Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

Nuclear-powered icebreaker survey ship, this ship is not a simple icebreaker, nor is it a simple survey ship. Have you ever seen an icebreaker with a bunch of big balls on it? This is the polar version of the ocean street slide, and it has a larger tonnage and more powerful radar than the street slide in China's ocean.

After this thing enters the Arctic and Antarctic, there will be a lot of things to see. Besides, who stipulates that icebreakers must be active on glaciers all year round?

This thing is a scientific research ship, and scientific research ships can conduct scientific research all over the world.

And such a scientific research ship, Xu Huasheng directly plans to build two, one in the Arctic and one in the Antarctic, to perform scientific research tasks at ordinary times and collect other information by the way.

"Mr. Xu, this ship is a nuclear-powered container ship designed by us, with a displacement of 220,000 tons and a length of 399.99 meters. It can carry 28,000 standard containers at a time..."

In the conference room, the design drawings of the second nuclear-powered ship were taken out.

The nuclear-powered container ship has a displacement of up to 220,000 tons and can carry 28,000 standard containers at a time. It is not that Huayun Group cannot build a larger ship, but that this design was determined after comprehensive consideration.

For example, the length of the ship is 399.99 meters, which is actually the standard line of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal stipulates that the length of ships passing through the Suez Canal shall not exceed 400 meters.

The nuclear-powered container is transferred, and Huayun Group is trying to use civilian nuclear power.

The thorium-based molten salt reactor is extremely safe. Not only is it highly safe, but the cost is also much lower than that of traditional pressurized water reactors, and it is easy to maintain.

"Mr. Xu, our container ship has a design life of 30 years, and nuclear fuel can be used for 30 years after one filling. Our ship is much cheaper than ordinary fuel cargo ships in terms of energy costs. The energy cost is only one twentieth of that of fuel cargo ships..."

In the conference room, the chief designer repeated the information about the ship.

This ship is very modernized. A ship with a displacement of 220,000 tons can be manned by more than 20 crew members.

However, the biggest advantage of this ship is its energy consumption.

The energy consumption cost is only one twentieth of that of ordinary fuel cargo ships, which is a huge advantage. You can imagine how much fuel costs this ship can save in 30 years.

Although the construction cost of this ship is higher than that of ordinary fuel cargo ships, it is super cost-effective when calculated comprehensively.

This is the advantage of nuclear energy, and nuclear power has unlimited endurance. There is no need to dock to refuel. As long as there is enough food and vegetables, the ship can go as far as it wants.

Moreover, this container ship is also very fast. The full-load cruising speed can easily reach 40 knots, which is much faster than ordinary cargo ships. Ordinary cargo ships generally have a speed of about 20 to 25 knots.

The faster the speed, the shorter the transportation time and the more efficient it is.

Nuclear-powered container ships have low energy consumption, long life and high speed. This advantage is huge.

"Well, it's very good. Let's build one first and try to operate it. If the operation is OK, we can build it on a large scale. The demand for shipping will increase significantly in the future. We have cost and time advantages, so customers will naturally choose us..."

Xu Huasheng's face was full of smiles.

Civilian nuclear power, the safety of thorium-based molten salt reactors can make nuclear power directly civilian. Commercial ships can be directly powered by nuclear power, not just container ships, but other ships can also use it.

Nuclear energy is not only cleaner, but also cheaper.

The commercial value of the fourth-generation nuclear power is too high. Small nuclear power devices can not only be installed on ships, but also be used as nuclear power treasures. For example, every city can have one. For example, one can be built on the islands and reefs filled by China, and then there will be no shortage of energy.

Now, China is leading the world in the fourth-generation nuclear power.

In other countries, let alone the fourth-generation nuclear power, the third-generation nuclear power has not been figured out yet. For the fourth-generation nuclear power, they can't produce decent results even if they work hard for decades.

Now, the power station of thorium-based molten salt reactor has begun trial operation, and in a few years, China may approve formal large-scale construction.

The power unit of thorium-based molten salt reactor has also begun to operate on board. Once the technology is proven to be mature, large-scale application will follow.

According to the current pace, nuclear energy will become the most important energy source in China in at most 20 years. By then, China may have many nuclear power plants with thorium-based molten salt reactors.

By then, by taking advantage of the fourth-generation nuclear power, China's energy costs will be greatly reduced. With the reduction of energy costs, industrial manufacturing costs will be reduced, and China's products will be more competitive in the world.

China's layout in energy is a big layout, and this Energy Bureau will directly giveA fatal blow to the United States.

Twenty years later, when oil consumption is greatly reduced and oil is no longer the most important necessity, the petrodollar will no longer exist.

After coming out of the Huayun Shipyard, Xu Huasheng went directly to the Energy Research Institute.

In the most confidential laboratory of the Energy Research Institute, many people are constantly busy. And in this laboratory, there is a large device, and this device is the artificial sun device.

"Mr. Xu..."

Seeing Xu Huasheng coming, the staff inside greeted Xu Huasheng and continued to work.

The people who work here are all unknown people. Because this research is too difficult, really too difficult.

Although Xu Huasheng keeps taking out some technical information, the entire project is still in its early stages. However, compared with the progress of other countries in the world, the progress in the Huasheng Energy Laboratory can be said to be amazing.

Because the equipment in this laboratory is now a strong magnetic high-temperature superconductor device, and in this laboratory, a year ago, they achieved the first external discharge test.

If this news is announced, it will directly explode. It's just that everything here is top secret, and no information has been leaked.

Apart from other things, many materials used in the artificial sun equipment here are top secret.

These materials are the most confidential information in China.

Everyone is busy, and Xu Huasheng is also watching everyone busy. Xu Huasheng keeps taking out the information in his head about controlled nuclear fusion.

The information in his brain is actually constantly verifying each other and generating new information.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Huasheng keeps taking out new information. And these information make the whole project progress rapidly.

According to this progress, controlled nuclear fusion may benefit mankind from 100 years to 50 years, and after a while, it may become 20 years.