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Chapter 295 The experiment was a great success, nuclear power? This must be a conspiracy!

"It was over 1500 million degrees Celsius for 17 seconds. After the intensity of the reaction decayed, it continued to maintain that temperature..."

"It's been more than ten minutes now!"

Lu Ling shouted out the experimental situation with exclamation.

Two sentences can reveal a lot of information.

For example, the reaction stability is very strong.

Nuclear fusion reactions are unstable. If they do not reach the spontaneous anti-temperature, they will decay rapidly. Once they reach above 100 million degrees Celsius, their intensity will increase exponentially.

Now the experimental stability is very good, which is enough to prove the effect of the regulating material.

It is under the influence of the regulating material that the nuclear fusion reaction has stability, and there are many reasons for the reaction to decay.

When regulating the influence of the environment on the elements of a material, fission or other reactions are only one of the effects, and even the smallest one, because the affected elements are very rare and most elements simply show resistance.

The biggest reason is that the density of the raw materials in the vacuum furnace is too low and has not reached the critical line for stable reaction.

Simply put, there is a shortage of raw materials.

The so-called 1500 degrees Celsius in the experiment refers to the particle activity standard, not the actual temperature. When the density of the raw materials is insufficient, the probability of particles colliding with each other is low, and the reaction cannot be maintained spontaneously.

These are all within the expected range.

The experiment lasted for ten minutes, and heat was still detected, indicating that the particles in the vacuum furnace were still active.

Normally, the reaction would have ended long ago.

All these indicate that the regulating materials have worked and the experiment has achieved its biggest goal - verifying the role of the regulating materials.

After Lu Ling finished speaking, cheers were heard from the crowd in the room.

Zhang Shuo, Tong Zhiguo and others pushed the door open and were immediately surrounded by people. They kept saying, "The experiment was successful!"

"1500 million degrees Celsius was maintained for 17 seconds, which is higher than expected!"

"Just now when the base sent the message, I could hear cheers. (The experiment) has proven that the adjustment material is effective."

“This is a major success!”

When the role of regulating materials in controlling nuclear fusion is verified, it means that a new way to control nuclear fusion has been discovered, and it is also a technology for research in a new physics direction.

The new technology makes nuclear fusion control simple. There is no need for complex tokamak spiral magnetic field equipment, there will no longer be any problems with inertial control or magnetic control, and there is no need for extremely high superconducting materials.

and many more.

The new technology directly reacts after adding materials, which greatly reduces the difficulty of achieving controlled nuclear fusion. It can even be said that victory is just around the corner.

Zhang Shuo also cheered with everyone else and he felt very excited.

We have finally seen progress in the research on hydrogen bomb batteries. Hopefully, as long as the research continues, hydrogen bomb batteries will be manufactured in the near future, making gravity technology no longer a useless technology and allowing it to be used to manufacture all kinds of aircraft, even large spacecraft.

In the experimental base forty kilometers away, cheers from the laboratory continued.

Song Baoguo repeatedly emphasized the need to focus on the experiment and keep his joy to himself, but others couldn't help but discuss it excitedly.

In fact, even Song Baoguo himself couldn't suppress his excitement.

During the experiment, when he found that the internal reaction temperature was progressing and the decay rate was very slow, he excitedly shook his hands and said, "Success! We succeeded!"

When the reaction gradually died down and he directed the experiment to end, Song Baoguo rushed out of the laboratory immediately and couldn't help sharing his joy with others.

Zhang Shuo, Tong Zhiguo, and of course Lu Ling.

Song Baoguo kept talking about the experiment, but an old figure appeared in his mind - Tang Hua.

What he wanted most was to share his joy with Tang Hua. Perhaps the word "sharing" should not be used to describe it, but "showing off".

That's right, it's just showing off.

In the Tokamak reactor research team of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Song Baoguo has always been the second-in-command. He has been suppressed by Tang Hua for ten years. Tang Hua has always been in charge of various research, but in fact, most of the work was done by Song Baoguo.

The situation was relatively better in the past. There were no major research and no results to speak of.

In the past two years, Zhang Shuo and his team have collaborated twice, and each time there have been significant results, especially the last research on nuclear power conversion.

Tang Hua was about to retire, so his retirement was delayed for a few months.

If one sacrifices his retirement time for research, of course he should be affirmed and praised. The actual situation is that the team is the same with or without Tang Hua. Tang Hua is basically not responsible for any affairs, he just shares the results.

Tang Hua finally retired, and he also led his team to participate in a major research.

Now that such a great achievement has been made, Song Baoguo hopes to "share" his joy with Tang Hua. After Tang Hua knows about this, he might feel very regretful?
Regret retiring early?
Do you regret not having the opportunity to participate in such an important research?

Or, just think that it will be fine if you can just hold on a little longer?
What Song Baoguo most wanted to see was Tang Hua's regretful expression.

It’s not that he has any grudge against Tang Hua, as he was also trained by Tang Hua, but there is always an old academician above him suppressing him, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Seeing Tang Hua’s regretful or envious look was just too perfect.

"It's a pity that I can't tell Old Man Tang directly..."

"Ah~~"

This is what Song Baoguo regrets. The confidentiality of the experiment means that the news cannot be told to people outside the base.

Zhang Shuo, Tong Zhiguo and his team returned to the experimental base.

At this time, the excitement and excitement had passed, and we returned to the base to check the data and then explain the next steps.

Not much raw material was added in the experiment, which was also in plan. One reason was to ensure safety, and the other was to continuously increase the material density in each experiment to obtain more accurate data.

When the material density is high, theoretically the time to maintain the interval temperature will be longer.

If this happens several times in a row, we can consider that the theory has been verified and there are no problems with the technology.

The next step is to move towards application transformation.

For example, modifications can be made to add nuclear power conversion devices to allow the equipment to output electricity continuously and conduct basic experimental tests.

When we are able to export electricity stably, it means that we have mastered the nuclear fusion battery technology.

Then, there is safety testing.

Safety testing requires continuously increasing the density of raw materials and increasing the intensity of reaction to test the limits of equipment. This is relatively dangerous and is also the final preparation before technology application.

In any case, the research has taken the most important step.

It will be much easier later.

A summary meeting was held within the experimental base, at which the experimental data were explained, the problems encountered were summarized, the next steps of work were explained, etc.

After the meeting, the base reported to its superiors.

In fact, the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau knew the news first.

Despite his busy schedule, Teacher Li also paid attention to the experimental situation.

When he learned that the experiment was successful and the effect of the regulating material was verified, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is another important technology!"

"The role of the regulating material has been verified, which means that there is no insurmountable technical barrier for hydrogen bomb battery technology."

"Application is a matter of time... When exactly can it be applied?"

He still cares about this.

Tong Zhiguo said, "I am not sure about the application. It has just started, and it will probably take at least a year."

"If everything goes well, it may only take half a year."

Teacher Li was a little surprised by Tong Zhiguo's estimate. He asked, "It will take a long time to make a prototype, right?"

"will not."

Tong Zhiguo shook his head and explained, "If it reaches the stage of application, manufacturing is not a problem. The most important part of the nuclear fusion battery is the vacuum reactor, and subsequent research on nuclear power conversion will be carried out. I asked Professor Song Baoguo, and he said that the nuclear power conversion device is also very easy, it just needs a simple modification, and in terms of technical complexity, it is not even as complex as the generator."

If it is a tokamak nuclear reactor, it will take at least two years to manufacture the device, and it is impossible to complete it in one year at the fastest. This is mainly because most of the parts are custom-made.

Today's experimental equipment is different. The core is the vacuum reactor, and nuclear power conversion equipment will be added later, and the technical requirements are not high.

The core of the device and technology is still the adjustment material.

As long as the material ratio is adjusted correctly, everything else is easy.

……

On the other side of the ocean, the information center building.

Dennis White and Tyler Wilson, nuclear reactor research scholars from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sat together in the reception room waiting.

They were invited here, but after arriving at the information center, they stayed in the reception room.

Both of them felt a little nervous.

Dennis White was still a little bit expectant. "Taylor, do you think they are going to support our research?"

"will not."

Taylor Wilson shook his head and guessed, "If they were supporting research, they wouldn't have let us come here. It should be related to intelligence information, perhaps new nuclear physics?" As he spoke, his eyes lit up.

The research White was talking about is the tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.

He is the head of MIT's nuclear fusion reactor project, and his research has yielded remarkable results over the past two decades.

Last year, their latest research achievement was a breakthrough in materials.

In fact, the biggest difficulty in controlling nuclear fusion in Tokamak is materials. The technology itself is already very mature, but the materials are the hurdle that is difficult to break through.

They found a new superconducting material that can increase the superconducting control temperature from 4 Kelvin to 20 Kelvin.

This can reduce the cost of nuclear fusion reactors to one fortieth of the original cost, significantly reduce the reaction cost, and make the possibility of putting it into application higher.

There are different directions of controlled nuclear fusion technology among countries around the world.

Dennis White's team uses inertial control to confine nuclear fusion, while domestic teams prefer magnetic confinement.

Of course, it doesn’t matter anymore.

After the country unveiled its new nuclear energy technology and announced the construction of the world's first new nuclear energy power plant, nuclear fusion reactor research around the world was affected.

The same thing happened to Dennis White's team; they lost funding and could not continue their research.

He has been working constantly in the hope that his research can regain support.

Unfortunately, little was gained.

Now that he was suddenly invited to the information center, Dennis White was somewhat looking forward to getting government support so that he could continue his research on nuclear fusion reactors.

Taylor Wilson is also a member of the team. He is much younger than Dennis White and is only in his 30s.

When Wilson was a teenager, he designed a nuclear reactor himself and became famous at a young age. He was also received by top decision makers.

Now Wilson has become the number two man on Dennis White's team, but nothing seems to matter anymore.

What young genius, young fame...

Because of the focus on nuclear fusion research, which was then abandoned, all efforts were wasted.

So, choice is more important than effort.

Wilson was still young, and he already had a new choice, which was to study new nuclear physics, or to put it bluntly, the nuclear fission reaction of atomic nuclei.

Nuclear fission is a technology only available in China, but Wilson believes that he should prepare early, read more theoretical content, and better understand the source point theory, so that he will have the opportunity to participate in the research of new nuclear physics in the future.

As the two were talking, several people pushed the door open.

The official walking in front took the initiative to shake hands with White and Wilson and apologized, "Dr. White, Dr. Wilson, sorry to have kept you waiting. We were just in a meeting about an intelligence message."

Wilson looked at White with a look that said, 'I knew it.'

White shrugged nonchalantly.

The official walked over and sat down, then said, "We have news that the West Coast of the Ocean is doing a somewhat confusing research related to tokamak confined nuclear fusion, which is your field."

"What exactly is it?" Dennis White asked bluntly.

"We found the Tokamak device. It was on the road. It took more than a month to transport. It was so huge..."

"It's a very long distance from the Institute of Nuclear Physics to an uninhabited area."

"That's the specific information, but we all know they have new nuclear energy technology, so why do they still need to use a tokamak device?"

"We all think it is very unusual. If we add another piece of technological news, nuclear power generation, it is even more unusual."

"You know about nuclear power, right?"

White and Wilson nodded together.

If it were other scholars, they might not know about nuclear power conversion technology at all, but they have been studying nuclear fusion and of course they know the results published by the Institute of Nuclear Physics team and Zhang Shuo.

In the specific reaction intensity range of nuclear fusion, the electrical signal is directly detected!

Dennis White thought about it and said, "Could it be that we use new nuclear energy technology to study nuclear-to-electricity technology?"

“This way, electricity can be exported directly.”

Before he could finish his words, Wilson directly denied them.

"impossible!"

"Nuclear fission can affect any substance or material. No matter what the key technology for nuclear power conversion is, there must be materials or components that go deep into the reaction."

“Materials and components would be affected by the reaction, and nuclear power generation would be impossible.”

Wilson finished speaking and thought, "Maybe it's about studying nuclear power technology?"

"For example, if they find a technology that can keep nuclear fusion going at low temperatures, and use the tokamak device and nuclear power to generate electricity continuously?"

Dennis White curled his lips when he heard this. Nuclear fusion requires an environment of 100 million degrees Celsius to proceed autonomously.

Low temperature, nuclear fusion?

What a rich imagination!
However, White did not refute Wilson's words. After all, it was just a guess, and he was more looking forward to seeing the officials' reaction.

The official immediately asked, "Is it really possible? Low-temperature nuclear fusion, stable reaction, and continuous output of electricity?"

"With this technology, we can use it to make power systems for large-scale equipment, such as aircraft, warships, and even space shuttles..."

"I think...it's possible."

Dennis White said something against his will.

He thought what Wilson said was outrageous. The spontaneous reaction of nuclear fusion requires an environment of 100 million degrees Celsius, which is already ingrained in their minds as the "correct" content.

But he still gave affirmation, "It is possible. In the face of new physics, everything is possible."

"A lot of common sense has been overturned. Nuclear fusion may be possible. Moreover, the whole world knows that Professor Zhang Shuo is also studying nuclear fusion and tokamak devices."

The officer nodded in agreement.

Wilson looked puzzled, he felt that there was something wrong with Dennis White.

Then he knew why.

The official thought for a moment and said, “Maybe they should consider continuing to support nuclear fusion research. They have released new nuclear energy technology, but they continue to research nuclear fusion.”

"And we, or rather, other countries and institutions, have suspended research because of this."

"This doesn't look right..."

"Maybe a conspiracy?"

(End of this chapter)