Chapter 198 The Birth Of Controllable Nuclear Fusion, A Milestone In Human Technology!
mid-April.
MIT.
College of Engineering, major in Nuclear Engineering.
Professor Rowland is giving a nuclear physics class to the students.
He popularized science: "Nuclear fusion is a kind of thermonuclear reaction. Under extremely high temperature and pressure, the atomic nuclei can attract each other and collide together, and the atomic nuclei will polymerize with each other, releasing the energy of all atomic nuclei in an instant.
Nuclear fusion is divided into controllable nuclear fusion and uncontrollable nuclear fusion.
The hydrogen bomb that everyone is familiar with is uncontrollable nuclear fusion, and it is gone after the explosion.
The sun that everyone is familiar with is controllable nuclear fusion.
Its core is a super-large natural nuclear fusion reactor, which can continuously and steadily release energy for billions of years and radiate the entire solar system.
Once the controllable nuclear fusion succeeds, mankind will enter the next energy era and enter the interstellar era.
hear this.
The students nodded.
All things grow by the sun.
Most of the energy needed by human beings comes from the sun.
Coal, oil, natural gas, solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, and even the food we use every day, are all powered by the sun.
The energy of the sun comes from the nuclear fusion reaction inside it.
If controllable nuclear fusion can be realized, the energy on the earth will be inexhaustible.
Human beings will be able to achieve self-sufficiency, no longer rely on the sun, and even go out of the solar system to achieve a technological leap.
A student asked: "Professor, the theory of controllable nuclear fusion was very mature as early as 1933. But today, human beings have never mastered the technology of controllable nuclear fusion. Where do you think the main source of difficulty is?"
"Each has its own difficulty!"
Roland said: "The two development paths to achieve controllable nuclear fusion have encountered bottlenecks.
The road to controllable nuclear fusion in the United States is to use laser-driven implosion technology, use lasers to focus the laser beam on the same point, instantly generate a high temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees, ignite nuclear fusion materials, and make it generate fusion energy.
At present, we use 192 lasers to focus the laser beam on a tiny hot spot about the diameter of a human hair, which can generate more than 10 trillion watts of fusion energy in 100 trillionths of a second.
However, this is still far from real controllable nuclear fusion.
Xia Guo's road to controllable nuclear fusion is to use a fully superconducting tokamak device to achieve ultra-high pressure and ultra-high temperature, so that it can generate fusion energy.
Last year, Xiaguo's all-superconducting tokamak device achieved repeatable plasma operation at 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 seconds and plasma operation at 150 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds.
Xia Guo has already led the world in the field of steady-state magnetic confinement fusion research.
However, although Xiaguo's controllable nuclear fusion can generate electricity, it is not yet ready for commercialization.
Because the investment in maintaining controllable nuclear fusion is far greater than the output of controllable fusion power generation"1"
The voice fell.
The American students present all looked very dignified.
As far as they know.
Xia Guo's controllable nuclear fusion project is divided into three stages.
The short-term goal is to realize the first power generation of controllable nuclear fusion in 2015-2021.
Medium-term goal, 2021-2035, to improve the efficiency of controllable nuclear fusion, reduce input and increase output.
The long-term goal is that from 2035 to 2050, the input of controllable nuclear fusion will begin to be smaller than the output, and the conditions for commercialization will be met, and controllable fusion power stations will be built in various places.
Now, Xia Guo has entered the mid-term goal.
If the U.S. cannot lead Xia Guo in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, then Xia Guo's title as the world's most powerful country will be unattainable.
Right now, the field of controllable nuclear fusion has become a new battlefield for major powers to compete!
"what? amazing!"
An Indian student suddenly exclaimed again and again.
Seeing this, the eyes of the whole class were focused on this student.
Professor Rowland frowned.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the top three universities in the world.
Although the school is inclusive, it is inclusive.
But students who are surprised in class are all hindered and very annoying.
Ah three is ah three.
No manners at all!
He just wanted to reprimand a few words.
But I heard the Indian student Singer say excitedly: "Professor, Xia Guo has conquered the controllable nuclear fusion technology!"
The voice fell.
The whole class stared at Singer like a fool.
previous class.
The professor spoke clearly.
Xiaguo's controllable nuclear fusion can only generate electricity for a short time at present, which is not enough for commercialization.
It will take at least 20 years to conquer controllable nuclear fusion!
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Singer quickly used the holographic bracelet to report the news video and projected it in the air of the classroom.
The title of the holographic video is "The Birth of Controlled Nuclear Fusion! A Milestone in Human Science and Technology!"
in the picture.
Xia Guo News reporter said impassionedly: "Viewers and friends, today is April 18, 2022, a day worthy of special mention.
As early as last year, the all-superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device EAST of the Institute of Physical Science of the Xia National Academy of Sciences completed a 101-second plasma operation at a temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius, setting a world record for the operation of a tokamak experimental device.
Today, 15 laboratories including the Institute of Physical Science, the Laboratory of Nuclear Reaction and Nuclear Structure, the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Technology, and the Laboratory of Neutron and Fission Physics of the Yinhe Space Medical Technology Group are working on quantum computers and artificial intelligence. With the assistance, successfully overcome the controllable nuclear fusion technology!
Next, please read the detailed report..."
The artificial intelligence in the holographic smart bracelet has the function of translation.
The original Chinese report has been switched to English.
See here.
The students in the class looked at each other, and everyone was inexplicably shocked.
""Wohmygod! Has Xia Guo really conquered controllable nuclear fusion?"
"Unbelievable! Xia Guo's technological level is so high?"
Winconceivable! Controllable fusion is born, incredible!"
Everyone was amazed.
Professor Roland looked dignified.
Xia Guo News is a state-level media.
This kind of authoritative organization will never lie to people.
So to say.
The news reports are all (got Zhao) true!
Xia Guo really conquered the controllable nuclear fusion technology.
He knew it.
The history of the development of human civilization is actually a history of energy utilization.
Every time the total energy utilized increases by one level, human civilization can reach a new height.
The birth of controllable nuclear fusion means that endless energy is still available.
From today onwards, the world pattern will be completely broken!
This moment.
Roland sighed.
Xia Guo has developed intelligent life, intelligent robots, holographic projection technology, virtual reality games, virtual worlds, genetic enhancement drugs, and nano-robots.
But when the controllable nuclear fusion was completely conquered by the Xia Kingdom, the United States could no longer keep calm!
The technological level of Xia Kingdom is already at the peak of human beings!
After a little emotion.
Roland cheered up and focused his attention on the holographic video.
He would like to see how the real country overcomes the controllable nuclear fusion technology...