Chapter 407 A World in Chaos

With the official launch of the construction of the demonstration reactor of the Qixia controlled nuclear fusion project.

The entire field of controlled nuclear fusion and the plasma physics community suddenly became a mess.

Almost all countries are looking for experts and professors to evaluate how far China's controlled nuclear fusion has developed, and scholars in the field are discussing and expressing their opinions on the Internet.

On Twitter, Musk, a famous American entrepreneur, responded quickly after receiving this news.

[This is a monument to controlled nuclear fusion. The emergence of the demonstration reactor will mean that we are one step closer to the ultimate energy in our dreams. It is the holy grail in the energy field and it can illuminate the future we cannot see. ]

[Traditional fossil energy is destined to be abandoned with the development of the times, not only because of environmental pollution, we need a healthy ecological earth, and also because of the low efficiency of fossil energy. In contrast, electric energy is the way out for the future, not only in the future, but also now. Whether it is life or transportation, we cannot do without electric energy. ]

[I urgently hope that it will come earlier. 】

【For this reason, I decided to invest 3 billion USD to establish TinySpot Fusion Energy, hoping to contribute to the great cause of controlled nuclear fusion. 】

【Of course, I also hope that like-minded friends will participate, whether they are researchers in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, engineers, or other friends who are willing to invest together, I welcome them all. 】

Compared to other business leaders, Musk is more keen on surfing the Internet and expressing his opinions and views.

It has to be said that after this tweet came out, countless netizens on Twitter also followed up on the discussion.

【God, is controlled nuclear fusion really coming? ! ! 】

【It's incredible. China is about to start the demonstration reactor, and we are still doing plasma operation experiments in seconds. Why can China catch up? Where did our investment go? 】

【I said that China's withdrawal from ITER is not good news. Look, when the spark of controlled nuclear fusion is lit on that red land, ITER has not even started to build a demonstration reactor. 】

【This is really terrible. ]

[Perhaps the situation is not as bad as you think. A few months ago, they only managed to run for two hours. It is impossible that they have suddenly solved all the problems, especially the first wall material. This is probably just a cover-up by China. After all, we are now competing. ]

[Your news is seriously out of date. I heard that Professor Xu has solved the first wall material problem. ]

[Impossible! The neutron irradiation problem is not so easy to solve. Whether it is metal or non-metal, high-energy neutrons will destroy its crystal structure. You said it was solved, so what material was used? ]

[I really don’t know if your head is growing on the horse’s ass. Do you think Academician Xu will reveal this core material? ]

[To be honest, I prefer to believe that he really solved the first wall material problem. If nothing else, you will believe it if you look at his brilliant achievements in the past. ]

On the other side, Washington, the White House.

An old man who has just taken office is roaring with the last strength of his life.

"Shit! Is your daily work all about eating shit? Why, why is China about to start building a demonstration reactor, but I haven't received any news."

"Why, why did I only know about this important thing after it was reported by the news media on the other side? Didn't you set up a special team? Where are the people? Where is the work? Where is the effect? ​​Did you do it to pigs?"

For him, there is nothing worse than this news.

He heard such bad news shortly after taking office.

This is not good news for his promise before he was elected to focus on economic issues and revive the United States.

In addition, he also promised to become the "president of all Americans", including those who did not support his campaign.

Now it seems that the outside world may have a greater opinion of him.

On the opposite side, William Joseph Burns, the director of the CIA, Dan Bruyette, the head of the Energy Department, and Coker Brook, the representative of the board of directors of ITER, who were promoted by him personally, are standing together.

William Joseph Burns was fine, his expression did not change much, but Dan Bruyette and ITER Council Representative Cockell Brooke had a complicated expression.

China actually started the construction of a demonstration reactor.

This was something they had never thought of, especially for Cockell Brooke, this was simply a fantasy.

No one knew better than him what the difference was between an experimental reactor and a demonstration reactor.

If the demonstration reactor was completed, it would probably not be far from real commercial use.

William Joseph Burns wiped the spit flying over his face calmly, cleared his throat, and said:

"This is related to my predecessor, Ms. Gina Haspel. I sorted out all the information during her tenure and found that she did not take many measures against the other side."

"This also caused us to miss a lot of crucial news."

"Of course, I will improve this phenomenon immediately."

Like the elderly president in front of him, he had not been in office for long. Of course, before he became the director, he had already worked in the Central Intelligence Agency and was very clear about the relevant matters.

But now, let’s throw the pot away first.

Anyway, Gina Haspel has left and there is no way she can confront him here again.

Opposite me, the elderly president took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked: "I want to know how long it will take for China to solve the technology of controllable nuclear fusion? How long do we have? "

Hearing this, William Joseph Burns coughed lightly and said, "Director Coker Brook knows this."

As he said that, he looked at Coker Brook: "Director Coker, please explain. It was you who made the decision to remove China from ITER."

Hearing his name, Coker Brook sighed in his heart. His feeling during the meeting in Kadarashirdi seemed to be coming true.

Taking a deep breath, he raised his head and said: "I think we have seriously underestimated China's investment in controllable nuclear fusion, and also seriously underestimated the other party's technological reserves."

"If the controllable nuclear fusion demonstration reactor is truly built and can successfully achieve ignition operation and ignition, I am afraid they are not far away from the commercial use of real controllable nuclear fusion."

"Even if the demonstration reactor is still some distance away from a real commercial reactor, there are still many problems that need to be solved. But that is probably not a difficult thing for China."

"What's the specific time? How long do we have?" the elderly president stared at him and asked.

After thinking for a while, Coker Brook cautiously said: "As far as my personal assessment is concerned, if the demonstration reactor is built, it may take two to three years at most before they can be used commercially."

"If you include the time to build the demonstration reactor, we will have no more than five years at most. If everything goes well, this time may be shortened to three years."

Hearing this, the elderly president couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead.

Three years is really too short.

Suddenly, the forever fifty years turned into three years. This span of time was so huge that it was really hard to accept.

Why, why were countries that were originally on the same starting line and even far behind them, suddenly counterattacked and overtook them, leaving them far behind?

There was silence in the office.

William Joseph Burns coughed lightly, broke the dead silence, and said: "Perhaps it is not China that we underestimated, but Professor Xu."

Hearing this, the other three people all turned their gazes over.

The new director thought for a moment and then continued: "I have read the survey data. Two years ago, China's development in the field of controllable nuclear fusion was at the same level as ours, or even lagging behind."

"The change started in 2019 when Professor Xu took control of the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion project."

"In fact, at present, China's achievements in the field of controllable nuclear fusion in the past two years are basically from the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion project led by Professor Xu."

"And I have investigated and found out that Professor Xu not only made huge contributions in theoretical fields such as mathematics, physics and astronomy, he is also a top scientist in materials science."

"The Chuanhai Materials Research Institute under his name has developed artificial SEI films, solved the problem of lithium dendrites, and also created the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material."

"The latter is the key to solving plasma turbulence, which has been proven on the Spiralite 7X."

"It can be said that in the field of materials science, his achievements are worthy of a Nobel Prize, and we seriously underestimated him in this regard."

"It can be said that without Professor Xu, China's development in the field of controllable nuclear fusion would not have reached the point where it is today."

"Letting him go in 2018 was the worst thing the president ever did."

"We should keep this kind of top talent no matter what."

"Even if you can't keep him, you can't put him back."

"Just like Professor Qian decades ago, this Professor Xu is also a scholar with terrifying abilities. In fact, he is even more terrifying than the one decades ago."

"Because he not only has great achievements in theory, but is also a scholar who can transform theory into real applications and technologies."

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