Madam’s Identities Shocks the Entire City Again

Besia calmly commanded: "Put uranium-238 (U-238) in the nuclear reactor and expose it to neutrons."

They closely followed the changes in the nuclear reactor.

"After uranium-238 absorbs a neutron, it turns into uranium-239 (U-239)." The researcher in charge of this step immediately reported the information he collected to Besia.

Besia made a prompt decision: "Black man, conduct the first electron emission."

"Okay."

The black man operated the instrument and started the first electron emission experiment.

Besia looked at the nuclear reactor in the glass, waiting for the time to pass, and estimated that it was almost time.

She looked over the others and fell on the girl not far away, as if she wanted to absorb energy and motivate herself.

She took a deep breath: "Conduct the second electron emission!"

"Okay, captain."

The black man completed the second electron emission experiment with a high concentration of mental power.

The person in charge of the third step of the experiment observed the changes in the nuclear reactor, and after seeing the subtle changes, he immediately reported calmly.

"Captain, uranium-239 undergoes two beta decays (i.e. two electron emissions) and eventually turns into plutonium-239 (Pu-239)."

"Go to the next step."

Besia knew that the prepared plutonium-239 was usually mixed with uranium and other fission products, and needed to be extracted and refined to obtain pure plutonium-239.

Others got busy and began to extract the liquid inside.

After the irradiated fuel elements were taken out of the reactor, they would be placed in a pool to cool for 2 to 4 months. This can minimize the intensity of radioactivity.

However, the Sixth Continent already has the strongest protective clothing in the world, and through countless experiments, radioactive materials can be blocked outside the protective clothing.

So neither Besia nor other personnel in the Third Laboratory were afraid of the super strong radioactivity brought by these things.

They did not need to wait for so long to proceed directly to the next step, which greatly shortened the time of the experiment.

On the first day when Qiao Nian came, she was looking around the laboratory and fell in love with the protective suits. At that time, she wanted to get a few sets to take back for Feng Yu and others to use, and also for Master Cheng, or to take them to the Ninth Institute for disassembly and research to see if Country Z can make similar things.

She leaned there and heard the black man asking Bethea.

"Captain, what kind of solvent extraction method should we use next?"

Qiao Nian raised her eyebrows. The cooled fuel elements will be dissolved in solvents such as nitric acid to form a solution containing uranium, plutonium and fission products.

Solvent extraction is used to separate plutonium from uranium and fission products. In this process, the difference in solubility of plutonium and uranium in different solvents will be used to separate them through extraction and back extraction steps...

She also wanted to know which method Bethea planned to use to do the most important part next.

After thinking for a moment, Bethea said, "Let's use the previous Purex process."

"Tsk." Qiao Nian sighed, and her sharp eyes showed an expression of "as expected", and a little bored.

Bexia heard it and looked over subconsciously. She frowned and realized that she might have done something wrong. She rubbed her brows and wanted to ask, but then she remembered what she had said. She opened her mouth and closed it again.

Qiao Nian saw her hesitant expression and took the initiative to speak: "Just say what you want to say. I just said that I won't do it myself. I didn't say that I won't help you even if you ask me."