Haizhou.
China National Nuclear Corporation laboratory.
Academician Wang Zengguang was sitting in front of an experiment table with a pair of glasses on his nose. He meticulously stared at the blueprints in his hand and frowned as if he was thinking about something.
When the controllable fusion miniaturization project was established, the task of designing a smaller ferrofluid electric energy generator for the reactor fell on the shoulders of the China National Nuclear Corporation, which was involved in the design of the Pangu reactor.
Even though the controllable fusion miniaturization project wasn't promising, as the head of the China National Nuclear Corporation, he still resolutely took the lead.
There was only one reason.
Other than his trust in Lu Zhou, who led them to victory, it was also his responsibility.
Suddenly, his phone on the table began to ring.
Wang Zengguang frowned. He hated being interrupted when he was busy, but when he saw the name of the caller, he immediately dismissed the idea of not picking it up. He reached for the phone and pressed the button to answer the call.
The moment the call connected, he didn't even have the time to say "Hello?" A hearty voice with a hint of excitement came from the other end of the phone.
"Academician Wang, are you done with the ferrofluid electric energy generator?"
When Academician Wang heard Lu Zhou's words, he suddenly smiled and said, "You're worried about us? We'll be able to get you a prototype in a month at the latest. How's your side doing?"
The ferrofluid electric energy generator was a small matter. It looked high-end, but it wasn't high tech at all. The key was the reactor itself. If they couldn't build a reactor, then the ferrofluid electric energy generator or the combined cycle would be useless.
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Is there any progress? It's already done, does that count as progress? "
The other end of the phone went silent for a few seconds.
After a while, Academician Wang coughed.
"Ahem, what did you just say, I didn't hear you clearly …"
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke louder. He repeated what Academician Wang said.
"I said, we've already solved the miniaturization of controllable fusion!"
With a bang, the phone exploded. Lu Zhou was so scared that he subconsciously moved the phone half an inch away and looked at the phone screen strangely.
You even dropped your phone?
It couldn't be.
Just as Lu Zhou was thinking about this, there was a commotion on the other end of the phone. Academician Wang, who had hurriedly picked up the phone from the ground, threw a series of questions at Lu Zhou in an urgent tone.
"Done? Already done? The problem of heat dissipation was solved? You're planning to install that thing on a spacecraft. Don't tell me you changed the design of the Pangu reactor into a smaller version? "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "The reactor doesn't use magnetic confinement. It's similar to inertial confinement plus pulse ignition … Anyway, I can't explain it clearly over the phone. You'll know when you have time."
Academician Wang: "I'll be right there!"
After saying that, the phone beeped and hung up.
…
The fusion research institute of the China National Nuclear Construction Corporation was in Haizhou, right next to the Pangu reactor. Firstly, it was convenient to provide technical support to the East Asia Power. Secondly, it was safer to be close to the army.
From Haizhou to Jinling, they had to cross more than half of Jiangsu Province. They also had to pass through a small section of Anhui Province, so it was really inconvenient.
Even so, early the next morning, Academician Wang Zengguang still rushed to the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study with his two students.
Academician Wang wasn't the only person who came, Director Li, who Lu Zhou had just met a while ago, was also there.
"Professor Lu, long time no see!"
Director Li stared at Lu Zhou and walked toward him with a smile on his face. He reached out his hand from afar.
Lu Zhou shook his hand and smiled as he said, "Nice to meet you, Director Li. It hasn't been that long, right?"
Seeing that Director Li was about to say a few more polite words, Academician Wang, who had rushed over from Haizhou, couldn't wait any longer. He impatiently urged Director Li.
"Okay, okay, let's talk later. Where's the stuff? Hurry up and take me there. "
Director Li smiled and said, "Um … Professor Wang, you're right. Professor Lu, how about … we go in first?"
Lu Zhou smiled and turned around.
"Come with me."
Lu Zhou led the group of people to a laboratory in the corner of the institute.
Sitting in the middle of the laboratory was the experimental reactor model designed by the miniaturization of controllable fusion project team.
Academician Wang looked at the pitch-black cylinder with a diameter of two meters, the inverted conical interface connecting the upper and lower ends, and the messy wires. He opened his mouth and spoke after a while.
After a while, he said, "You're going to use this thing … for nuclear fusion?"
He didn't say this out loud.
Just this thing ….
Will it work?
The two PhD students behind Academician Wang also couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Putting aside the question of whether he was ugly or not …
This thing is a bit too small, right?
Considering the fact that a layer of thermal insulation and neutron shielding material had to be added outside of the core, this two-meter-diameter cylinder might not even be able to contain a two-centimeter diameter nuclear core.
Lu Zhou, who was standing next to Academician Wang, smiled.
"It does look a bit crude, but it has all the essentials. After all, this is just an experimental reactor. We'll have to adjust the details when it's installed."
Lu Zhou paused for a second and didn't explain the theory in detail. Instead, he looked at Sheng Xianfu, who was standing next to him with his back straight.
"Can you demonstrate it to Academician Wang and Director Li?"
"Okay!"
Sheng Xianfu walked next to the device in high spirits and gestured to the two researchers next to him.
"Start the microwave heating device!"
"Okay!"
The microwave heating device was turned on, and the reactor began to heat up. When the temperature reached more than 180 degrees Celsius, the liquid lithium covered by the thermal insulation material gradually melted into a flowing liquid.
Immediately afterward, the deuterium-tritium gas mixture was injected into the device through the air inlet. It was heated and ionized into high-temperature plasma as it passed through the ionization chamber. The liquid lithium was like a bullet that was shot into the nuclear core. It periodically released ultrasonic waves and vibrated periodically.
The second the bubble collapsed to its smallest volume, the peak temperature of the bubble instantly exceeded ten million degrees.
However, this wasn't the most shocking thing.
Academician Wang Zengguang stared at the rising value on the neutron dose detector. The two students behind him also stared at the device with their eyes shining.
Director Li stood on the side, dumbfounded. He gulped and asked in a quiet voice.
"Is this … done?"
Academician Wang nodded stiffly and spoke with a trembling voice.
"… It's done!"
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