The predecessor of the National Controllable Fusion Energy Program Execution Center was the International Controllable Fusion Energy Program Execution Center. Ever since China withdrew from ITER, the name was changed. Before this, Zhou Chengfu had been the director.
Just by looking at Academician Pan's expression, Lu Zhou knew that the academicians this old man was talking about were probably the ones that Academician Pan talked about.
After all, with Lu Zhou's connections in the Chinese academic community, he wouldn't be able to convince a few academicians to write letters for him.
Lu Zhou couldn't help but go into deep thought.
Should I accept this or not?
He thought for a bit and said, "I'm already the chief designer of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor project. Wouldn't it be bad for me to also be the director of the National Controllable Fusion Energy Program Execution Center? Not to mention, I'm already very busy with research, I don't have the time. "
"There's nothing bad about it, it's common for people to have multiple jobs in academia. Not to mention that these two jobs don't conflict with each other, and it won't take up too much of your time. " Academician Pan shook his head and said, "Just be the director, and the specific work will be given to the assistant or secretary. If you really don't want to manage it, just give it to the deputy director."
If it were an ordinary person, Academician Pan would definitely not have suggested this. After all, everything was thrown to the assistant, and it was too common for the principal to be a mere figurehead.
But for Lu Zhou …
I don't have to worry about this kind of thing.
Academician Pan saw that Lu Zhou didn't seem convinced, so he continued to speak.
"If you don't plan on doing it, it won't be appropriate to promote any of the deputy directors. I don't need to tell you the reason, you can probably figure it out. If a leader from the Energy Bureau comes over, it's fine if he's not familiar with the work, but I'm afraid that he'll become a layman and seriously delay the progress of the project. Right now, we're concentrating on big things, so we must do everything possible to avoid wasting resources in unnecessary places. "
Lu Zhou: "… I'll think about it."
Seeing that Lu Zhou had his own opinion, Academician Pan didn't try to persuade him anymore. He just nodded.
"Okay then, think about it. The Energy Bureau will probably ask for your opinion in advance. Oh yeah, the stellarator … should be fine, right? "
Maybe it was because Lu Zhou talked about concentrating on big things, Academician Pan was a little nervous.
Unlike laymen, this word was quite a headache for researchers.
Concentrating one's strength to do big things was indeed more efficient, but the premise was that the direction of the effort was right.
Even though Academician Pan knew that the possibility of him being wrong was very small, he still couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Lu Zhou immediately coughed lightly. "We've already come this far. Don't randomly raise flags."
Academician Pan was stunned for a moment. "What's Flegg?"
Lu Zhou: "… You can think of it as another way of saying 'jinx'."
"You young people, can't you just say something that I can understand? My granddaughter always says things that are difficult to understand." Academician Pan shook his head and stood up from the sofa. He said, "Okay, I'm relieved that you're so confident. I'm not going to chat with you anymore, I'm going back to Shangjing. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Take care."
…
Finally, after some careful consideration, Lu Zhou accepted Academician Pan's proposal and became the director of the National Controllable Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center.
As for the financial, personnel, and other administrative tasks of the execution center, the original arrangements would remain the same. If there was a need, he could make adjustments when the time came.
Lu Zhou didn't need this position to achieve any political goals. All he needed was for this organization to continue to operate according to his ideas and not cause trouble for his research.
Anyway, this execution center would probably need to be reorganized after the nuclear fusion demonstration reactor was completed.
At that time, he would be able to retire and resign from his position as the director.
On the second weekend of Zhou Chengfu's resignation, Lu Zhou received the official appointment document.
Almost at the same time, there was good news from the China National Nuclear Corporation.
Academician Wang returned to the demonstration reactor site and immediately found Lu Zhou. He was so excited that he didn't even have time to greet Lu Zhou before he went straight to the point.
"The set of blueprints you gave us is very useful. We've basically solved the LPC-1 material production problem! We can start production by the end of the month! "
When Lu Zhou heard this news, he smiled and immediately spoke.
"Where is the factory being built?"
Academician Wang: "In Chang 'an!"
Ceramic-Based composite materials were widely used in the aerospace industry. Because of their high temperature resistance, high strength, and relatively light weight, they were mainly used in liquid rocket engine nozzles and missile radomes.
The largest ceramic-based composite material production base in China was in Chang 'an. Therefore, the LPC-1 material production plant, which was jointly owned by the China National Nuclear Corporation and the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials, was also built there.
But Chang 'an …
That's deep into the heart of China.
Lu Zhou: "… Isn't it too far to build it in Chang 'an?"
Actually, according to his plan, the production could be built near Haizhou. This way, if there were any production problems, the researchers from the Institute of Computational Materials could go over and help.
Just like the SG-1 superconducting material, from upgrading the production line to solving a series of technical problems, the researchers from the Institute of Computational Materials helped a lot.
Academician Wang shook his head and said, "It's not far, it only takes two days to transport by rail. It's also very close to our production base in Rongcheng. After the materials are produced, they can be directly transported to Rongcheng for processing, then sent to Haizhou for assembly. "
There was one thing that Academician Wang didn't say, which was production safety issues. Inland production was much safer than coastal production.
After all, even though this wasn't military technology, it was still related to nuclear technology, so it was considered a sensitive technology.
Lu Zhou nodded and didn't say anything else.
"Okay then, you guys are experts in this field, so I won't say anything else. As for the processing of the stellarator orbit … Is there no problem on your side? "
When Academician Wang heard this question, he waved his hand and spoke.
"Don't worry about that. Twenty years ago, experts in the nuclear industry would visit the French nuclear power plant. Even if they looked at it from afar, they would still be able to come back and make a good prototype. After all, we've been studying the STAR machine for half a year. We've disassembled and researched it many times, and we were the ones who modified the coil for you. If we can't make this thing work, we might as well go back to farming! "
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke.
"That won't do. Without you guys, this project can't continue. If we want to go back to farming, we have to wait until our demonstration reactor is connected to the grid. "
When Academician Wang heard this, he was happy. He squinted his eyes and smiled, but he didn't say anything.
The phrase "without you guys, this project can't be carried out" was like a stab in his heart.
The feeling of being valued was quite good.
Especially since this person was a Nobel Prize laureate …
After pausing for a second, Lu Zhou said, "The material production problem has been solved. How long will it take for the stellarator orbit to be in place?"
Without any hesitation, Academician Wang answered this question confidently.
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