Dartz Wrote:From: jet.jaguar(a)friggarock.fen
To: local-call.residents(a)friggarock.fen
subj:State of the Rats #9
Another month, another message.
On the table today. Our reactor Reactor 'accident'. Motorcon done. Why we can't have nice things. Now Arriving at Platform 1. Lun crew qual boards. Disturbing. Y U No Kofen. Zenith Questions. Baron Von Frigga and the Poor Hamsters.
Anyway, we've been busy, so without further waffle....
1: Not even A mere Three-Mile-Island
So, the second biggest thing in my inbox this month is the incident with Unit 4. To all the people who insisted we were morons for even trying to run the test, or 'monkeys fucking around like hicks making moonshine with the most intense man-made radiation source known' as someone online put it, I defer to the Lensherr Heavy Power Systems PLC. They know far more about d/t-fuelled stellarators than me. The ultimate cause appears to have been a small hydrogen explosion in the de-aerator assembly, leading to a coolant spill. That sounds alarming, but it's not. Since 'Just trust us' isn't good enough, the Engineer's preliminary report will be on the public bulletin-board in a week.
Before anyone manages to have a panic attack, try to remember that incidents like this are exactly why these tests are run. This wasn't even an accident. We knew it could happen when we started the test and had taken steps. Had we been in an actual emergency situation with the core, and had similar explosion, the results would've been STALKER, Shadow of Frigga. As it is, it happened in an environment we had control over, so it was managed fairly quickly.
The reactor will be out of commission for about 6 months. We may get emergency funding to either repair or replace, this hasn't been decided.
The other three units are in no danger.
From: Aisha(a)factory.friggarock.fen
To: local-call.residents(a)friggarock.fen
subj:Re:State of the Rats #9
Jet,
please do everyone on Frigga including us catgirls a favor and just write the old thing off. The Frigga Factory can build a fusion reactor... if you don't want to remove the old reactor lets just seal it in and keep it there for a few centuries.
Aisha