With reports from the Nuclear Industry Times, China Newspaper and other media, as well as Xu Chuan's paper posted on arxiv, the field of controllable nuclear fusion has once again set off a big wave.
Not only the United States, but also the European Union, Japan, South Korea and other countries that have the ability to build their own fusion reactors have almost all set their sights.
In just two or three days, miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion has attracted the attention and attention of most developed countries around the world.
It has to be said that compared to large-scale controllable nuclear fusion reactors, small-scale controllable nuclear fusion reactors are indeed much more sensitive.
Especially when it is small enough to be applied to aircraft carriers, battleships, and fighter jets, the already tense nerves of various countries are involuntarily stretched even tighter.
Of course, this is also a new opportunity for the market.
The importance of miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion technology has instantly created a huge market.
At least tens of billions of dollars of funds have flowed out from the governments of various countries or from large capitalists and consortia, and have been invested in research and development.
It's just a pity that this will be destined to be nothing.
There may be some research institutions that can harvest some technologies that are helpful for large-scale controllable nuclear fusion reactors from this project, but overall, compared to the investment in it, it is just a drop in the bucket.
But then again, the investment in miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion, which is progressing vigorously abroad, has not seen any movement at all in China.
Otherwise, because of the sensitivity of this technology, most domestic private companies or capital cannot get involved.
As for whether it is good or bad, we can only say that each one has his or her own opinion.
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The outside world is making a lot of noise, but it means nothing to Xu Chuan.
After Xinghai Research Institute's miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology got on track, he focused his attention on another matter.
The Large Hadron Collider!
After deliberation by the CERN Board of Directors, CERN's member states finally defeated the minority with a majority vote and passed the decision to exchange technology for membership seats in the Large Strong Particle Collider built by China.
In particular, reports on miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion technology have accelerated this decision-making process.
For the European Union, instead of spending more money on basic scientific research equipment such as the Large Hadron Collider, they are more willing to invest money in research on controllable nuclear fusion.
After all, research in the field of high-energy physics is basically fully open to the public.
Even CERN, when China did not join as a member state in the early days, did not refuse the entry of Chinese physicists and related academic institutions.
It's just that at that time, compared with CERN's own member states, the chances of Chinese scholars applying for the right to use the collider were smaller, but it was not impossible.
This is not incomprehensible. After all, every time the Large Strong Particle Collider is started, money is burned.
In the absence of fixed funding support, academic research applications from outsiders will naturally be more stringent.
This is quite normal.
Moreover, research in the field of high-energy physics has already surpassed the application of science and technology, which took more than ten years, even decades, or even hundreds of years.
Just like the discovery of the Higgs boson, apart from closing the last major loophole in the Standard Model, it has done little to promote applied science and technology in the real world.
After all, even if it is known that the mass of particles is derived from the Higgs field, it will not be possible to develop corresponding scientific equipment in accordance with relevant theories in a short period of time, even a century or two, or even longer.
This kind of research in the cutting-edge field of physics is not something that can be completed by one country or a team. It requires all countries in the world to unite and advance together.
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On the other side, Jinling.
In the office of NTU, Xu Chuan had just finished processing a work email on large-scale strong particle collisions when his assistant Tang Ran walked over with light steps.
"Professor, Secretary Wu Tianhua of the City of Star City in your hometown in southern Hunan would like to meet with you."
Xu Chuan raised his head, glanced at her, and asked, "Now?"
Tang Ran nodded and said, "Well, Secretary Wu is already waiting in another conference room."
Xu Chuan put down the mouse in his hand, stood up and said, "Take me there."
Following Tang Ran, Xu Chuan quickly rushed to the reception room of Nanda.
Although his own rank is higher than that of the city secretary of a prefecture-level city like Star City, people came to him in person and in the name of his hometown, so they certainly can't keep people waiting.
In the reception room, sitting with Wu Tianhua were the school leaders and working secretaries of NTU.
Seeing Xu Chuan open the door and walk in, Wu Tianhua stood up with a smile on his face, walked over quickly, enthusiastically stretched out his hands to hold Xu Chuan's hand and shook it: "Hello, Academician Xu, I've taken the liberty to come and disturb you today.
Your research work is over, please say sorry first."
Xu Chuan smiled, shook hands with him, and said, "That's right, Secretary Wu, you are too polite."
Wu Tianhua said with a smile: "It's better to see than to hear for a long time. Academician Xu looks younger and more promising than I imagined. It is the eternal pride of my hometown to have a great scholar like you in southern Hunan."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said modestly: "I just did what a scholar should do."
After a few words of greeting, Wu Tianhua looked at Xu Chuan with a smile and said, "I have taken the liberty to disturb Academician Xu's research this time. The main reason is to ask Academician Xu to help guide the scientific research and development work in his hometown."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment. He was an academic engaged in scientific research, and he was giving guidance on the development work of southern Hunan? Although it was scientific research, it was too far away, right?
On the sofa, Wu Tianhua said with a smile: "To be honest, I came here mainly because I wanted to ask Academician Xu for a favor."
With that said, the restrained personal assistant sitting on the sofa quickly stood up and handed over a document with respectful hands.
Xu Chuan took it with a hint of doubt and started reading it.
"Report on the Feasibility of Building a Large Strong Particle Collider in Star City"
After reading the title, Xu Chuan knew why Secretary Wu came to find him.
Promoting scientific research projects for his hometown.
