Great Country Academician

A week is not a long time.

On October 10th, in the Great Hall of Beijing, the commendation meeting for the successful ignition of the Qixia Controllable Fusion Demonstration Reactor was held on time.

In the speech of the host of the conference and the warm applause, the commendation conference kicked off.

In the venue, Xu Chuan sat in the first row. On the left was Academician Peng Hongxi, the research director of the project, and on the right was Gao Hongming, who was in charge of daily affairs. In the front row, there were Wang Yongnian, Hou Chengping, Qi Zhongxing, Han Jin, etc. figure.

As the familiar old man stepped onto the stage, there was thunderous applause in the auditorium.

All the researchers and scholars who were able to participate in today's commendation meeting were flushed with excitement, and their eyes were full of hope, anticipation, satisfaction and other emotions.

The old man first expressed his sincere congratulations and congratulations on the successful ignition of the "Qixia Controllable Nuclear Fusion Project - Poxiao Demonstration Reactor Project", and then praised and encouraged everyone's dedication and hard work, saying that they are the mainstay of the country. On the front line of the scientific research front, the scientific researchers and engineers who have made outstanding contributions expressed their great gratitude.

In 1958, Huaguo's nuclear industry system was initially established. After the successful hydrogen bomb test, Huaguo's nuclear industry began to turn its attention to the research of controllable nuclear fusion.

Under the background of the peaceful application of atomic energy, the Institute of Atomic Energy and the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched the nuclear fusion research project at the same time.

Then it expanded to several provinces under the slogan of "Moving Atomic Energy for All People". After several ups and downs, several adjustments; The same age as the motherland.

The long time seems to be just yesterday, seventy years have passed, and this century project has finally been completed.

Today, a magnificent commendation conference can be regarded as a successful conclusion to this super project that has attracted worldwide attention.

After paying tribute to everyone, the old man personally awarded 21 unique golden "958 medals" to Xu Chuan, Peng Hongxi, Gao Hongming, Qi Zhongxing, Wang Yongnian and other researchers who made outstanding contributions to the project, as well as bright red medals. colored certificate.

Eight outstanding group medals and ninety-eight outstanding individual medals were also awarded to teams that have made outstanding contributions to the Qixia Controllable Nuclear Fusion Project. To pay tribute and thanks to all the great scholars who participated in the cause of controllable nuclear fusion engineering.

In addition to these medals, there is also a special medal that is uniquely made just like the Venus, and belongs to Xu Chuan alone.

The name of this medal directly adopts the name of the Dawn Demonstration Pile, which is called the "Dawn Medal".

It means that it is like the dawn, bringing new hope, a new era, and a new era to the motherland and the world.

In fact, when designing this medal, I thought of many names, such as 'Pangu', 'Star of Hope', 'Dawn', 'Zun Sun' and so on.

But in the end, the name 'Breaking Dawn' was finalized.

This is a gold medal made of 24K pure gold. The main pattern is composed of five-pointed stars, Tiananmen Square, sky, rays of light, stars and other elements with colorful ribbons. It weighs 195.8 grams, which corresponds to the successful conclusion of the period from 1958 to the present.

In the auditorium, with his head down, Peng Hongxi tightly clutched the golden medal on his chest, tears welling from the corners of his eyes.

He still vaguely remembers, in 1971, when he was just 30 years old, he followed his mentor and entered the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics with other colleagues in high spirits.

At that time, he also let go of his lofty ambitions, and wanted to learn from his mentors and great men. It took him 12 years to realize two bombs and one satellite to realize controllable nuclear fusion technology, presenting the most precious gift to the motherland.

However, twelve years and twelve years later, he is now eighty-two, and he has spent a total of fifty-two years on the almost endless road of controllable nuclear fusion.

In more than fifty years, he has been confident, hopeful, confused, let down, and sometimes even thought of giving up, but the only thing he didn't have was regret. He has never regretted that he embarked on the path of researching controllable nuclear fusion, even if he could not see the end of any hope in the first fifty years, he still has no regrets.

But now, he has no regrets. Even if he leaves now to meet his mentor, he can proudly say that he has realized his dream!

I believe that the mentor has a spirit in the sky, and I will be proud of him.

On the other side, Wang Yongnian and Hou Chengping, two academicians of the nuclear industry group, sat together and chatted in a low voice.

Touching the heavy 958 medal on his chest, Wang Yongnian said with emotion: "I always feel that I don't have the right to wear this medal."

On the side, Hou Chengping said with a smile: "Don't say that, the demonstration reactor project and the optimized design of the generator set that we led the team to build are still very good."

Wang Yongnian shook his head, but did not speak.

Although they have indeed made great contributions to the construction of the controllable nuclear fusion demonstration reactor project, it belongs to the team. As for the combined generator, the core idea of ​​its optimization was also given by that Professor Xu. Although they optimized some details later, these things, to be honest, can be done by others.

Of course, what moved him a little today was not only the medal on his chest, but also witnessing the rise of controlled nuclear fusion and the retirement of the controlled nuclear fission power station.

After the successful ignition of the Lixiao demonstration reactor, it is estimated that no nuclear fission power stations will be built in China in the future, right?

In other words, even if it is built, it is only one or two for scientific research, and will not be used for power generation on a large scale.

After all, the construction of each nuclear power plant needs to cost billions or even tens of billions of funds. In contrast, a controllable nuclear fusion power station can generate tens of times the power of nuclear fission at the same price.

Which is better and which is worse is self-evident.

However, for him who has been engaged in the construction of nuclear power plants for decades, the familiar field suddenly came to an end. It is impossible to say that he has no feeling in his heart.

Perhaps, after completing this commendation meeting, it's time for him to consider retirement.

On the side, Hou Chengping, a colleague of more than ten years, seemed to see what was going on in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, saying, "Old Wang, thinking about retiring now is not an option."

"The spark of controllable nuclear fusion has just been lit. As the first batch of builders and witnesses, we have to pass it on."

Wang Yongnian glanced at him and said softly, "That one is still there."

Hearing this, Hou Chengping laughed and said: "It's fine to count on him. His energy should not and cannot be wasted on this. Even if he wants to do it, I have to drive him back to study other things."

After thinking for a while, Wang Yongnian put a smile on his face, nodded, and said, "Yes."

On the other hand, compared to the excitement and excitement of the others, Chen Mingji, who was also sitting in the front row, was in a bit of a complicated mood.

Although he is also one of the founders of China's controllable nuclear fusion, sitting here today, with this medal that symbolizes the top honor in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, I always feel very uncomfortable.

Looking at the young man who was giving a speech on the stage, Chen Mingji sighed, let him pass the past.

For Xu Chuan, he didn't think so much.

To be honest, although he and Chen Mingji had some feuds due to some 'butt' problems, when the top-level ICFR heating antenna was sent to the Qixia Controllable Nuclear Fusion Engineering Base, everything disappeared. .

Moreover, in Xu Chuan's view, without the framework built by the older generation like Peng Hongxi and Chen Mingji, it would be impossible for him to complete the controllable nuclear fusion technology in just over two years.

In any case, he has cultivated a large number of talents and developed a lot of technology.

After all, without these talents and technologies, even if he has the ability to solve various problems of controllable nuclear fusion, he still cannot find a cooking stove.

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