Before closing the reactor, it is necessary to go through at least three years of cooling time, and then remove the hull above the reactor and the top shield layer. The fuel element is transported through the ship and train to a dedicated storage location. The entire process is time-consuming and cost-effective.

So Mawei's plan is to find a way to get the Koreans to pay the bill. He will give these two nuclear submarines that are about to be retired to South Korea for research at a discount.

Of course, some key equipment and technology. Russian engineers will definitely dismantle them in advance. From Mawei's own standpoint, the role he played is to block the Koreans' roads. Then arrange an official to disclose to the Koreans very appropriately about the two retired nuclear submarines.

Next, it depends on whether the Koreans will be tempted by greed for small gains. In the end, they will help Russia solve this nuclear problem.

Seeing that Ma Wei was receiving foreign guests like this, South Korean representative Lu Yuanji felt very disrespectful. So he immediately called and protested to the South Korean Embassy in Russia. He told all of Ma Wei's "bad" behaviors.

"The Russian government said that it would never sell nuclear submarines without 4 billion US dollars. Such a high price is simply a lion's mouth! If they do this, why ask us to come and negotiate?" Lu Yuanji said angrily on the phone.

And the director of the Korean embassy on the other side suddenly remembered something and said, "Don't worry, Yuanji, I seem to hear a Russian friend say two days ago. There are two attack nuclear submarines that are about to be retired on the Baltic Fleet. Due to insufficient funds, it is impossible to dismantle the nuclear reactor. You see, if we send people to communicate with the Baltic Fleet, we might be able to buy what we want at a very low price?"

The news from the director of the Korean Embassy was specially distributed by Ma Wei through a special person. He directly sold Korean nuclear submarines and then dismantled professional equipment. After Ma Wei's careful consideration, it seemed a bit inappropriate.

If the Koreans discover it early, the scene will be very ugly.

After all, Russia mainly focuses on the arms industry. If such a thing is spread to the international community, even if it is written clearly in black and white, it will bring in a bad reputation to the Russian Navy. Then other countries will not dare to ask him to do business.

The retired nuclear submarine is different. This is a business that is willing to fight and a business that is willing to be beaten. Koreans want to take advantage of small gains and buy Russian retired nuclear submarines to learn technology. In the end, the Russian side dismantled key equipment in advance. This matter will not affect the arms transaction. It is not blamed on the Russians.

If you want to blame, you blame the Koreans. They are not upright in their minds and want to take advantage of Russia, but they are eventually cheated and will not lose the rice.

"Retired nuclear submarine? How much does it cost to dismantle the nuclear reactor?" Lu Yuanji asked intrigued interest. He was holding his breath in his heart and wanted to vent. This was all Ma Wei just now, which made him feel unhappy.

"The amount of reactor to dismantling a nuclear submarine is about US$400 million. Two are about US$800 million. If the price of retired nuclear submarines is included, it should be around US$2.5 billion." The director of the South Korean Embassy said on the phone with advice.

It is a good investment to spend 2.5 billion US dollars to buy Russia's nuclear submarine technology. After all, this technology can't be bought in other places.

The Koreans play a good game, but they don’t know that they are stepping into someone’s chess game step by step and gradually become a chess piece.

In the next few days, the South Korean Ministry of Defense visited the Russian Baltic Fleet. The person in charge of receiving everyone was a lieutenant general, Samnovs, who had been angry with Mavie.

"Lt. General Samnovs, I'm very happy to see you! I heard that your fleet has two nuclear submarines that are about to be retired and need to dismantle the nuclear reactor? Maybe we can help your fleet, this is a favor." After a greeting, South Korea's representative Lu Yuanji said enthusiastically to the Russian Lieutenant General.

"Why are you so kind? You suddenly want to help this?" Lieutenant General Samnovs asked on the spot with some confusion.

Before that, he had already called Ma Wei and knew what the Koreans were thinking. So the questions he had just asked were all deliberately performed according to someone's request, so that the Koreans thought that their cleverness was successful.

"That's right, Lieutenant General Samnovs. Since Russia and South Korea are close to each other, if your country cannot dismantle the submarine nuclear reactor due to funding problems, it will eventually lead to something like Chernobyl and nuclear leaks. Our South Korea will also suffer. The economic losses caused by then will be very serious."

"So I suggest that Lieutenant General, your government should sell these two nuclear submarines that are about to be retired to South Korea. As for the cost of dismantling nuclear reactors, I, South Korea will also bear the cost together. Do you think?" Lu Yuanji asked with a suggestion.

From his point of view, Russia's retired nuclear submarines are also a very headache for the navy. If it is demolished, the cost is too expensive. If it is not demolished, it may cause a nuclear leak accident in minutes. The harm caused will be even greater. Not only will it pollute the sea area, but the Russian government will also have to clean up the mess and consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

"I'm afraid I have to ask my superiors for instructions on this, and I can't answer you immediately." Lieutenant General Samnovs replied thoughtfully.

"No problem, Lieutenant General." When he heard that the other party seemed a little moved, Lu Yuanji felt that there was a chance to obey.

At this time, Lieutenant General Samnovs pretended to get a call from the guard, then walked away and called someone's cell phone, "Hey, Mr. Mavie, the plan went very smoothly. The Koreans said they would help us deal with the nuclear reactor, and they bear all the costs."

Lieutenant General Samnovs said to Mavie admiringly. The development of the incident was exactly the same as Mavie expected. Even the arguments were very different, which was really amazing.

In fact, this is not the accuracy Mavie expected, but the history is always surprisingly similar. In his previous life, South Korea and Russia purchased their abandoned aircraft carriers, Minsk and Novorossiysk.

On the surface, South Korea acquired it in the name of marine environmental protection and economic support for neighboring countries. But Russia is not a fool, knowing that South Korea has long wanted to own aircraft carriers. They hope to dismantle the two aircraft carriers and study them to lay the foundation for their own country's aircraft carrier cause. So before it was sold, it had long dismantled all the key equipment, and even part of the aircraft carrier structure was destroyed.
Chapter completed!