African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1044: East Africa lacks virtue
This rectification was quite effective, especially in greatly improving the safety of some laboratories or research institutions in East Africa, such as the Institute of Nuclear Physics, which Ernst had never personally inspected.

The current process of nuclear physics research can be said to be quite difficult, especially since there is no effective protection against radioactive materials. Although there are special protective suits in East Africa, which are mainly made of elements such as lead, there is no guarantee that they will be foolproof, and Ernst naturally would not put himself in danger.

Nuclear physics research in East Africa began in the late 1990s, which was the period when Europe was initially exploring radioactive materials. Under the leadership of Ernst, East Africa naturally carried out related research in advance.

In the early days, there was a severe shortage of corresponding talents. After all, Europe's discovery and research on radioactive substances had just started not long ago. Similarly, Europe's research in related fields was not much ahead of East Africa, and was scattered across various countries. Governments other than East Africa obviously did not pay much attention to nuclear physics.

Therefore, East Africa is currently one of the most developed countries in the world in the field of nuclear physics research. During the First Five-Year Plan, East Africa's nuclear physics research field was also in a period of rapid development.

The harm of radioactive substances to the human body can be said to be more dangerous than that of the chemical industry, so the East African Nuclear Physics Research Institute must not be placed in the capital or some major cities, but in the central and western regions.

Of course, in such a difficult environment, the East African government will naturally provide them with relevant subsidies and allow them to enjoy the highest national treatment. Even for their subsequent life and family future, the East African government has made corresponding arrangements.

After all, early humans had severely insufficient knowledge about radioactive substances. Although Ernst could make some interventions, he could not solve the root problem.

The earlier the research is, the less rigid the rules should be. After all, if people realize the hazards of radioactive materials, there probably won't be many people willing to contribute to this field.

The working environment of scientists studying radioactivity in Europe is even worse than that in East Africa. For example, the famous Curies were exposed to radioactive substances all day long, so much so that Ernst was reluctant to invite these two pioneers of human nuclear physics research. If they came into contact with East African scientists, it would be a hidden disaster for scientific research in East Africa.

Currently, the characterization of radioactive materials in East Africa is "unclear", which means it is uncertain whether there is any harm. Although Ernst knows the affirmative answer, he cannot explain it directly. This is a relatively unfamiliar area for Ernst.

At present, the main focus of human use of radioactive materials is on the medical field, that is, using their ability to kill cancer cells to treat diseases such as cancer.

This is obviously not allowed by law in East Africa, and Ernst's excuse is that since radioactive substances can kill cancer cells, whether they have the same effect on normal human cells. At this stage, East African researchers naturally cannot give a clear answer, so East Africa naturally isolates nuclear physics research.

This is certainly not conducive to East Africa's nuclear physics research work. Therefore, in order to make up for the shortcomings caused by some rigid regulations, East Africa can only invest more resources to ensure the development of its own nuclear physics.

This includes building separate railways, road transportation, separate living environments, separate scientific laboratories, and separate scientific experimental sites. This also greatly reduces the correlation between the East African Institute of Nuclear Physics and other disciplines. At the same time, this self-contained scientific research model naturally requires more costs.

At the government meeting, Ernst emphasized: "Radioactive materials must be collected in special containers, such as lead boxes. The same applies to waste disposal. After use, they must be sealed and registered, and must be exported to foreign countries in a centralized manner."

This practice is a typical example of "let my friend die rather than let myself die", and is just as immoral as Japan in the past. However, at the moment, other countries obviously will not know or pay attention to Ernst's sinister intentions.

In the past, many countries with nuclear industries liked to export nuclear waste to Africa. Ernst's move was to return the favor.

"At the same time, we must ensure that the research on radioactive materials is well supported and not sloppy, especially for our own nuclear physicists, whose remuneration must be at the highest level, and their families must also be given preferential treatment to resolve their worries."

East African officials were very confused about this. Just like many chemical substances today, humans are not aware of the specific dangers, so it is easy for many problems to be ignored or covered up. Ernst naturally cannot change this situation. Scientific research has its pros and cons. Ernst naturally knows the risks of many scientific research works, but if it is tied too tightly, it will be detrimental to the rapid development of scientific research. If East Africa does not want to be surpassed by other countries, it must bear such risks.

Of course, this is obviously unfair to some scientific researchers in East Africa. To put it bluntly, Ernst's behavior is to send them to death, and Ernst is fully aware of the risks and dangers.

Ernst naturally had no good solution for this problem. He could only compensate those who were destined to sacrifice their lives for the scientific research in East Africa in other ways.

Of course, East Africa’s nuclear physics research is not limited to the local area. In fact, East Africa has set up a number of laboratories in Europe and the United States.

By utilizing European and American scientists to work for East Africa, East Africa only needs to provide funding and then wait for the final data results.

Therefore, the nuclear physics research institutes established by East Africa abroad are very different from those in East Africa. They are even located in the core areas of developed cities such as New York and London. Then scientists from Europe and the United States conduct acceleration or experiments on radioactive materials without any protective measures.

Of course, in an era when knowledge of radioactive materials was incomplete, no one would notice anything unusual about East Africa’s actions.

Apart from anything else, Madame Curie's laboratory was built at the University of Paris, so it would not be out of place for East Africa to build nuclear physics research institutes and laboratories in developed cities in Europe and the United States.

Therefore, East Africa’s behavior in the field of nuclear physics research is extremely unethical. In addition to harming its own scientific researchers, it has also persecuted foreign researchers even more severely.

Of course, relevant scientific researchers in Europe and the United States are naturally unaware of this. Instead, they will be grateful to the "financial backers" behind them. After all, radioactive materials have not shown great value at present. These foreign nuclear physics research institutions built in East Africa are equivalent to providing them with a place to work, and they do not need to go to the "remote corners" of East Africa. They can work in their own country with relatively generous treatment, which is simply "appropriate".

After all, if you can work and live in New York or London, no one would think that you can engage in nuclear physics research in obscurity in a small town in East Africa.

Therefore, local nuclear physics researchers in East Africa are mainly talents trained by East Africa’s own education system. There are very few foreigners. Many of them returned from studying in Europe and the United States and then joined the country.

Of course, this will make East Africa's nuclear physics research work more separated from that of European and American countries, and the exchanges and cooperation between European and American researchers will be closer. On the contrary, although East Africa has the best treatment, it has less exchanges with European and American researchers.

As a result, East Africa's nuclear physics research will naturally be subject to certain restrictions. This is also the main reason why East Africa invests in the construction of nuclear physics research institutions abroad. These foreign nuclear physics research institutions provide data and intelligence references for domestic nuclear physics research, and at the same time can reduce some risky experiments.

Early nuclear physics research was not taken seriously by the government, so it was not difficult to obtain information on nuclear physics research outside East Africa. For example, many of the Curies’ scientific research results were public.

Under such circumstances, East African nuclear physics research would naturally not be "blind", and with the help of the powerful state machinery behind it, almost all the requests of East African nuclear physics researchers were met. Under such circumstances, after the early nuclear physics research framework in East Africa was established, East African nuclear physics research work also developed smoothly and achieved great results, leaving its European and American counterparts far behind.

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