Chapter 406: No problem, the country will fully cooperate with your work
Huaguo
In Beijing, in a building on the north side of Chang'an Street, an old man who lives here all year round reached out and took a letter from the guard.
When he heard that the letter was written by the person far away in Jinling, even he couldn't help but move the corners of his mouth.
So fast.....
Are you out of money again...?
To be honest, it is not a problem for the elderly to feel this way.
After all, every time that person writes a letter, he always asks for money.
So much so that after hearing who wrote the letter, he couldn't help but think of it.
But no matter what, the letter still needs to be read.
Opening the envelope, the old man took out the letter paper.
The letter paper was very thin, with only two pages. This made the old man slightly surprised. It seemed that he was not here to ask for money this time?
His eyes fell on the letter. After a brief pause, the old man's pupils shrank slightly. After briefly reading the contents on the letter, he quickly stood up with the letter and rushed to the Academy of Sciences.
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On the other side, Jinling.
Three days have passed since the high-energy neutron irradiation experiment was completed.
With the efforts of scientific researchers in the Computational Materials Laboratory working overtime 24 hours a day, the testing experiments related to zirconium oxide carbon composite materials were finally completed.
After getting the detailed test report, Xu Chuan read it carefully.
Overall, the various parameter properties of zirconia carbon composite materials are in line with his previous calculation results through the phenomenological model.
There must be some numerical deviations. After all, it is a phenomenological calculation, but the deviations are within the allowable range of the standard.
Relatively speaking, the test results are undoubtedly quite excellent.
Theoretically, there is no problem in using this material as the first wall material and structure in a controllable nuclear fusion reactor chamber.
Of course, it is currently unknown what changes will occur to this first wall material when it is exposed to high temperatures, strong radiation, and neutron irradiation produced by deuterium and tritium fusion for a long time.
All these require real experiments to know.
However, Xu Chuan is very confident in this material. He believes in his own atomic recycling technology and the efforts of researchers like Zhao Guanggui and others.
Putting down the test report in his hand, Xu Chuan opened the computer in his hand. Just as he was about to deal with the emails, Gao Hongming knocked on the door and walked in, bringing a reply from the senior management.
There is no letter paper, no red-headed documents or anything like that.
There is only one sentence relayed by Gao Hongming himself.
【No problem, the state will fully cooperate with your work.】
In a word, it brings not only high-level opinions and affirmation, but also funding and related policy support.
Even though Xu Chuan did not mention anything related to funding in this letter, the central government still supplemented the funding to the account of the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project in accordance with the standard of 20 billion.
It has to be said that the solution of the first wall material and the construction of the demonstration reactor gave everyone at the top levels a real dawn and hope.
Everyone is looking forward to the sparks lighting up this land of China first.
On the other hand, the Jinling Municipal Government subsequently received instructions to fully cooperate with the work of the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project. On the other hand, the military also assigned a regiment-level force to comprehensively strengthen the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project.
Security work at the base.
These were implemented together with Gao Hongming's return.
On the next day, a working group arranged by Huaguo Nuclear Industry Construction Group, led by two academicians from different fields, rushed to the engineering base at 9 a.m.
The two academicians leading the team are Academician Wang Yongnian in nuclear power plant construction and Academician Hou Chengping in nuclear industry science and technology.
These two academicians are top experts in the nuclear industry construction group. They have worked in the nuclear industry for many years and have rich experience in the design of fission reactors and nuclear power generating units. They have cooperated with each other in presiding over the design of Qinshan Phase 1, 2 and 3, Sanmen and other well-known projects.
Nuclear power plant engineering.
Including the fourth-phase nuclear power plant technology currently being developed in China, these two are also the leaders in laying the foundation.
Xu Chuan and Peng Hongxi welcomed the two academicians in the office. Although it was the first time for the four of them to meet, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
"I heard that Academician Xu, you are going to build a demonstration reactor here. Several academicians from our nuclear industry group almost got into a fight in the conference room to grab the spot to lead the exchange."
Compared with Academician Wang Yongnian, who is responsible for the construction of nuclear reactors, Academician Hou Chengping, who is responsible for the design of nuclear industry technology, is a few years younger and more active. He is smiling and joking in the office.
But there's actually nothing wrong with what he said.
During the emergency meeting at the Nuclear Industry Group two days ago, everyone was surprised to hear that they were involved in the construction of the demonstration reactor at the Daybreak Fusion Device.
For most people in the nuclear industry group, the controllable nuclear fusion demonstration reactor is just something that will exist in an unknown number of years.
After all, judging from the development of the field of controllable nuclear fusion, we don’t know how long it will take to realize it.
Forever fifty years is not unreasonable. To realize controllable nuclear fusion technology, there are too many problems to be solved.
Even though the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project previously reported a two-hour high-density plasma operation, most people still believe that it will take a long time to achieve controllable nuclear fusion.
At least it is almost impossible in the next five years. There may be a glimmer of hope under that leadership in ten years.
However, the superiors told them that the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project was about to start the construction of a controlled nuclear fusion demonstration reactor, and the Nuclear Industry Group needed to arrange manpower to assist the other party.
Not only that, at the meeting two days ago, the group president who presided over the meeting also announced on the spot that the research and development of fourth-generation and fifth-generation nuclear fission power plant technology would be completely suspended.
This surprised them even more.
You know, after the man in front of us solved the difficult problem of nuclear waste disposal, the technology related to nuclear fission power plants ushered in the most vigorous development stage in domestic history.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not only various funds and government support, but also the fifth generation of controllable nuclear fission technology, which was originally planned to be launched in 2025, has been implemented ahead of schedule.
The schedule is set, projects are approved, and scientific researchers are working on research and development.
However, at a meeting just two days ago, the CEO of the Nuclear Industry Group personally announced that the research and development of fourth-generation and fifth-generation nuclear fission power generation technology had been completely suspended.
Nuclear fission technology, which was originally thriving in 2020, seems to have been swept into the dust of history a year later, catching everyone off guard.
But at the same time, this news also made everyone excited.
After all, that is controllable nuclear fusion.
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In the office, Xu Chuan took out the tea leaves brought by the old man last time, made a pot of tea himself, and said with a smile: "The construction of the demonstration reactor this time will trouble two academicians."
Academician Wang Yongnian took the tea, put it on the tea table in front of him, and said with a smile: "Academician Xu is so polite. This is our job. There is nothing troublesome about it."
After a pause, he cast a curious gaze on Xu Chuan and asked, "Can I curiously ask about the progress and situation at Dawn?"
On the side, Academician Hou Chengping also cast a curious look.
The research progress of Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project is kept confidential. Unless it is announced by Xu Chuan, the outside world will not know. The latest news they know is still the high-density plasma operation of the previous two hours.
In front of them, Academician Xu started the construction of a demonstration reactor. Although it has not been officially announced, it also made them curious about how far Dawn has come in the field of controllable nuclear fusion.
Hearing this question, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "We have found a material suitable for the first wall."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Yongnian and Hou Chengping's eyes tightened, and their eyes and faces were full of disbelief and shock.
A breakthrough in the first wall material!
It’s so incredible, so shocking!
No wonder he directly started the construction of the demonstration reactor.
Although they are expert academicians in the field of nuclear fission, both of them still have some understanding of controllable nuclear fusion technology.
In controllable nuclear fusion, the most difficult problems are the control of ultra-high temperature plasma turbulence, the resistance of the first wall material to neutron irradiation, and the problem of tritium self-sustainment.
Judging from the above two-hour operation time of the Daybreak Fusion Device, Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project has made breakthroughs in the first two conditions.
Plasma confinement of the first wall material, if tritium self-sustainability is solved, the most difficult core will almost be solved.
As for other issues such as temperature control, energy recovery, helium ash removal, safety issues, etc., the impact is not that big.
Not to mention Xu Chuan, even the two of them have no doubt that after these core issues are resolved, China will soon usher in the spark of controllable nuclear fusion.
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