Reactor Core

Chapter One

Admiral Nelson had decided to shut down the reactor for a few weeks to have the specialists check the entire reactor, while the Seaview will be in dry dock. Nelson had asked Captain Crane, Patterson and Kowalski and his brother Commander Stanley Kowalski to stay on board the Seaview to have the entire submarine checked from stem to stern.

Doctor Wilbur Mendez of the German Institute out of California will be asked to work on refitting the reactor while doing the work on board the Seaview docked. Everyone else accept Doctor Jameison and Doctor Anthony Sterling will be staying on board as well in case of trouble with radiation leakage.

Everyone else will be on leave until the work is done on the reactor. Meanwhile Nelson's two other Institute submarine's will be working on other projects that the Seaview is not able to work on costing the Institute a great deal of money to have this work done.

Admiral Nelson had contact Doctor Mendez a few weeks ago just after they had gotten back from Juneao, Alaska. He had thought it would be the best time to start this project and make sure that the reactor would be in tip top condition once the Seaview would be able to begin their work once again.

Doctor Mendez has been involved with his work at the German institute for the past 15 years, while knowing Admiral Harriman Nelson almost 25 years total. He is age 69 and is married to woman ten years younger than him with two boys and daughter all in the same field. They are currently working in Germany on their own project and their military under heavy security.

Nelson was coming down the spiral staircase coming from his cabin to speak with Captain Crane. Instead he saw Commander Morton over the shoulder of Kowalski checking the entire radar/sonar stations. Patterson was with Captain Crane inside the reactor room getting it ready for the specialists. They were currently wearing white radiation suits just in case of a leak.

Both Patterson and Crane have never liked this type of work that is highly dangerous. However they couldn't disobey orders from Admiral Nelson. It was bad enough that the submarine had to be shut down with the reactor and all of the projects that the Institute is losing. Thank god for the other two submarines, at least the Institute would be able to continue on.

Patterson was working with the controls against the far end of the reactor room. Something just didn't seem right. When all of a sudden the controls started to spark. He asked with screaming out to Captain Crane to shut down the controls and grabbing one of the extinguisher to put out the possible flames that never came.

"Thanks Captain Crane. That was really close, I really don't know what caused the controls to act like this at all? But thank goodness we were able to shut it down." Patterson says with pulling off his helmet for a moment before placing it back over his head once again.

"Doctor Mendez and Admiral Nelson will need to check it out when he arrives. We will need to have it shut down for now. We don't need any further incidents like that Patterson. Come on lets get out of here for now. I need to report this to the Admiral in his cabin.

"Aye Captain." The both of them walked out of the reactor after making sure that the reactor room was secured along with closing up the hatchway so that no one would be able to get inside without permission.