Determined to Daya Bay: Nuclear Power Dream Builder

[Second Prize in the First Shenzhen Online Literature Essay Competition on Realistic Themes] This is a novel focusing on the construction of Shenzhen Ling'ao Phase II nuclear power plant. It vividly depicts the struggles of typical representatives such as steel technicians Zhang Lei and Lu Feng; quality supervisors He Bin, concrete technicians Xiao Wai and Jin Zhu, and project cost worker Pei Lili in the field of nuclear power construction during the tide of Shenzhen's reform and opening up. In 2006, Zhang Lei and other college students from all over the country went south to Shenzhen to join the construction of the Ling'ao Phase II nuclear power project with dreams in mind. They have witnessed the entire process of the project from scratch, from weak to strong, and have also experienced their own growth and transformation. Facing the harsh environment and inner challenges, they used their wisdom and sweat to write a magnificent chapter in nuclear power construction. The novel takes the construction of the Ling'ao Phase II nuclear power plant as the background and truly restores the entrepreneurial life, struggle and destiny of a generation during the period of reform and opening up. In the fierce market competition, CNNC's "dominance" in the nuclear island market has gradually been broken, and the younger generation of nuclear builders shoulder the important task of "defending the country"... Keywords: Nuclear power construction; Ling'ao Phase II; Shenzhen; reform and opening up; struggle and growth; professional literature