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Chapter 1666: Organisms that feed on radioactive substances
"It ate the reflectronuclide?"

Bruce Banner had already turned into Hulk when he appeared, so he didn't know about this.

"Yes, this guy was starving. He pounced on the reflective nuclide as soon as he saw it, and then ate it."

Tony nodded, and that was what shocked him the most.

At this time, through the data model of the scene restored by Jarvis, under nano-level restoration, they can see how the lizard man eats the reflective nuclide.

Suddenly, as if it sensed something delicious, it pounced on the nuclide, opened its bloody mouth, put the nuclide into its mouth, and then chewed it hard. The scene was like a child eating his favorite candy, but this "candy" was an extremely dangerous reflex nuclide.

"Then a high-energy reaction occurred inside its body. I thought it was radioactive contamination at first, and I was a little nervous. But through a more in-depth scan, I discovered the internal structure of this thing..."

As Tony spoke, he asked Jarvis to release the model of the internal structure at that time.

A complex and peculiar biological atomic reactor organ model appeared in front of the three people.

This model is composed of countless glowing lines and light spots. The lines represent the various blood vessels and energy channels in the lizardman's body, while the light spots are like the core where energy converges.

The entire model is like a miniature universe, full of mystery and unknown.

"Walter?" Dr. Banner widened his eyes, his eyes full of disbelief.

You know, he holds a doctorate in nuclear physics and has in-depth research in high-tech fields such as atomic reactors.

He only took a glance at the data changes and immediately understood what it was.

"An organism has an organ similar to an atomic reactor? This is beyond my comprehension!"

Dr. Banner muttered to himself.

He originally thought that Hulk was the most amazing creature. After all, Hulk's powerful strength and unique transformation mechanism already made him feel incredible.

But unexpectedly, an even more outrageous creature has appeared.

He began to pace back and forth in the laboratory, his mind running through the possibilities.

Is this a work of nature that accidentally gave rise to such a strange creature during the long process of evolution? Or is there a human factor behind this that deliberately created such a monster?

"This lizardman is different from the ones I dealt with before. I suspect it is not a lizard at all, but an unknown creature."

Tony had a preconceived notion that the other party was a lizard man because it led a group of lizard men living in the sewers.

But now, when he calmed down and thought about the whole incident carefully, he no longer thought so.

He pointed at the 3D model of the lizard man and said, "You see, its body structure and behavior are very different from those of ordinary lizard men. Although ordinary lizard men have a certain degree of intelligence and combat power, they definitely do not have the ability to directly consume reflective radionuclides and have biological nuclear reactor organs in their bodies." "A walking nuclear reactor nuclear reactor, but the radiation value detected on site is far below the normal standard. In other words, this unknown creature absorbs radiation from the surrounding environment?"

Dr. Banner took a close look at the data model of the scene and said thoughtfully.

Tony nodded, frowning. "That's right, Banner, this is exactly the crux of the problem. When we made the plan before, we thought we could locate it by tracking the heat and radiation sources. After all, an unknown creature with a strong energy reaction like this should release obvious heat and radiation signals. But now it seems that this plan is totally unworkable. It's like a perfect energy container, locking all the radiation tightly in its body without leaking out at all. Moreover, its range of influence is not very large, and it is even more difficult for us to find its trace by detecting changes in environmental data."

As he spoke, Tony quickly operated on the virtual interface and called up the previous detection data of the surrounding environment radiation values.

The data curves were smooth and normal, without any abnormal fluctuations, as if the lizard man did not exist at all.

“It can be traced through food, if it was fed with radioactive material.”

Chang Wei made a very constructive suggestion.

"good idea!"

Tony's eyes lit up.

"Chang Wei, your idea is very constructive. Although we don't know the specific habits of this unknown creature yet, judging from its ability to absorb radiation, it is very likely to have a special need for radioactive substances. If we can provide some radioactive substances as bait, we may be able to lure it out."

America is a very magical country. It is heavily dependent on major companies. In the nuclear energy-related industrial chain, many companies have legal acquisition qualifications and can purchase nuclear fuel through legal channels.

Of course, weapons-grade uranium is strictly controlled and cannot be easily obtained, but ammonium diuranate (commonly known as yellowcake) can still be purchased.

Yellowcake is the common name for uranium concentrate in the form of diuranate or uranate, and occupies an important intermediate product position in the nuclear fuel production process.

Its main component is ammonium diuranate, which is made from natural uranium ore through a series of complex processes. The first step is crushing, which breaks up the huge uranium ore into smaller particles for subsequent processing.

Next comes solution extraction, which uses a specific chemical solvent to separate the uranium from the ore. Finally, there is the precipitation step, which uses a series of chemical reactions to precipitate the uranium in the form of ammonium diuranate to form yellowcake.

Yellowcake is a precursor to uranium enrichment, which then needs to be further converted into uranium hexafluoride (UF), and then purified into uranium-235 through gas centrifugation or diffusion before it can be used in nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons.

Moreover, America has outsourced the business of handling nuclear waste.

As for how the outsourced companies deal with nuclear waste, the government doesn't seem to care much.

They only care about whether someone takes over the business. As for the specific handling method, it doesn’t matter even if the outsourcing company finds a random place to bury it.

Although this relatively relaxed management approach has promoted the development of the nuclear energy industry to a certain extent, it has also brought some potential risks.

Professor Connors now found a place where nuclear waste was buried based on his instinct.

(End of this chapter)