Galaxy Technology Empire

Huang Junjie was immersed in studying holographic projection technology.

Luhe X-ray base welcomed a group of guests.

"Is this a room-temperature superconductor?" Director Wan looked at a piece of silver-white metal in front of him.

Another old man with gray hair touched the metal excitedly.

They are the top scholars currently studying fusion power generation in China, including Hefei Tokamak, Wuhan Stellar Simulator, Southwest Circulation and other research institutes. Today they have sent heavyweight experts and scholars here.

Obviously, everyone can hide the fact that Galaxy Technology has developed a normal-temperature superconductor, except the higher-ups.

After all, among the security personnel of the X-ray base, there must be quite a few people above.

The white-haired Shen Beihai is an expert at the Hefei Tokamak Institute. He knows that the significance of room-temperature superconductors is not trivial.

"I didn't expect that the Academy of Sciences invested so much money and couldn't even see a splash, but Galaxy Technology quietly developed a room-temperature superconductor. The future is awesome!" Yang Gang from the Southwest Circulation Research Institute shook his head and laughed.

"I heard that Galaxy Technology is also engaged in fusion power generation, and maybe it will produce results one day." Wu Libiao of Wuhan Stellar Simulator joked.

"It's not that easy. Room-temperature superconductors only reduce the difficulty. There are many problems such as plasma control problems, neutron irradiation problems, and material problems on the first wall. No matter how powerful Huang Haojie is, he is still alone." Yang Gang was helpless. said.

Shen Beihai also came over. Obviously, as domestic nuclear physics experts and scholars, they were old acquaintances with each other.

"At least they have money to spend, and room-temperature superconductors make them even more powerful."

After hearing Shen Beihai's words, several people also became envious and jealous.

After all, it is not easy to get money for the national team, and there is not much funding. After all, China is currently working on multiple lines in parallel, including tokamak, stellarator, and laser ignition (inertial restraint).

The typical situation is that there are too many monks and too little money, and the funds are finally dry. Especially for the star-like device that is not taken seriously, the funds are pitifully small.

"We can't afford their X-ray base." Zhang Dafeng of the Shenguang Laser Project smiled bitterly.

After all, the laser of the Shenguang project is obviously hundreds of times more powerful than the X-ray base. The problem is that the total startup time of the Shenguang laser is less than an hour throughout the year.

Galaxy Technology's X-ray base operates at almost full power 365 days a year, except for maintenance and replacement of spare parts.

This electricity bill alone can bankrupt the Shenguang project, not to mention a lot of other things.

Equation and Director Wan of the Hefei Tokamak Institute were talking as they walked.

"Mr. Fang, did you know that you sell room temperature superconductors?"

Equation shook his head:

"Director Wan, it's not that we don't want to sell, but you can't bear the cost. Even if I give you the cost price, one kilogram of room temperature superconductor costs at least 50,000 yuan, and your tokamak device requires at least one or two hundred tons. Room-temperature superconductors.”

At this point, the equation stopped.

Director Wan couldn't help but be speechless. Based on this price calculation, room temperature superconductors alone would cost 5 to 10 billion yuan.

"What's more, the production capacity of our base is less than 500 tons a year. Galaxy Group's superconducting chips and other aspects require room-temperature superconductors, and we will give you a maximum quota of 50 tons."

Director Wan struggled to think, even 50 tons was still an astronomical figure.

"I heard that Galaxy Technology is also developing nuclear fusion power generation. I wonder what your progress is?" Yang Gang came over and asked.

"The progress is not too big. We built a small device in Qinling more than a month ago. Only the person in charge there knows the details." Fang Fang did not hide anything. After all, there is no need to hide anything about this kind of thing.

People who are engaged in nuclear fusion power generation in China are all disciples or colleagues of Yang Gang and others. Only nuclear fusion power generation has not yet entered the practical stage, and the whole world is talking about it.

"Can I talk to your Qinling Research Institute?" Yang Gang asked eagerly.

Fang Tanshou said:

"You can submit your exchange application to the Research Institute Management Committee of Galaxy Technology. They will review your application. If it is approved, it will be fine. If it is not approved, there is nothing I can do."

After communicating with a group of scholars from the national team, Director Wan and the others were also undecided.

After all, room-temperature superconductors are good, but price and service life issues force them to consider money.

After the exchange, they hurried back and reported to the superiors asking for money.

In addition, Yang Gang from the Southwest Circulation Research Institute and Wu Libiao from the Wuhan Stellar Simulator Research Institute applied for academic exchanges with the Institute Management Committee of Galaxy Technology.

the other side.

Deep in the mountains of Qinling Mountains.

Galaxy Technology has one of the few research institutes outside Shanmei, and the Plasma Research Institute is located here.

There is also the second X-ray base of Galaxy Technology, which is also not far from the Plasma Research Institute.

The laser power of this X-ray base reaches an astonishing 500 million kilowatts, which is 100 times that of the Luhe X-ray base.

After a series of studies, they found that the service life of room temperature superconductors is closely related to the power of the laser.

The Qinling X-ray Base and Plasma Research Institute are roughly located between the Zhongnan Mountains in the Sifang Mountains in Shangluo City, Qin Province.

The reason why it was built here was mainly for safety, not for nuclear fusion power generation and explosions, but to avoid external factors.

After all, Galaxy Technology is no small matter now. Many people are staring at Galaxy Technology, not just the people on the ground, but also the satellites above their heads.

Therefore, it is safer to move the base to the Qinling Mountains in the hinterland of the country.

In fact, the construction of this base was already approved in June.

The X-ray base and the plasma research institute are connected together.

Equation soon transferred him from the Luhe X-ray Base to the person in charge of the Qinling X-ray Base, and the person in charge of the Plasma Research Institute was Fei Anming, who was recruited by Galaxy Technology from the Dongtang Academy of Sciences.

The Qinling X-ray Base plus the Plasma Research Institute have a total investment of 60 billion yuan.

Galaxy Technology is the only private enterprise in China engaged in nuclear fusion power generation research.

There are currently about 300 researchers at the Plasma Research Institute, plus other security guards, cleaners, chefs, and people from the Qinling X-ray Base, there are nearly 2,000 people here.

Although Fei Anming and others have built a small tokamak device, Galaxy Technology does not follow the tokamak route in nuclear fusion power generation.

Currently, among the various nuclear fusion power generation routes around the world, whether it is tokamak, inertial restraint, or stellarator, there are many problems.

The problems of tokamak are neutron irradiation, superconducting strong magnetism, plasma control, first wall materials, etc.

The stellarator can be regarded as a variant of the tokamak, and it has a lot of problems. Although the stellarator solves the problem of plasma control, its complex structure and magnetic field control are also a big problem.

As for the restraint of inertia, it makes me cry when I talk about it.

Just being unsustainable is a big problem. Other problems are similar to tokamak, such as neutron irradiation.

What is neutron irradiation?

During nuclear fusion, neutrons are produced when atomic nuclei fuse.

Neutrons are uncharged, which means that strong magnetic force cannot bind neutrons. These high-energy neutrons will continuously bombard the surrounding first wall material, causing the first wall material to deteriorate and tiny pits to appear.

These pits will attract plasma to invade the first wall material, thereby generating hydrogen bubbles or helium bubbles.

Obviously this is an endless loop.

Because none of the materials currently known to mankind can contain the damage caused by neutron irradiation.