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Awan Cendawan Power Plant
Awan Cendawan Power Plant
Settlement in Panau
Type Nuclear power plant and stronghold
Territory East Tanah Raya
Coordinates X:25460; Y:17870.
Missions that take place here Power Surge


Awan Cendawan Power Plant is a nuclear power plant and an Ular Boys stronghold in Just Cause 2.

Description[]

It's always a restricted area (even after the takeover), thus being spotted here will give you Heat. The power plant's Malay name "Awan Cendawan" means "Mushroom Cloud", alluding to the mushroom cloud usually associated with nuclear explosions.

This is the only nuclear power plant in Panau, and has only one reactor. Like other strongholds, it isn't visible on the map before you reach it and "discover" the settlement. It's the only stronghold with water flowing through it, if Pelabuhan Saudagar Harbor doesn't count. The 60 meter high reactor building is visible on the map as a small orange/pink dot. The plant most definitely takes its cooling water from the nearby Sawah river. It's most likely a Pressurized water reactor (PWR), but it could also be a Boiling water reactor (BWR). This theory is based off that the containment buildings of PWRs tend to be dome-shaped, while the containment buildings of BWRs tend to be shaped like large boxes. The reactor could however also be of a custom design, but those aforementioned tend to be the most common designs. Depending on the intention behind its erection, it could in case of it being a PWR also either be moderated with light (regular) water for electricity production only, or moderated with heavy water, to assist with the development of nuclear weapons - heavy water as a moderator is the by far most efficient at causing plutonium being produced as a rest product. The name might also suggest this, if it's not coincidental. This is however only a likely scenario if the reactor was built by Pandak Panay.

The turbines and generators, that work with the power plant, are most likely inside some of the buildings. Because of the water channel, there's no need for cooling towers at the plant. This power plant might produce at least 33% of the Electric Power in Panau. The Generators around the power plant seem to be gasoline-powered back-ups. The rest of Panau's power is produced by Wind Turbines and a fossil fuel power station. The generators powering the broadcast towers most likely also serve as an emergency power supply, if the external power to the reactor's cooling system and instruments is cut off.

The reactor building itself is a large 60m tall and shaped as a cone. There are two rows of windows near the top, which may belong to a reactor hall. The highest point on the building is a small antenna on the roof. Oddly, the building is much narrower at ground level, giving the building the shape of a mushroom. There's a walkway under the edge of the roof, lit by fluorescent lamps all the way around the building. The main, inner concrete wall of the reactor is visible here. At several points, there's openings where pipes and tanks can be found. Those are most likely parts of the reactor cooling system. Oddly, there are no doors here. It's a pretty small reactor. Similarly sized real reactors produce about 200-400 MWe ( Electric megawatts), while thermal effect for all reactors usually is about three times higher, and this size then 600-1200 MWth (Thermal Megawatts). The most powerful single PWR reactor is located in France and produces over 1600 MW. See also: list of real reactors of this type (wikipedia).

It is unknown where Panau gets its uranium from, as there are no confirmed mines in Panau, let alone uranium mines. The reactor building is a notable one. No other buildings in Panau resemble this. The top of the reactor building's obelisk is non-solid for some odd reason. From a militaristic standpoint, the lack of proper fortification or protective structures (i.e. walls, fences, or other scalable objects) poses a concerningly massive security risk. Realistically, a power plant would have tremendous amounts of armed personnel (which the lack thereof is most likely due to game limitations of spawning AI) and secured obstructions to prevent hostiles or other bad actors from entering. While the power plant is surrounded by trees and hills, the only good thing this serves for the power plant is natural cover and concealment. However, this is also a massive advantage to any hostile forces aspiring to spy or seize control of the power plant. Stationed Panauan Military members cannot see into or beyond the treeline or natural formations - especially from its elevated level. This would allow opposing forces to easily take better views and plan a raid easier into the base. A way to deter this would be if there were automatic guns on the rooftops, or if Pandak Panay authorized further investments into the base to build proper security infrastructure. If a military guard cannot detect, deter, and deny enemies and other opposing forces from gaining information from the base or taking the base itself, this would render the base to be an extremely easy target - which it presently is.

History (speculation)[]

The plant could have been built during Papa Panay's rule, who might have started a small Panauan nuclear program, with a peaceful purpose to produce energy for the Panauan people. When Pandak "Baby" Panay took power, he expanded the nuclear program and used it to build a giant nuclear submarine (U1) and equip it with some nuclear missiles. The plant was then converted into a stronghold and equipped with some SAMs. Eventually this stronghold was taken over by the Ular Boys.

It is very likely that Panau might have gotten a lot of assistance from the United States in the construction of the reactor while Papa Panay was still in power. The components were most likely delivered from the U.S., and the fact that Panau was a former ally strongly supports that idea. The company Westinghouse is a leading manufacturer of nuclear reactors and their components in U.S, especially PWRs is manufactured there, so it's most likely then that the reactor was manufactured there in the case that the reactor project was supported by the Americans.

However, it is not entirely unlikely that the nuclear program was started by Pandak Panay either - both as a means of increasing net capacity when powering a massive amount of military bases, and creating components, for example plutonium, for the production and deployment of nuclear weaponry.

Completion[]

Other items[]

  • 2 Medicine cabinets.
  • Several boxes of ammunition including
  • 4 SAMs. These do not affect the settlement completion and will shoot down any Panau Military aircraft after the plant is taken over. They do count towards the number of SAMs destroyed overall.
  • 1 Drug Drop (does not affect settlement completion).
  • 1 Minigun.

Vehicles[]

  • 1 yellow Mullen Skeeter Eagle, on a helipad after this place is taken over by the Ulars.
  • 1 SV-1003 Raider, occupied by the Stronghold Commander and a driver during the stronghold take-over mission. You can keep it if you don't destroy it, but kill the commander first.
  • 2 Ular Maddox FVA 45s parked at the entrance. They spawn after you complete the stronghold takeover.
  • 1 Fengding EC14FD2, near the entrance.
  • 1 MV V880 during the stronghold takeover.
  • 2 MV Quartermasters parked at the entrance before the stronghold takeover.

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Just Cause 2- settlement completion- Awan Cendawan Power Plant



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