On October 10, a commendation ceremony for the successful ignition of the Qixia controlled fusion demonstration reactor was held on time in the Great Hall of Beijing.
With the speech by the host of the conference and warm applause, the commendation conference kicked off.
Xu Chuan is sitting in the first row at the venue. On the left is Academician Peng Hongxi, the scientific research director of the project, and on the right is Gao Hongming, the daily affairs director. In the front row, there are Wang Yongnian, Hou Chengping, Qi Zhongxing, Han Jin and other familiar people.
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As the familiar old man stepped onto the stage, thunderous applause suddenly erupted in the auditorium.
All the researchers and scholars who were able to attend today's commendation meeting had their faces flushed with excitement, and their eyes were full of enthusiasm, anticipation, satisfaction and other emotions.
The old man first expressed his sincere congratulations and congratulations on the successful ignition of the "Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project·Dawn Demonstration Reactor Project", and then praised and encouraged everyone's efforts and efforts, saying that they are the mainstay of the country and are very grateful for these struggles.
On the front line of scientific research, scientific researchers and engineers who have made outstanding contributions expressed their high gratitude.
In 1958, China's nuclear industry system was initially established. After the successful hydrogen bomb test, China's nuclear industry began to turn its attention to the research of controllable nuclear fusion.
In the context of the peaceful application of atomic energy, the Institute of Atomic Energy and the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences simultaneously launched nuclear fusion research projects.
Then it expanded to several provinces under the slogan of "Popular Atomic Energy for All". After several ups and downs and adjustments, some units quit and some joined. Up to now, the research on controllable fusion has gone through nearly seventy years.
The same age as the motherland.
It seems like just yesterday. Seventy years later, this century project was finally completed.
Today, a grand commendation meeting can be regarded as a successful conclusion to this world-famous super project.
After paying tribute to everyone, the old man personally awarded twenty-one unique golden "958 Medals" and bright red to scientific researchers such as Xu Chuan, Peng Hongxi, Gao Hongming, Qi Zhongxing, Wang Yongnian and others who have made outstanding contributions to the project.
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Eight outstanding group medals and 98 outstanding individual medals were also awarded to the teams that have made outstanding contributions to the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion project. To pay tribute to all the great scholars who participated in the controllable nuclear fusion project
They express their respect and gratitude.
In addition to these medals, there is also a special medal that is uniquely crafted just like the original Morning Star and belongs only to Xu Chuan.
The name of this medal is directly adopted from the name of the Daybreak Demonstration Pile, which is called ‘Daybreak Medal’.
It means that it is like the dawn of dawn, bringing new hope, a new era, and a new era to the motherland and the world.
In fact, when I was designing this medal, I had thought of many names, such as 'Pangu', 'Star of Hope', 'Dawn', 'Chasing the Sun' and so on.
But in the end, the name ‘Breaking Dawn’ was decided upon.
This is a gold medal made of 24K pure gold. The main pattern is composed of five-pointed stars, Tiananmen, the sky, rays of light, stars and other elements, with a colorful ribbon. It weighs 195.8 grams, corresponding to
It means the successful ending from 1958 to the present.
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In the auditorium, with his head lowered, Peng Hongxi clutched the golden medal on his chest tightly with his hands, tears already pouring out of the corners of his eyes.
He still vaguely remembered how high-spirited he was when he followed his mentor and entered the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics with other colleagues in 1971, when he was just thirty years old.
At that time, he also put aside his grandiose ambitions, wanted to learn from his mentors and great men, and spent twelve years to realize two bombs and one satellite to realize controllable nuclear fusion technology, giving the most precious gift to the motherland.
However, twelve years and twelve years later, he is now eighty-two years old. He has spent a full fifty-two years on the almost endless road of controllable nuclear fusion.
In more than fifty years, he has been confident, hopeful, confused, lethargic, and sometimes even thought about giving up. However, the only thing he did not have was regret. He has never regretted that he embarked on research.
On the path of controllable nuclear fusion, even if there was no hope of an end in sight in the first fifty years, I still had no regrets.
But now, he no longer has any regrets. Even if he leaves now to meet his mentor, he can proudly say that he has realized his dream!
I believe that my mentor is alive in heaven, and I will be proud of him.
On the other side, Wang Yongnian and Hou Chengping, two academicians from the Nuclear Industry Group, sat together and chatted quietly.
Touching the heavy 958 medal on his chest, Wang Yongnian said with emotion: "I always feel that I am not qualified to wear this medal."
On the side, Hou Chengping said with a smile: "Don't say that, the demonstration reactor project we led the team to build and the optimized power generation unit are still very good."
Wang Yongnian shook his head and said nothing.
Although they did make a great contribution to the construction of the controllable nuclear fusion demonstration reactor project, it belongs to the team. As for the combined generator, the core idea of optimizing it was also given by Professor Xu.
Although some details have been optimized, to be honest, other people can do these things.
Of course, what made him feel a little emotional today was not only the medal he wore on his chest, but also witnessing the rise of controllable nuclear fusion and the retirement of controllable nuclear fission power stations.
The Dawn Demonstration Reactor has been ignited successfully. It is estimated that no more nuclear fission power plants will be built in China in the future, right?
In other words, even if they are built, only one or two will be used for scientific research, and will not be used for large-scale power generation.
After all, the construction of each nuclear power plant requires billions or even tens of billions of funds. In contrast, a controllable nuclear fusion power plant can generate dozens of times the power of nuclear fission at the same price.
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However, for him, who has been engaged in nuclear power plant construction projects for decades, the familiar field has suddenly come to an end. It is impossible to say that he has no feeling in his heart.
Perhaps, after completing this commendation meeting, he should also consider retirement.
On the side, Hou Chengping, who had been a colleague for more than ten years, seemed to see what he was thinking. He smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Old Wang, you can't think of retiring now."
"The spark of controllable nuclear fusion has just been lit. As the first builders and witnesses, we must pass it on."
Wang Yongnian glanced at him and said softly: "That person is still there."
Hearing this, Hou Chengping laughed and said: "Forget it about counting on him. His energy should not and cannot be wasted on this. Even if he wants to do it, I have to drive him back to study other things."
After thinking for a while, Wang Yongnian put a smile on his face, nodded, and said: "That's right."
On the other side, compared to the excitement of others, Chen Mingji, who was also sitting in the front row, felt a little more complicated.
Although he is also one of the founders of China's controllable nuclear fusion, sitting here today with this medal that symbolizes the top honor in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, I always feel very uncomfortable.
Looking at the young man who was delivering a speech on the stage, Chen Mingji sighed and let him let bygones be bygones.
As for Xu Chuan, he didn't think too much about it.
To be honest, although he and Chen Mingji had some disputes due to some "butt" issues, everything disappeared when the set of top-notch ICFR heating antennas was delivered to the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Engineering Base.
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Moreover, in Xu Chuan's view, without the framework built by the older generation such as Peng Hongxi and Chen Mingji, he would not have been able to complete controllable nuclear fusion technology in just over two years.
In any case, he has cultivated a large number of talents and developed a lot of technologies.
After all, without these talents and technologies, even if he had the ability to solve various problems in controllable nuclear fusion, he would not be able to find a stove for cooking.