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Chapter 97 Researching fusion = Going against the grain

The world-famous "Time" magazine has launched a special issue, and on the cover is the ladder leading directly to space on Penglai Island!

"So far! The greatest super project in human history has been born!" This is a comment written by the editor-in-chief of Time magazine himself.

In the report, they described in detail the construction and testing process of the space elevator.

"It is undeniable that although it is the power that unites the world, Chinese enterprises and scientists played the most important role in the design and manufacturing of the space elevator! This is a great creation in the history of human engineering!"

"The road to space has been paved, and it is on Penglai Island in China!"

"It's really built!" Countless people around the world are celebrating and cheering.

"China is so amazing. I always thought it was impossible to build a space elevator, but I didn't expect it would only take two years!" said a netizen from the island country with emotion.

"Such a great project does not belong to our country." American netizens were shocked and felt a little regretful.

"I want to go to Penglai Island to see it myself!"

“What would it be like to ride in an elevator into space?”

In Europe, people were surprised when they saw this news, "The space elevator in the East has been built!"

"They are so great, this is a feat that transcends national boundaries!"

"The first step of Du Xingyu's plan has been realized, he will save us! Amen!"

The video of space elevator transportation broke out on the world's Internet and became the video with the most views, most likes and comments in the world's history.

It is difficult to compile data from various countries, but Du Xingyu knows one thing. The energy points in his technology simulator have skyrocketed by one billion points in one day!

The successful operation of the ladder finally gave all mankind a glimmer of hope against the crisis of the Death Star. Let negative people feel confident again.

According to a survey by a research institution, one month after the news of Tianti was broadcast, the suicide rate around the world dropped significantly, and the number of new patients with depression and doomsday phobia also began to decrease.

"The space elevator has been built. Next, we will increase the number and frequency of the cars, and begin to fully transport materials to build near-Earth space ports, as well as the construction of moon and Mars bases." Du Xingyu spoke at the meeting of the Human Guardian Alliance.

"The construction of space ports, lunar bases, and Mars bases will be led by China, and all parties can cooperate in the southwest sector."

Du Xingyu clarified the space construction plan in the era of crisis, just like the United States led the construction of the International Space Station.

The current space ports, lunar bases and Mars bases will also be built by China, with other parties contributing money and efforts to obtain a certain amount of space.

There is no doubt that they have absolute dominance in this.

"If this continues, they will become the leaders of the space age!" After the meeting, several major forces on Earth were quite dissatisfied.

"Yes, the space elevator has now been built in China. The Tiangong Space Station and the Near-Earth Space Port will also fly above them following the space elevator. The transportation hub of the space age is completely controlled by them."

"They led the construction of the moon base and Mars base..." These strong men of the old era were worried.

They have foreseen that in the foreseeable future, Eastern civilization will be the first to enter the space age, ahead of everyone else.

"There is nothing we can do about it. A crisis for all mankind is coming. Without cooperation like this, mankind will only die."

Both Western Europe and North America are powerless on this matter. Within them, there are also a large number of capitalists and people who hope to cooperate with the East in exchange for the opportunity to survive the asteroid crisis twenty years later.

"If you want to become a leader in the era of crisis, the only chance now is to master controllable nuclear fusion technology!" All parties realize that controllable nuclear fusion technology will be the only scientific and technological authority to "conquer the gods" in the era of crisis!

So far, the Human Guardian Alliance has failed to elect a supreme commander. The reason is that all parties are clearly aware that only the party that controls controllable nuclear fusion technology is truly qualified to lead all mankind through the crisis and survive!

"Spare no effort, even if it means smashing it, we must smash the controllable nuclear fusion technology. This is the moment to bet your fate!"

All parties have begun full-scale research and development of controllable nuclear fusion.

China is no exception. In order to develop controllable nuclear fusion technology, the Academy of Sciences has invested countless funds and resources in the Institute of Atomic Energy and the Institute of Nuclear Physics.

All needed materials will be researched and developed; potentially promising models will be manufactured; and advanced foreign technologies will be studied... This is truly national research and development!

Akimovich, a former Soviet physicist and the father of Tokamak, once said: "When the entire society needs it, fusion will be achieved."

Now is the time when all mankind needs nuclear fusion technology!

But this is only the most ideal situation, although under crisis, humans burst out with crazy creativity. Every few months, technical problems will be overcome, but it seems that we are always decades away from mastering nuclear fusion technology!

At the Institute of Atomic Energy, Du Xingyu and a group of nuclear physics experts are discussing the construction of a new tokamak device.

"Tritium supply and production problems; radioactivity problems; material problems; tokamak rupture problems; instability control problems; plasma survival time; optical device damage; superconducting protection; first wall; repetition frequency...the difficulties before us , it can be said to be a hundred thousand mountains! When we study nuclear fusion, we are going against the will of heaven!" Luo Yongzhen, a senior researcher at the institute, frowned deeply. Even the top experts in this field felt a deep sense of powerlessness at this moment. .

No one knows when they will be able to overcome one of the problems. And the most fatal thing is that sometimes when studying a problem, four or five new problems will arise.

"Density, temperature and confinement time, these three key points are the summary of all the problems we encounter!" Zhou Ziang, a gray-haired academician of the Academy of Sciences, said, "I think building a larger ring-shaped tokamak device will at least be better than The current super tokamak device that is ten times larger than the Oriental Hyperring can enhance magnetic confinement and temperature control capabilities, and have the opportunity to achieve stronger nuclear fusion reactions."

"Mr. Zhou, I don't really agree." Everyone thought it was feasible, but Du Xingyu raised objections.

"What do you think? Tell me." Zhou Ziang looked at him.

"The ultra-large ring-shaped tokamak device can theoretically improve the fusion reaction, but it may only increase it from thousands of seconds to tens of thousands of seconds, and the improvement is limited." Du Xingyu said, "Its construction requires too much time and money. , we are racing against time and must master nuclear fusion technology in the shortest possible time, otherwise everything will turn into dust when the Death Star arrives!"

"So I suggest that we try to build a small spherical tokamak device. Both the cost and the construction time will be reduced."

"What you said makes sense, but now we simply don't have such materials that can build a super strong magnetic field in a small container and accommodate nuclear fusion reactions." Zhou Ziang thought deeply.

"Using superconductors to generate ultra-strong magnetic fields, current superconducting materials need to be at a temperature of around 130K. And the high-temperature plasma temperature is more than 100 million degrees, and superconductors need to maintain a temperature of more than minus 100 degrees Celsius. This is too contradictory, unless we can find room temperature Superconductor." said the researcher on the side.

"Not only room-temperature superconductors, even if the plasma is bound by a magnetic field, the high temperature generated will also produce a high temperature of several thousand degrees Celsius on the inner wall of the tokamak device; and the neutrons produced by nuclear fusion cannot be 100% isolated, and high-energy neutrons will also cause damage. Superconducting coils…”

"We can also make the Q value (ratio of energy output to input) of the nuclear fusion reaction greater than one for large-scale tokamak devices. For the spherical tokamak device you mentioned, I am worried that fusion will destroy the device in one second." Zhou Ziang said .

"What if I have a way to obtain a room-temperature superconductor?" Du Xingyu said suddenly.

"What?" Everyone was stunned, and then asked eagerly: "What can I do?"

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