It didn't light up …
The moment these words came out, the entire command room fell silent.
The Rosatom Corporation engineers standing in front of the console looked at each other. Academician Vasily was dumbfounded.
"It didn't light up?! How is this possible? We … We cooperated with the Chinese engineers to complete the inspection, how could it not light up? "
The silence in the command room was broken by this sentence. The reporters, who had not yet figured out the situation, were in an uproar.
The ignition process failed!
This was a huge project worth tens of billions of dollars!
If this project couldn't run, it wouldn't be as simple as a joke. It would be a heavy blow to the entire Russian energy industry, and it would even affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Dean Wang, who was standing next to Minister Nowak, also had a dignified look on his face.
Obviously, he realized the seriousness of the problem.
He wasn't the only one who realized it. Minister Novak also realized it and immediately put on a serious expression.
"Find out what happened immediately!"
The engineer wearing a hard hat quickly nodded.
"Yes, sir! Mr. Minister, we are already doing that! "
Because of the sudden situation, the ignition ceremony was temporarily interrupted.
The only fortunate thing was that the ignition ceremony was not broadcasted live. The reporters present were all Russian media. They cooperatively handed over their memory cards, which prevented the impact of the accident from further expanding.
On the other hand, the Rosatom Corporation engineers were also anxious. They were running back and forth around the reactor, discussing with engineers from the China National Nuclear Corporation and East Asia Power about the reason for the ignition failure.
"… Theoretically, there shouldn't be a failure."
"But it did happen!"
"I know, but the reactor test was normal … It was just that there was a problem after it was installed."
The China engineer suddenly spoke, "Could it be that there was a problem with the nuclear power plant itself?
"Could it be a problem with the nuclear power plant itself? For example, a connection type — "
"There's no way there's a problem with our nuclear power plant!"
"There can't be a problem with our nuclear power plant!" The middle-aged man's face was as gloomy as iron, and he continued in an unfriendly tone, "I've said it before, these China people can't be trusted! They must have given us low-quality cores! "
Although it was said in a fit of anger, as soon as it was said, it immediately stirred up a hornet's nest. The China engineers present all had angry expressions on their faces.
Especially Academician Wang Zengguang, who had a bad temper, slammed the table and stood up.
"Inferior product? You dare to say that our nuclear core is inferior? Mr. Lermontov, I want to know if your words represent the opinion of Rosatom Corporation or your own opinion! "
"Mr. Lermontov, please watch your words!" Minister Nowak quickly reprimanded him. He then looked at Academician Wang Zengguang and said in a gentle tone, "Academician Wang, please don't get too worked up. I believe Mr. Lermontov is also angry, he definitely doesn't think this way …"
Lermontov raised his chin. Even though he didn't deny Minister Nowak's statement, he didn't express any apologies either.
Academician Wang still had a hint of anger on his face. If it weren't for the contract, he would have left already.
Academician Vasily, who was sitting on the side, tried to act as a peacemaker. He tried to persuade both sides to calm down, but it didn't seem to work.
At this point, the meeting obviously couldn't continue.
Even if they forced it to continue, it was foreseeable that the rest of the meeting would just be blaming each other.
Rosatom Corporation would never admit that the problem was on their side, and of course, East Asia Power wouldn't admit that there was a problem with the nuclear core either.
The only thing they could do now was pray that the engineers on the front line could bring back the right information.
Regardless of which side the problem was, they had to know where the problem was before they could solve it.
After the meeting, Academician Wang walked into the hallway and smoked a cigarette.
Lu Zhou waited for him to finish his cigarette before walking over to him.
Even though he didn't speak at the meeting, he had been thinking about where the problem might be.
Lu Zhou looked at Academician Wang and spoke.
"How's the progress?"
"It's very tricky."
Lu Zhou: "Have you checked the cooling system and the He-3 atom probe?"
Academician Wang: "I have."
After thinking for a second, Lu Zhou said, "Could it be the nuclear core catcher? I remember there's an active protection measure that can forcibly shut down the out-of-control reactor and terminate the ongoing nuclear reaction — "
"I've checked it, we've checked everything." Academician Wang Zengguang shook his head and said, "Do you think I don't know about it?"
Emmmm …
You're right.
For a time, Lu Zhou was lost in thought.
The problem seemed to be at an impasse.
The reactor's condition couldn't be any better, but the nuclear core couldn't be started.
After around an hour, the inspection report from the front line was sent over.
The preliminary diagnosis was that the nuclear core catcher, the cooling system, the energy interface … Everything that could be inspected was normal.
Only the reactor core.
This thing was equivalent to a "black box" for Russian nuclear engineers.
Without a clear understanding of the relevant technology, only the engineers from China could inspect this thing.
However, according to the agreement, China didn't need to show the complete technical details to the Russians.
Suddenly, the person in charge of Rosatom Corporation, Lermontov, stood up and spoke.
"Ensuring the normal operation of the reactor is the obligation of China companies. This is written in black and white on the contract, am I right?"
Academician Wang: "That's right."
"But for us now, the only uncertainty is whether there is a problem or not, and that is the reactor core, which has not yet been effectively inspected!"
Academician Wang responded in a serious manner to Lermontov's attack.
"Let me correct you, our engineers have already conducted a comprehensive inspection of the core, and you've seen the inspection report —"
Lermontov interrupted Academician Wang and spoke in a suspicious tone.
"Yes, you did, but who knows if you lied on the inspection report?"
Academician Wang looked at the guy in front of him who kept blaming them. He squinted his eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm raising a reasonable doubt." Lermontov stared at Academician Wang and said, "The biggest problem is the 'black box' of the nuclear core. I have reason to suspect that the problem is here. In order to accurately identify the cause of the failure, I want you to provide us or a third-party inspection agency with a complete inspection report. "
Academician Wang said, "This is different from the agreement."
Lermontov said aggressively, "Yes, because you didn't ensure the normal operation of the reactor, this is a breach of contract!"
Lermontov continued aggressively, "Yes, because you didn't ensure that the reactor was operating normally. You breached the contract first!"
"I don't think we violated the agreement, we are actively helping you solve the problem!"
Academician Wang looked at Minister Nowak, hoping that he could calm this guy down. However, the latter looked away.
Obviously, his opinion was swaying, swaying to Lermontov's side.
After all, this Helios Polymer Substation was not only tied to the future of Russia, but it was also tied to his path.
Maintaining the relationship with China was important, but it didn't mean that Russia would compromise. Now that the nuclear fusion power station couldn't operate successfully, other than the fact that it couldn't be inspected, there was no way to find the problem.
Therefore, he had reason to believe that the problem was with the nuclear core.
The situation was getting worse for East Asia Power. Lu Zhou, who hadn't spoken during the meeting, suddenly spoke.
"Can I have a look at the plasma turbulence monitoring data?"
"Monitoring data?" Lermontov frowned and looked at the director of security next to him. He then looked at Lu Zhou and said, "What's the point of that pile of messy data?"
The so-called plasma turbulence data was the law of plasma motion in the reaction chamber that was seen through the He3 atom probe. In other words, it was a mathematical model that described the trajectory of all the microfluidic elements in the reaction chamber.
This research result caused a sensation in the physics community for a while. Many scholars in the field of plasma physics claimed that this was a Nobel Prize-level achievement. It directly provided the theoretical basis for a series of magnetic confinement fusion reactors such as the stellarator.
However, for most people, this thing was no different from a bunch of messy numbers.
Just like how good programmers were unlikely to study machine languages such as 0 and 1, because that was the work of hardware such as the CPU.
Most importantly, the reactor wasn't lit at all. Even if they obtained the plasma turbulence monitoring data, what could it do to solve the problem?
Lu Zhou shrugged at Mao Zi's doubts.
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Lermontov shrugged with a blank expression.
"Whatever."
Even though Lermontov wasn't optimistic about what Lu Zhou could do with the data, he still agreed to Lu Zhou's request and asked the Rosatom Corporation technicians to obtain the plasma turbulence monitoring data.
The data was printed on a 200-page report and sent to the conference room.
When Academician Wang saw the thick stack of printed paper, his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch.
Forget about obtaining any useful information from it, let alone analyzing these things, it would take a lot of time to read all of these papers.
Lermontov sat on the side with his arms crossed. He quietly waited for Lu Zhou's next move. Academician Vasily and Minister Nowak also cast curious glances at Lu Zhou. They wanted to know what he was planning to do.
Actually, Lu Zhou didn't do anything special.
He just followed the observation time and found the plasma turbulence data from the first five seconds of the reactor fault diagnosis. He then glanced at the data.
After only five minutes, he put down the stack of printed paper in his hand.
Lermontov had a mocking smile on his face as he spoke in a sarcastic tone. "Did you see anything? My dear mathematician. "
However, Lu Zhou's next words surprised him.
Lu Zhou put down the report and spoke in a confident tone.
"Of course.
"The problem isn't with the nuclear core."
There was a commotion in the conference room.
Obviously, as an authoritative figure in the nuclear fusion field, Lu Zhou's words carried a lot of weight.
Lermontov was slightly stunned. He obviously didn't expect Lu Zhou to really be able to see something from the pile of messy data, and in such a short amount of time.
But soon after, his expression returned to normal, and he said with a hint of disapproval, "I know you guys would say that. We would also say that the problem isn't with the nuclear power plant itself."
Lu Zhou didn't deny his statement. He even nodded.
"You're right, the problem isn't with the nuclear power plant. I think I know what the problem is."
This time, not only was Lermontov stunned, but the Rosatom Corporation experts were also stunned. Even Academician Wang was stunned.
Minister Novak was the first to react, and he quickly asked.
He quickly asked, "What is the problem?"
Lu Zhou paused for a second and continued.
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the power grid."
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