates present and looking forward to the IAEA’s proposed intervention plans.

The IAEA had long stated that it would handle the aftermath of the Fukushima incident, and so far, there was no sign of reneging on that promise, which was most significant.

Everyone knew who stood behind the IAEA, so they were quite surprised at this attitude that bore a strong spirit of internationalism, with many optimists seeing it as a sign of further globalization and a manifestation of humanitarian progress.

In this anticipation, Jon, the head of this expert group, began to take the stage to summarize.

The first thing was the officially determined investigation into the accident, and Jon started with a bang, catching all the delegates somewhat off guard.

In the opinion of the IAEA expert group, the Fukushima Power Station incident was raised from Level 7 to the unprecedented Level 8!

The International Nuclear Event Scale only goes up to 7!

The first to receive a Level 7 assessment was Chernobyl, and now the expert group was raising it to Level 8, does this not mean they created a new, even more serious accident level?

Of course, Jon provided reasons:

"...At the time of the accident, the Level 7 classification was accurate, but because proper measures like those taken at Chernobyl were not enacted after the accident, Fukushima Power Station still has two reactor cores in operation and sinking to depths beyond human intervention.

This in itself already exceeds the Chernobyl accident and without treatment, the pollution will continue to worsen over the next few decades, potentially reaching an unprecedented Level 10, an environmental disaster that could harm all mankind!

In a few decades, ocean currents are enough to carry the radiation to every corner of the globe; every single mosquito, even the penguins in Antarctica, will not be spared."

After he finished speaking, everyone’s gaze fell on the Island Country delegate Takamushi Koyo, as if they were questioning him.

During the Chernobyl accident, there was also a risk of the core sinking, and it was the brave and fearless suicide squad that dashed in and manually grabbed the graphite rods to stop the reactor.

However, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station utilized third-generation technology while Fukushima employed second-generation boiling water reactor technology; of course, it wasn’t possible to grab graphite, but at that time, America’s Pacific Fleet brought a full 4 tons of liquid helium for the emergency, which was rejected by the Island Country authorities.

Liquid helium is an extremely effective and powerful cooling method. If it had been poured into the reactor at that time, it could have virtually guaranteed the stopping of the reactor due to low temperatures, and since helium gas is a rare strategic resource, assembling 4 tons of liquid helium for an emergency was truly significant.

Takamushi Koyo could only pretend that nothing had happened as he looked at the table, wondering why, after so long, they still clung to this issue.

After Jon finished speaking, other expert groups also briefly took turns expressing their agreement with this new rating, and then Jon described it as "humanity’s greatest challenge," starting to list the dangers of radiation and so on.

He waited until everyone’s complexion had turned sour before he changed the subject to disposal methods.

"Out of concern for the peaceful use of nuclear energy by humanity, as well as the health and safety of all people, the International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to take forceful measures to prevent the pollution from continuing to spread and endangering the safety of billions of people.

After a joint review by the IAEA expert committee, we believe the most effective and safest disposal method is to use neutron streams to transform the isotopes that are still burning in the reactor into stable elements, and to adopt a short-term high-energy elimination plan for the external contamination.

For this purpose, we have applied to the Security Council for an aerial fusion energy release device, and two neutron stream-based fusion power devices, with all expenses to be paid by the IAEA.

Additionally, I must stress that before cleaning up the contamination, approximately 300,000 residents in the surrounding area must be evacuated to a safe zone, necessitating substantial resettlement costs and potential financial damage compensation. The IAEA is unable to bear these costs.

Therefore, the IAEA hopes that peace-loving individuals and philanthropists from around the world will come together to donate to the relocation of these residents, aiming to raise 1.5 billion US dollars at a standard of 5,000 US dollars per resident, and 500 million US dollars for a quarantine barrier wall, totaling 2 billion US dollars in donations."

With Jon’s speech concluded, the entire meeting room fell briefly silent before erupting into an uproar.

But the Secretary-General didn’t give the delegates a chance to become confused and immediately announced that this proposal would become United Nations resolution number 21102 and that a full-body vote would be held immediately.

The delegates, still stunned, then saw the five hands in the front row shoot up all at once, raising their hands in a very neat and united fashion.

The room of non-permanent members of the Security Council were also taken aback. This term’s non-permanent members, who had just rotated in June, were Poland, Côte d’Ivoire, Kuwait, Peru, and Equatorial Guinea.

Undoubtedly, they were too far from the Island Country, and in the circumstances where they didn’t need to pay and the first five had already approved, they exchanged glances and gradually raised their hands one after another.

Then there were those sitting around the first row, whose only choice was to follow the lead of their superiors and obediently raise their hands as well.

As a result, within a brief minute, a large number of hands were raised, while the 70-year-old Takamushi Koyo was still unable to fully digest the information just presented and looked bewildered at the delegates who had suddenly turned noisy and then quietly raised their hands.

He even asked his assistant:

"If everyone in front agrees, should we agree too?"

"??!"

"You should oppose, make it clear that..." the assistant started to say, then suddenly deflated.

"At the least, you should abstain, please don’t raise your hand!"