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Zero one twenty-three, forty-seven β€œ01:23:47”

[Verse 1 - Spoken] Zero one oh-six β€” reactor at low power Operators withdraw control rods Disabling safety systems [Break] [Verse 2 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-three and four seconds The test begins Turbine steam valves closed The turbine runs down… [Break] [Verse 3 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-three β€” forty AZ-5 button pressed Emergency shutdown, SCRAM engaged Control rods descending [Break] [Verse 4 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-three β€” forty-three Power surges to five hundred thirty megawatts thermal And keeps rising Rising rapidly… [Break] [Verse 5 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-three β€” forty-six Circulating pumps shut down First pair stopped Second pair suspended [Break] [Verse 6 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-three, forty-seven Coolant flow falling Steam voids rising Pressure increasing [Break] [Verse 7 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-three β€” forty-nine Automatic signals triggered Overpressure Fuel channel rupture Control rod failure [Break] [Verse 8 - Spoken] Zero one twenty-four Violent jolts in the control room Control rods stuck halfway Never reaching the core [Break] [Outro - Spoken, intense, dramatic] Explosions β€” destruction Reactor core destroyed Radioactive fire unleashed Life, Forever changed, Zero one twenty-three, forty-seven Zero one twenty-three, forty-seven Zero one twenty-three, forty-seven