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Chapter 770 Are the Xia people about to start building a demonstration reactor?
Just as the world was in turmoil, in Kyoto...

The old man is looking at the report in his hand.

"Your Excellency, as you can see, the competition in the field of controlled nuclear fusion has entered a fierce stage."

"Qiankun-1 provides concrete evidence: Controlled nuclear fusion has leaped from a scientific concept to an engineering reality. While the United States and Japan are still lingering in laboratories, China has already obtained its ticket to the commercialization club of controlled nuclear fusion, and has the opportunity to become the first civilization to ignite fusion energy."

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Qiankun-1 1-Hour Q>10 Experimental Certification Report
[Biomimetic Tritium Proliferation Coating Patent Technology Specification]

After a while, the old man finished reading the technical report and letter, and looked at An Haofeng, "What do you think of the project to build a demonstration reactor?"

"I agree. The expert group in the ministry conducted extensive research and unanimously agreed that Professor Xu's proposed solution is both advanced and feasible."

He was deeply shocked when he received the news.

When they last met, Xu Qingzhou said that he would achieve a net energy gain within a year. He was actually quite skeptical, but who would have thought that he would achieve a breakthrough in less than half a year, and a breakthrough that would attract worldwide attention.

The old man smiled and nodded, picked up the pen, and signed his name on the document.

United States, Department of Energy.

"Oh, damn it, I should be sitting in my office having a hot coffee right now, instead of worrying about these awful things and going around apologizing to our friends."

Minister Phils Ram was furious in the conference room. He looked around and his gaze fell on Marco. "Mr. Marco, if I remember correctly, your previous reports all told me that Qiankun-1 was not a threat. I need a reasonable explanation now."

The others remained silent, terrified.

No one expected that the Xia people would be so fast, extending the duration of controlled nuclear fusion to the hour level.

"My team analyzed the data released by Xia Guo."

Marco was sweating profusely. "Theoretically speaking, Qiankun-1 shouldn't be this fast."

"Is this your explanation?"

"I am very sorry, this is my dereliction of duty. They most likely improved the first wall material and developed a new divertor, otherwise it would have been impossible to withstand such a high-intensity experiment."

"I called you here not to hear your reasons for failure."

Ram said in a deep voice, “In the past year, the Department of Energy has spent $500 billion on controlled nuclear fusion experiments, and as far as I know, the total investment in Q1-NTST did not exceed $40 billion. What I mean is, you should now find a way to convince our taxpayers that this money has been used worthwhile.”

Marco said, forcing a smile, "I've already gathered experts to come and prepare to re-plan the progress of our equipment, but it will take time."

At this moment, the assistant beside him whispered, "Mr. Ram, according to the latest news from Xia Kingdom, they have approved the construction of the Qiankun Demonstration Reactor."

"In addition, the committee would like you to come over."

Ram's face darkened. "Because of your stupidity, I must be prepared to be severely reprimanded by the committee."

"I need to see a practical solution on my desk within a week."

Before leaving, he paused: "Or, you can put your resignation letters here. Believe me, you will be unemployed before I am fired."

After Ram left, Marco didn't waste any time and summoned the NIF officials.

"Mr. Rosen, if our device operates at full capacity, can it last for 60 minutes?"

The elderly man is none other than Glenn Rosen, the chief scientist at the NIF.

Professor Rosen smiled wryly: "To be honest, let alone 60 minutes, it would be a blessing from God if it could even run for 6 minutes."

Given the current state of their equipment, the first wall material would definitely be burned to ashes within 60 minutes.

Professor Rosen was also quite frustrated. They had just completed their research on tritium self-sustaining technology and had hoped to showcase their skills on the world stage, but...
Marco rubbed his temples, looking exasperated. "What about our DIII-D tokamak? They've been saying they have good news for me these past few days."

Marco persisted, asking the same question.

"They had previously planned to conduct an ignition experiment with a net energy gain of 1 minute."

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In the past, Marco would have been excited to hear this news, but now, he only feels heartbroken.

Professor Rosen hesitated, saying, "Judging from the current pace of development, it will be difficult to catch up with Xia Guo in a short period of time. Unless we concentrate our nuclear physics scientists on a large-scale, specialized breakthrough, in terms of personnel, and especially funding."

Professor Rosen astutely realized that this was a good time to ask for money.

Extensive iterative experiments will undoubtedly promote project development; quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and this applies equally to scientific research.

"At this time, I think the higher-ups would be very willing to foot the bill for this experiment."

Marco said seriously, "But Mr. Rosen, in any case, you must come up with a plan in the shortest possible time, a plan that can convince Parliament and our allies."

Kyoto, Nishiyama No.1 House.

Xu Qingzhou lay lazily on the sofa, while Song Yao went out shopping with her friend Zhang Qiong and hadn't returned yet.

On October 12, after completing the second ignition test, he was busy organizing data with Ren Nan and others. In addition, he also prepared a construction report for the demonstration reactor.

After working continuously for more than a month, I was a little numb, but fortunately, hard work pays off and the project was approved.

The demonstration site is currently located in the Longwan area on the outskirts of Xiong'an.

Currently, technicians have gone to the site to conduct on-site exploration, and construction can begin once the details are finalized.

The next step is equally challenging, requiring coordination with partner organizations and the production of design drawings.

A demonstration reactor is a large-scale project that cannot be handled by a single unit.

For example, in terms of size, the plasma volume in the laboratory is only 10m³, but the plasma volume in the demonstration reactor has reached 240m³.

The first step is pile driving.

For safety, the core reactor is located 500-700 meters underground in rock strata, with the underground space constructed in layers for energy conversion, cooling systems, and safety protection layers.

Although the researchers at the institute boast that they can do anything, they actually can't do these kinds of jobs.

What is currently confirmed is that the entire infrastructure project will be undertaken by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is a household name.

It is the only entity in China's nuclear science and technology industry, possessing a complete nuclear science and technology industrial system, leading nuclear energy development, nuclear power plant construction, and nuclear technology application, and achieving batch export of nuclear power plants.

It is absolutely the most authoritative authority in the domestic nuclear energy field.

"Aside from the site construction for the demonstration reactor, the most important thing left is the technical personnel."

According to Xu Qingzhou's estimate, the entire construction and operation of the demonstration reactor will require approximately 600 people, including plasma physics experts and superconducting engineers, materials science and thermal fluid experts, radiochemistry and nuclear engineering talents, and so on.

The institute's current staff of about 100 people are not enough to handle this.

Recruitment can begin next week.

(End of this chapter)