The rise of nanometers

Through virtual meetings, Huang Xiuyuan and Academician Li contacted 17 top domestic scholars in the field of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion.

Inside the virtual meeting room.

Qin Qin, a researcher at the Nuclear Fusion Research Center of the Academy of Sciences, felt very unreal after reading the virtual file in his hand.

He asked dubiously: "Academician Li, Mr. Huang, are you sure this data was obtained by Oriental Super Ring?"

"You kid, you don't have to be suspicious. I'm not going to falsify the data. There's no way to hide this kind of data falsification. Everyone will know it when the time comes." Academician Li laughed and scolded.

Several other academicians also discussed quietly for a while.

As Academician Li said, if the file says continuous operation for sixty or seventy seconds, it is difficult for everyone to judge whether it is true or false. After all, every plasma operation experiment may have long or short continuous running time due to various factors.

But this data of about 2,400 seconds is really amazing. It is obviously two orders of magnitude higher than the current plasma operating time.

This kind of data is not easy to falsify. After all, everyone is in this industry. The error is more than ten seconds. It can also be explained by luck. Whether the running time of about 2400 seconds is true or false, everyone will know it when the time comes.

Academician Zhang Shouxian of the Shu Nuclear Energy Research Institute said with a smile: "It seems that the Hefei Plasma Research Institute will soar into the sky this time."

Academician Li shook his head and reminded: "Don't be joking. The situation is very complicated now. Our institute has been under full martial law since a week ago."

There were all human beings present, and once you think about it, you can understand why martial law was imposed.

After all, it suddenly increased from 55 seconds to 2400 seconds, and it was proactively shut down because of problems with the inner wall material.

Once exposed, and China participates in the International Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor (ITER), Westerners will definitely demand technology sharing, and may even prompt them to use joint pressure, nuclear blackmail, and obtain data on the magnetic field-assisted control system.

Hiding confidentiality has become very important, and even the coordination and control system of the Oriental Super Ring has to be dismantled and transferred to Shu Province.

Huang Xiuyuan suggested: "The Science Island of Hefei Plasma Research Institute is currently not suitable. After all, it is related to many international projects. I am worried about being seen and need to move to Shu Province as soon as possible."

"I agree." Academician Zhang Shouxian was the first to speak.

"Old Zhang, you old boy!" Academician Li laughed and cursed.

However, everyone understands that now is not the time to argue. The location of Shu Province is indeed safe enough, and the research base is also hidden deep in the mountains for easy control and confidentiality.

In fact, Hefei Science Island also has confidentiality considerations. There is only one bridge on the island. The problem is that Hefei is located along the Yangtze River and is a densely populated area, so confidentiality work is difficult to maintain.

"I agree."

"Just move to Shu Province!"

"Safety first."

Everyone reached a consensus and agreed to set up the new nuclear fusion research base in Shu Province.

Academician Li also talked about another matter: "In addition to reporting the results of the Oriental Hyperloop to everyone this time, there are several other things that require everyone's cooperation."

"Old Li, if you have anything to say, just say it." Academician Zhang said with a smile on his face.

"The first thing is that everyone needs to jointly submit a petition for neutron-resistant materials or solutions. This issue has become the key to hindering controllable nuclear fusion."

Everyone also felt the same way.

“We really need to pay attention to this shortcoming.”

"If we solve the problem of neutron irradiation, we may be able to realize the practical application of controllable nuclear fusion."

"This problem is difficult to solve!"

"It's just because it's hard to do, so we have to concentrate on big things."

After a while, everyone discussed it, and everyone said there was no problem with the joint petition.

Then Academician Li asked the second question: "Although the plasma confinement time of the Oriental Hyperloop exceeds 2,400 seconds, the two tests also exposed some problems."

Huang Xiuyuan added: "The main reason is the accumulation of heat radiation inside the vacuum chamber. We must find ways to ensure that the inner wall can be used normally for a long time."

"I have an idea." Xu Guosheng suddenly said: "Mr. Huang's Suiren Company has a thermoelectric power generation system. We can use waste heat to generate electricity, and at the same time use thermoelectric refrigeration to quickly cool down the interior."

Huang Xiuyuan thought for a while: "This plan can be considered. Unfortunately, the efficiency of current thermoelectric materials is still too low. If the thermoelectric conversion efficiency can be increased to more than 50%, waste heat power generation and thermoelectric refrigeration can be fully self-sustained."

Although this problem is solved, this solution is actually a waste of waste heat. It can only be used as a transitional stage for the time being. When power generation is officially started, the waste heat must be utilized.

Everyone discussed for a while and decided to let Xu Guosheng continue to improve the plan.

Then Academician Li asked the third question: "In this experiment, the plasma temperature was only 11 million degrees Celsius, which is still an order of magnitude lower than the simplest DT nuclear fusion temperature. We must find a way to Bring up the temperature."

"The temperature of plasma." Academician Zhang scratched his head involuntarily.

It is really difficult to achieve controllable nuclear fusion.

Neutron irradiation, reaction temperature, internal materials, restraint control, and finally the power generation system. Currently, only low-temperature superconductivity and magnetic field restraint have been overcome, and other problems have not yet been completely solved.

Everyone held a meeting for more than three hours. In the next five days, they held meetings and discussions while writing a plan for the future development of nuclear fusion and preparing a joint letter.

During this period, the above also discussed three times with Huang Xiuyuan, Academician Li, Academician Zhang and others through the virtual conference room.

In order to compete for the upper hand and become the first interstellar civilization, the country can only give full support. The current situation is that there is no retreat.

Soon, a secret project called the "Golden Crow Project" was secretly approved, and it was planned to build a large underground nuclear fusion base in the mountains of Bazhong.

The previously planned Chengdu Circulation-2 device has not been suspended. After all, this project has been made public. A sudden stop will cause unnecessary suspicion.

Therefore, the Circulation-2 device cannot be stopped, but the progress can be delayed. The funds invested and the equipment deployed must also be greatly reduced, just to show off.

In this way, international prying eyes can be paralyzed, and funds can be diverted to the secret nuclear fusion base in Bazhong to build a real nuclear fusion device.

In order to concentrate their efforts, various domestic research institutes and laboratories studying tokamak devices will allocate some elite backbones to the Hefei Plasma Research Institute, the Chengdu Nuclear Energy Research Institute, and the Nuclear Physics Research Center of the Academy of Sciences.

It seems that they are working independently, but in fact the three institutes are responsible for solving three problems, namely neutron irradiation, plasma heating, and internal thermal radiation accumulation.

They can then gather at the Bazhong base through virtual conference rooms and the use of stand-in robots similar to Huang Xiuyuan.

In fact, regardless of bionic skin, micro-expression systems, and high-precision sensor systems, the cost of using exoskeleton robots to transform stand-in robots will not be unacceptably high, with a maximum of about four to five million yuan per set.

As for the international thermonuclear fusion reactor organization, of course we must continue to participate.

Although the Xizhou Alliance likes to argue internally, and ITER, which is cooperating with more than a dozen countries, is dragging its feet, this organization can spy on the nuclear fusion levels in other regions.

If ITER successfully solves the problem of neutron irradiation, it may be possible to steal some technologies. By then, combined with the completed plasma control, the practical application of controllable nuclear fusion will basically be completed.

Preparing with multiple hands will prevent you from falling into passivity.

The overt and covert fighting among the five gangsters has gradually entered a fierce stage.

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