The official documents came out very quickly.
They followed Lu Zhou's lead and flew from Beijing to Jinling.
The first to be dispatched was the Jinling military. They set up an isolation belt near the Purple Mountain.
Even though the entire research facility only covered an area of 80 acres, they cleared out nearly 800 acres of open space.
Even though controllable nuclear fusion had nothing to do with hydrogen bombs, it still had the word "nuclear" in its name.
As for anything related to the nuclear, even if it was absolutely safe from a technical point of view, it was still very difficult for people to get over it psychologically.
Fortunately, this area was in the suburbs, so the population density wasn't high.
What needed to be demolished was demolished, and what needed to be relocated was relocated. The compensation was 1.5 times the city's demolition compensation standard.
Following closely behind was the China National Nuclear Corporation's equipment.
Almost the same day after the bidding ended, more than a dozen trucks and engineering vehicles arrived at the site. They began to set up mobile homes on the open space.
Xiao Liu, who was standing guard, looked at the cement belts on the trucks.
"Nuclear construction, nuclear power cement … The higher-ups plan on building a nuclear power plant in Jinling?"
Xiao Li, who was standing next to him, shook his head and said, "Doesn't look like it. A nuclear power plant has to be near the sea, right? Who would build a nuclear power plant inland? "
Xiao Liu: "Then they're not doing nuclear tests."
Xiao Li shook his head and said, "That's even more impossible. Who would do nuclear tests in the coastal provinces? It has to be at least a thousand kilometers west! "
Xiao Liu couldn't help but say, "Then what do you think this is?"
Xiao Li looked at the Purple Mountain and said, "I'm guessing it's a nuclear fallout shelter. What's the saying? Set up camp near the mountains and water! Do you see the Purple Mountain? This thing is a natural nuclear bunker — "
"Stop guessing, do you think this is something you can guess? Stand guard obediently. "Old Zhao, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but reprimand him.
After being reprimanded by the veteran, the two rookies immediately shut their mouths.
Indeed, no matter what the state planned on building here, it wasn't something they could guess.
At this time, a military vehicle stopped beside the dirt road.
As the doors opened from both sides, a middle-aged man in military uniform with a dignified face and a very young man got out of the car.
The soldiers standing guard by the roadside immediately straightened their backs and saluted.
"Hello, Chief!"
"Hello, comrades."
The man nodded and returned a military salute. Without saying anything else, he led the young man beside him towards the construction site.
As Xiao Liu watched the group leader leave, he couldn't help but start chatting with Xiao Li.
"Say, who do you think the person behind our leader is?"
Clearly interested in this topic, Xiao Li looked at the young man's back.
"I don't know. He looks quite young. His neck is so white that he doesn't look like he's been in the army. He's probably from the logistics department."
After being kicked in the butt by the class leader, the talkative Xiao Liu and Xiao Li were finally well-behaved.
…
It took less than a week for the construction team to arrive at the site. This kind of efficiency could only be achieved in Hua Nation.
As Lu Zhou looked at the busy construction site, he couldn't help but feel emotional. He couldn't help but thank the person next to him.
"Regiment Leader Liao, thank you for your hard work."
Regiment Leader Liao smiled and said nonchalantly, "It's not hard work at all. It's our duty to protect our country. It's still up to scientists like you to build our country."
Party A on the "STAR" Stellarator Research Institute contract was the Jinling military. This was to ensure that the project could proceed smoothly and at the fastest speed.
Standing in front of Regiment Leader Liao and Lu Zhou was Sun Zhonghai, the chief engineer sent by Party B, China National Nuclear Construction Corporation.
Engineer Sun was already 60 years old. He had participated in the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. He had a lot of experience in the field of nuclear engineering.
Without any small talk, the old engineer opened up the engineering drawings next to the truck's hood and said to Lu Zhou, "This is the engineering drawings. Take a look and tell me if there's anything you need to improve."
The engineering drawings were modified from the research institute in Lu Yang. Even though the research institute in Lu Yang was used to store the tokamak, there wasn't much of a difference in engineering quality between the two.
Lu Zhou briefly looked at the drawings and said, "I don't understand these kinds of professional engineering drawings, so I'll just give you a few simple requirements."
Engineer Sun nodded and gestured for his assistant to take out a pen and paper. He was about to write down Lu Zhou's requirements.
Lu Zhou looked at the excavator next to him and thought for a moment.
"Safety is number one, followed by confidentiality. I don't have any special requirements for the facilities on the ground. Just follow the standards on the drawings. As for the underground part, I need a room that's about 500 square meters, mainly to store the stellarator. "
Engineer Sun followed the engineering drawings and looked around the construction site. He then said, "We can open a hole in the mountain and build a road into the mountain. We can embed the entire laboratory into the mountain. What do you think?"
Lu Zhou asked, "Won't it be troublesome to start construction on Purple Mountain?"
After all, Purple Mountain wasn't a barren mountain. There was a scenic area a few kilometers north. There were a lot of things to consider when constructing in a place like this.
Engineer Sun smiled and said nonchalantly, "This isn't troublesome at all. We're a national key project, so we have the highest priority. Not to mention, we're only opening a small hole at the foot of the mountain. It's not like we're doing a large-scale construction on the mountain. "
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "That's good. We have to ensure the safety of this laboratory."
Regiment Commander Liao asked in a serious tone, "Is it dangerous?"
Lu Zhou nodded and then shook his head. "There are risks in any experiment, even if the risk is small. Even if the risk isn't high, we're only doing this as a precaution. "
In theory, controllable nuclear fusion was safe. It wasn't like nuclear fission, which would produce a chain reaction. Once the device malfunctioned, the fusion reaction would stop.
However, even then, the high temperature plasma was hundreds of millions of degrees. Even if there wasn't a fusion reaction, there was still a certain degree of danger.
However, as long as the operation was done properly, the risk could be controlled.
Engineer Sun: "Don't worry about this, the cement used in the entire research institute is nuclear power cement."
Lu Zhou looked around and said, "There's also the traffic. The road conditions here don't seem to be good."
Regiment Commander Liao: "That's easy, I'll report the situation to the higher-ups. The higher-ups will talk to the city council and ask them to build a road nearby."
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