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On the premise of solving stability, increase the number of neutrons to increase the decay rate of nuclear waste and stabilize the conversion rate of electric energy.

This is Xu Chuan's unexpected inspiration from a "deteriorated" basketball game.

The advantage of this is that the energy level requirements for linear particle accelerators can be reduced. As for how much it can be reduced, specific experiments are required.

After all, it is indeed extremely difficult to take into account the energy level and stability of a linear particle accelerator at the same time.

This is also the reason why particle accelerators get bigger and bigger.

For example, CERN's large-scale strong particle collider LHC has a total length of an astonishing 27 kilometers, and the linear particle accelerator at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in the United States has a length of 3.2 kilometers.

Not only because of the energy required to accelerate a particle closer to the speed of light and the longer the pipeline, but also because of the relationship between stability and control.

It is impossible for Xu Chuan to build a large-scale strong particle collider for the "Nuclear Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion Mechanism for Electric Energy" project.

That would not only cost time but also money, and the existing linear particle accelerator became his only choice.

Of course, he can also choose not to use a linear particle accelerator to catalyze the decay of nuclear waste, but simply relying on radiation gap materials to convert radiant electrical energy has various disadvantages.

Such as low conversion efficiency, low power generation, too long site occupation time, unstable conversion and so on.

The linear particle accelerator plays a catalytic and stabilizing role in the middle.

The nuclear waste that would have taken hundreds of years and thousands of years to complete degeneration can be shortened to 20 to 30 years to consume most of the radiation inside.

Quickly rushing back to the office, Xu Chuan opened the engineering design drawing, started to sort out his thoughts again, and revised the drawing.

He is not a professional engineer and cannot modify the design drawings according to the standards.

But he has presided over many large-scale projects before, especially in the field of high-energy physics, and he is very clear about the structure of particle colliders.

Professional things are left to professional people. Xu Chuan does not require himself to modify the engineering drawings to perfection. He only needs to know how to modify the standards and what requirements need to be met.

As for how to modify, what materials need to be used, and how to construct, those are things that engineers need to consider.

After tossing for several hours, several modified design drawings reappeared in the computer.

Looking at the redesigned drawing on the display screen, Xu Chuan checked it carefully and nodded in satisfaction.

In this revision, the main transformation is the helical acceleration chamber node and the main ring pipeline of the large separated fan cyclotron.

The former improves the stability of the particle stream by adding an SMI to control the wake field.

In the latter, add a part of proton additive.

Through the impact of the particle stream, more microscopic particles are derived and produced to achieve the ability to efficiently activate nuclear waste desiccation.

Its process is somewhat similar to the chain reaction of nuclear fission. One neutron bombards one nucleus, and then creates more neutrons to bombard more nuclei. Once started, it is endless.

However, the conversion of nuclear radiation to electric energy is different. It needs the linear particle accelerator to continuously replenish the first neutron.

After all, the nuclear waste itself is the waste that has fissioned most of the uranium 235 inside the nuclear fuel. Without supplementing the chain neutrons, the chain reaction cannot be started quickly.

With the redesigned blueprint, Xu Chuan sent a message to convene a meeting of executives and researchers from the nuclear industrial park.

Theoretically speaking, the new solution he constructed should meet the requirements, but he must listen to other people's opinions, right?

What's more, he is not a real expert in the field of nuclear fission, even though he had a deep understanding of nuclear waste and nuclear fuel when he was studying the technology of "nuclear beta radiation energy accumulation and conversion of electrical energy" technology.

But compared with those experts who have studied and specialized in this field, there is still a big gap.

In the office of the research institute, after receiving the news from Xu Chuan, Han Jin and Qi Zhongxing immediately put down their work, contacted other people who were qualified to participate in the meeting and hurried over.

"This is a patch idea I made for the lack of stability and energy levels of the linear particle accelerator. You can take a look first, and share any good suggestions."

In the meeting room, Xu Chuan asked the staff to distribute the printed revised design drawings and other materials.

Hearing the solution to the stability of the linear particle accelerator and insufficient energy levels, everyone in the meeting room was curious and quickly picked up the information and began to look through it.

The stability and insufficient energy levels of linear particle accelerators are issues that they have been studying recently.

For the nuclear waste power station, this problem is indeed very serious at present, but if you can think of a solution, maybe you can leave a strong memory in front of the young chief engineer in front of you.

As far as the domestic situation is concerned, the unique status of the Nobel Prize + Philippine Prize has made this a new independent scholar-level existence.

If he can gain his favor, it will be a big profit!

Unfortunately, however, the stability and insufficient energy levels of linear particle accelerators are not so easy to solve.

There are ways to balance the energy level and stability at the same time, but it is too difficult to transform on a linear particle accelerator with a fixed foundation, and there is a time limit.

"From the perspective of increasing the number of neutrons to increase the energy level, this alternative solution is simply wonderful! Why can't I think of it!"

"If you could think, you wouldn't be sitting here today, you would be sitting in the conference room at CERN."

"As expected of Chuan Shen, Chuan Shen solved the problem that we hadn't answered for more than half a month in less than a week."

"Using quantity to replace energy level is almost impossible in ordinary accelerators, but we don't actually pursue energy level, maybe this method really works!"

"That's right, after all, Chuan Shen is the winner of the Nobel Prize + Philippine Prize! This year's academician selection must have him!"

"A 22-year-old academician, hiss..., this breaks history."

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Although there was a lot of bragging and praise, everyone still agreed with Xu Chuan's new approach.

In theory, this is indeed a feasible approach.

Of course, the actual effect will still need to be tested in practice.

In the conference room, everyone stopped after flattering and began to seriously discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this plan and the areas that can be improved.

After all, they are all professionals, and they may not know how to start without a suitable method, but it can still be done by picking out areas that can be optimized from a set of plans and making suggestions.

After all, innovation is the hardest part.

Xu Chuan also gained a lot from the meeting, such as the adjustment plan of the SMI control paddock, such as the turbulence control of the spiral acceleration pipeline and so on.

These things are still useful to him, because not only this project, but also a large-scale strong particle collider in China will be built later, and these things may optimize the performance of the collider to a certain extent.

After exchanges, a group of people finally determined a set of the most reasonable plan.

The stability of the particle stream is improved through the built-in SMI to control the wake field, and the number is increased through the lead plate to achieve the desired effect.

Coincidentally, the ion linear particle accelerator ordered in the past two days has been delivered by a special vehicle, and the installation and debugging have not yet started, so it can be modified and then processed.

In the industrial park, a huge convoy is parked on the side of the road, waiting for the delivery vehicle in front to finish unloading.

The total length of this linear particle has reached nearly 800 meters, so it is naturally impossible to transport such a huge device as a whole.

However, with the support of the state, using special cargo transport vehicles to transport them will not mean dismantling them into individual parts for transport.

Aside from the length, the linear accelerator is actually not very big, and those transport vehicles can completely transport the disassembled linear particle accelerator section by section.

The only thing to pay attention to is that the accelerator is relatively sensitive and needs to be protected by top-level shockproof means.

In addition, it is more troublesome to go through the toll booth and get on the highway. Several toll booths and checkpoints were removed in the middle to successfully get on the road.

In fact, preparations for the transportation of this linear particle accelerator have been started since last year, and it took four or five months before it was safely transported from Beijing to Qidong.

And now, it's time to put it back together.

Even if there is enough manpower, it will take more than half a month. After the assembly is completed, it needs to be inspected and debugged. Even if everything goes well, it may take until the beginning of June to start using it for the first test experiment.

However, it is impossible for Xu Chuan to stay in Qidong for such a long time. After all, he still has a report meeting on the phased results of the NS equation in early May.

Of course, that doesn't mean he can't test the solution.

With a few researchers, Xu Chuan rushed to the Nuclear Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Shanghai.

Here is a small linear particle accelerator. Although the performance is far from the requirements, it is no problem to do a simple experiment.

Although SMI-controlled wakefield generators are precious, they still exist in key state-owned nuclear energy research institutes such as the Nuclear Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Shanghai.

As for the chain generation of more neutron material lead plates, there is no need to say more.

A nuclear research institute may be short of anything, except lead metal.

Before he developed lead-free nanocomposite reconstituted protective materials, lead protective materials were arguably the most common material used in nuclear energy research experiments.

After spending some time, Xu Chuan modified the small linear particle accelerator at the Institute of Nucleus, Academy of Sciences, to a certain extent.

Of course, this kind of transformation can be disassembled, and only some temporarily processed parts will be lost.

After all, if it is refitted and cannot be dismantled, others will not do it.

After the preparations are done, the experiment will start soon.

Under the control of the Nuclear Research Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Sciences, the linear particle accelerators, detectors, and small experimental black boxes for storing nuclear waste used for experiments were slowly assembled together, and spliced ​​into a strangely shaped device.

Looks like a square dumbbell?

The shape is a bit weird, but Xu Chuan didn't care about it, as long as this thing is useful, it's all about the appearance, anyway, it's an experimental product, so why make it look so good.

"Report, the preparations are ready, and the experiment can be started at any time!"

In the observation room, a staff member reported loudly.

Xu Chuan nodded, and said calmly, "Start the experiment!"

"yes!"

"Each group is ready, the experiment officially begins."

"The voltage of the A07 helical acceleration chamber has been raised!"

"The auxiliary control program of the main control computer is running normally!"

"The LIGHT accelerator has confirmed that the load has been reached, and the particle stream can be injected!"

"Particle beam is added, release is on!"

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A series of reports sounded in the control room, and with the confirmation of the final order, the beam of particles bound in the particle chamber was rapidly accelerated to the extreme by the strong magnetic field, and finally fired like a bullet.

In a place invisible to the naked eye, the lead plate deployed in front of the small experimental black box suffered a strong impact. In an instant, countless neutrons were split, entered the nuclear waste inside the black box, and hit the remaining uranium.

In the control room, Xu Chuan and other researchers stood with the engineers, quietly waiting for the results of the experiment.

On the side, Han Jin, who was in charge of the nuclear energy project, glanced at Xu Chuan beside him, and he admired his calm demeanor.

To be honest, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

After all, this is the key work involving tens of billions of projects.

If the energy level and stability cannot be solved, not to mention the delay time, the follow-up reconstruction of the linear particle accelerator may require tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of funds.

And the current experiments, albeit only simulations, can almost confirm whether this idea is correct.

To be so calm at this point can only be said to be worthy of the famous Professor Xu.

Taking a deep breath, Han Jin looked back at the monitoring screen after suppressing the beating emotions.

On the side, Xu Chuan looked at the monitoring screen indifferently. He was really not panicked about this experiment.

People are different. The big projects he has presided over and the big world he has seen have gone to sea.

Not to mention the transformation of the linear particle accelerator, even the entire nuclear waste recycling project is not a big deal in the projects he has led.

What's more, even if this experiment fails, he still has other solutions, so he really doesn't panic.

With the official opening of the experiment, the values ​​of various monitors and detectors began to change, and the dedicated staff also began to report the situation.

"Radiation intensity detected!"

"Switching current output rise detected!"

"The output of the LIGHT accelerator is currently stable, and according to the plan, the number of particle streams will be increased in five seconds"

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A series of voices sounded in the monitoring room.

Staring at the beating values ​​and curves on the monitoring screen, Xu Chuan smiled.

Although the experimental test has not been completed, and even a round of debugging has not yet stabilized, but from those jumping values ​​​​and curves, he has already seen the results.