Relevant institutions of nuclear bunker prevention

Nuclear bunker congress

The Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia, USA, is a famous five-star luxury resort. Unexpectedly, the nuclear bunker, which has been kept secret by the US government for 33 years, is hidden in the deep underground of the hotel building, and will be used as the "bunker congress" when the nuclear war breaks out. This historical relic left over from the Cold War era will be reopened as a tourist attraction next month after renovation, earning tourism income to maintain the daily operation of the bunker.

The bunker Congress is an underground fortress for all American congressmen. It was built in the Cold War era between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the war broke out at that time, the US government spent nearly 7 million yuan to ensure that the Congress could continue to operate when the war broke out. The bunker was designed for nuclear war, and its structure and safety are unusual. Now it is reopened to the public.

The bunker is located 19.5 meters underground of the Green Rose Hotel. It was secretly built in 1959 under the order of then-American President Eisenhower, and opened two and a half years later. It covers an area of 1, square meters, which is about the size of 4 tennis courts. According to the plan of the US government, if a nuclear war breaks out, all 535 members of the Senate and House of Representatives and their assistants, about 1, people, will be immediately transferred to the bunker to live in and maintain the normal operation of the government.

In order to prevent the nuclear bomb explosion and radiation threat, the bunker goes deep into the ground and is protected by a copper wall and an iron wall. The cement wall is 1 to 1.5 meters thick, and the gate is an explosion-proof door weighing 25 tons. The bunker stores a lot of food, books and even games. It has an independent power station, a water purification system and a medical center with 12 beds. Even if it is isolated from the world, it is enough for people to survive for 6 days. The bunker is equipped with an air filtration system, which can also produce fresh air for 72 hours, but then it will face the threat of nuclear radiation infiltration.

The bunker is always on call, and the government specially arranges 7 people to be responsible for its daily operation, such as changing the food in the granary from time to time to ensure that the bunker is always ready. Unfortunately, in 1992, the headline of Washington Post magazine in the United States kicked out the existence of the bunker, which exposed its position and function, so the Ministry of National Defense had to announce that the bunker was closed.

within two years after the bunker was disclosed, the government removed sensitive instruments such as radiation detectors, and 7% of the area was used to store government documents and materials. While the Green Rose Hotel, which charges about 4, RMB per year as a symbolic rent, instead of spending about 2.5 million RMB per year on maintenance, simply turns the bunker into a tourist attraction to make money and charge an entrance fee of about 8 ~ RMB in 2 yuan. After the bunker was officially opened in 1995, more than 3 thousand people visited it in the first year. Two years ago, the hotel closed its bunker for major renovation. Last Monday, it was first opened to hotel guests. The official opening time was scheduled for August 2th, and the charge was about RMB in 24 yuan.

In addition to the Green Rose Bunker, several secret government facilities in the United States have been used for other purposes after the Cold War. For example, a bunker in Bonny Hill, southwest Washington, was originally intended to house Federal Reserve personnel during the nuclear war in order to rebuild the American economy, but now it has been transformed into a precious film storage in the Library of Congress.

"Bunker Congress" is related to national defense security. The last supervisor, boogers, attached great importance to his work and successfully concealed the existence of Bunker Congress with other employees for many years. However, Washington Post Magazine of the United States disclosed the secret in 1992. boogers described it as a feeling of being destroyed at that time, and felt sad that he could not protect the secret.

in order to hide people's eyes and ears, all the projects in the bunker are carried out in the name of the fictional company "ForsytheAssociates", and the employees of the bunker also falsely claim that the head office is located in northern Virginia, which provides electronic engineering services for customers. On the surface, they contracted the film and television service of the Green Rose Hotel, but in fact, they spent 8% of their time working for the bunker.

In the early days of the building, it was circulated in the local area that it was the refuge of President Eisenhower, but the employees of the bunker skillfully called it the project of adding a conference hall to the hotel, and the saying of "refuge" disappeared without a trace.

However, the paper can't cover the fire. In 1992, Washington Post Magazine published the secret about this bunker. boogers, the director, admitted that when the secret was made public, he and his employees were extremely disappointed and even felt destroyed. Because they have always believed that their work plays a key role in national defense work and are proud of it, they feel very sad and sorry when the secret can't be kept at last.

Representatives and senators in important positions have special suites, which are more comfortable to live in. Members can move into the bunker within eight hours, which can accommodate 2,5 people to take refuge in the bunker. The relevant operating agencies of the bunker congress have formulated detailed procedures in advance to transfer members from Washington to the bunker by road, railway or plane. Once instructed, Members can move there within four to eight hours.

Before entering the residential and office area of the bunker, every member of parliament and staff exposed to radiation and toxic environment must go through the disinfection area, take a shower and put on designated clothes. The shower facilities here are different from ordinary household showers, more like professional strong cleaning showers, specially designed to remove radioactive substances from people, and its powerful impact is enough to break the glass shell of watches. After the shower, members should change into special khaki clothes and sports shoes in time. The old clothes that have been changed must be burned because of radiation pollution and possible contact with toxic substances to prevent pollution to the environment in the bunker. Members don't have to worry about whether the new clothes fit, because the bunker staff has already prepared emergency clothes and shoes in advance according to the body information of members received in advance. In addition, the staff of the bunker are very careful in their preparations, and even the medicines that each member of parliament always keeps should be stored in advance, in case the members stay in the bunker for a long time, and there is nowhere to buy the medicines when they run out.