Great Country Academician

After a physical examination, Xu Chuan was a little puzzled and found that two people were suddenly forced by his side.

A life assistant who looked about his age, and a housekeeping aunt.

According to the old man and the academician Qiu Kaiji who gave him a physical examination, his body 'urgently' needs to be recuperated, and he can no longer eat those junk foods.

So a life assistant was stuffed in, and a housekeeping aunt came over.

Xu Chuan looked dazed, and stared at the straight, heroic lady standing in front of him with a full military air.

This is the life assistant you found for him?

Is it a little too young?

Although he is not yet twenty-five years old on the surface, his actual age is not too young. This serves as his life assistant, who will take care of whom in the future?

But the lady opposite didn't think so much. She looked at Xu Chuan and showed a standard smile.

"Hello, Academician Xu, my name is Tang Sijia. According to the arrangement of the organization, I will be responsible for your next physical health and recuperation. I hope that the future work will be smooth and happy."

"Cough, hello." Xu Chuan coughed lightly, and greeted him a little uncomfortable. This is the first time he has been assigned as a life assistant to take care of his life.

After all, born in the countryside, even if he is now at the top of the scientific world, it is difficult to change his previous thinking.

But this matter has been settled, and he is too embarrassed to send the person back, right?

After getting to know each other briefly, Xu Chuan also returned to Beihai Hotel, ready to pack his luggage and return to Jinling.

After the Lixiao demonstration reactor is successfully ignited, the follow-up is to repeat the ignition test, and then carry out work related to grid connection.

After 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, he will probably be able to step down as the general manager of Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project.

By that time, he should also return to Nanjing University for a few classes.

Speaking of this, Xu Chuan is still quite guilty. After all, he has a full professor position in Nantah University, but he has not attended classes or supervised students in the past two years. It can be regarded as prostitution for nothing such as the salary and benefits of Nantah University.

Although Nantah University probably doesn't care about this kind of free prostitution, maybe even hope that there will be more such free prostitution.

But for him, it was still a shame.

After returning from the nursing home to Beihai Hotel smoothly, Xu Chuan unexpectedly met another acquaintance here.

"Academician Xu, hello."

In the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, a middle-aged and elderly man stretched out his right hand with a smile on his face, greeted him familiarly and introduced: "Please allow me to introduce myself, Academician Xu, I am the director of CCTV. Xiong Weizhao."

Seeing the smiling director of CTV in front of him, Xu Chuan skillfully extended his right hand and shook hands with him: "Hello, Director Xiong."

Although he was a little surprised that the director of CTV would personally come over to interview him or something, but he has long been familiar with such things.

Since he led Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project to successfully ignite, many people have visited him recently.

To put it bluntly, the director of CTV, among these people, may still be of a relatively low rank.

Xiong Weizhao clasped his hands tightly with enthusiasm and shook them. He said with a smile on his face, "Hello, Academician Xu. Let me introduce you. This is Sun Yutong, an excellent media reporter and anchor of our CTV."

Behind him, Sun Yutong, a beautiful reporter with a beautiful face, stood up with a smile and said hello to Xu Chuan: "Academician Xu, hello."

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded to her, and said hello: "Long time no see, Reporter Sun."

Hearing that he still remembered himself, Sun Yutong was slightly taken aback, and then a bright smile appeared on his face: "I didn't expect you to remember me."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "People are always impressed by beautiful things."

On the side, Xiong Weizhao watched the friendly exchange between Xu Chuan and Sun Yutong, with a mysterious smile on his face.

In fact, strictly speaking, Sun Yutong is not a core media reporter of CTV One, and today's interview should not be hers. However, after learning that she had interviewed Academician Xu several times before and had a good relationship with Academician Xu, he made the decision to bring Sun Yutong here today.

After all, at the current academician Xu's level, even if he wants to meet, it is not so easy.

If you want to do an interview with this person, you have to see if he is in the mood.

At least bringing Sun Yutong here today is the right choice. The relationship between the two seems to be much better than he expected, and the interview should be stable.

After the two talked about the past, Xiong Weizhao said: "I don't know if Academician Xu is convenient, we want to do an interview with you about the field of controllable nuclear fusion. After all, we are the first country to realize this great technology. To publicize it to the outside world, it is still necessary to boost national self-confidence."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Of course, for this interview, we have applied to the higher-ups, and the higher-ups have also agreed. We have carefully selected the questions including the interview, and they will not involve controllable issues. Some of the technical aspects of nuclear fusion."

"In addition, after the interview is over, we will also focus on reviewing the relevant content, and we will announce it after confirming that there are no problems."

"The main purpose is to educate the general public about controllable nuclear fusion. After all, you are the father of controllable nuclear fusion. Your voice in this field is more convincing than others."

Hearing what he said, Xu Chuan didn't refuse, nodded, and said, "It's ok, but the high-speed train here is after two o'clock in the afternoon, so I'm afraid I don't have much time left for you."

"If the interview is relatively long, you can spare time to go to Jinling."

Xiong Weizhao glanced at his watch and said hastily: "Enough is enough, I have already asked the hotel manager to prepare the conference room, so I will delay Academician Xu for some time."

While speaking, he gave Sun Yutong a look.

Sun Yutong stepped forward quickly, and said with a smile: "Academician Xu, please."

"You're welcome, it's just a small matter."

A group of people came to a meeting room in Beihai Hotel, and after a brief chat, Sun Yutong asked with a smile: "Academician Xu, how about we officially start the interview?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Yes."

"The first question is about the future. After the realization of controllable nuclear fusion technology, we all want to ask, what changes can it bring to our lives and the earth's environment?"

Hearing this routine question that can no longer be routine, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "If you want to say that the realization of controllable nuclear fusion technology can bring about changes, there are too many."

"I'm afraid I may not be able to finish the speech in three days and three nights."

After a slight pause, he thought for a while, and then said: "If you want to say the biggest and most obvious change, it is related to electricity."

"If you are a friend living in Jinling, even if it hasn't started yet, they should be able to experience the change in electricity prices. In the past, the electricity price for civilian life in Jinling was about 60 cents per kilowatt-hour. The electricity bill will become 20 cents per unit, a full three-fold drop.”

"For those friends whose life depends on the air conditioner in the hot summer, the burden of electricity bills will be greatly reduced. As some friends on the Internet said, they can go out with the air conditioner on their backs 24 hours a day."

Smiling, Xu Chuan continued: "Of course, I personally don't recommend doing this. After all, it's too tiring to go out with the air conditioner on your back."

Hearing this sentence, Sun Yutong couldn't help but smiled, she didn't expect that Professor Xu had such a humorous side.

Xu Chuan didn't pay too much attention to this aspect, and continued: "For the society, the reduction of electricity bills will mean the rapid development of all walks of life. These are all predictable problems."

"As for the impact on the ecological environment of the earth"

After thinking about it, he described it in the simplest way: "After the realization of controllable nuclear fusion technology, problems such as the greenhouse effect and excessive carbon dioxide emissions will be greatly improved."

"Depending on the type of energy used, there will be a shift from traditional fossil fuels to controlled fusion electricity."

"It is well known that the use of fossil energy, whether it is coal, gasoline, natural gas or others, will release a large amount of total heat and greenhouse gases when it is burned to do work. These are the causes of the current drastic changes in the earth's ecological environment One of the main reasons."

Sun Yutong nodded and asked curiously: "Can it be understood that the global ecological environment, carbon neutrality and other issues will be alleviated or even resolved in the future?"

Xu Chuan nodded, and said: "It can be said this way. After the realization of controllable nuclear fusion technology, these problems can be greatly alleviated. Even from a relatively long-term perspective, they can be completely solved."

"After all, the deuterium and tritium burned by controlled nuclear fusion technology release neutrons and helium three. In the process of power generation, there is no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases."

"For the utilization of fusion heat energy, nuclear fusion devices are far stronger than ordinary power generation equipment."

Sun Yutong nodded and continued: "The second question was picked from the Internet. Before asking this question, I would like to ask Academician Xu if you have read or understood the novel or movie "The Wandering Earth" ? If not, we will skip this question."

"Of course, this paragraph will also be edited in subsequent reports."

Xu Chuan glanced at her curiously, nodded in confusion, and said, "I have some understanding."

Sun Yutong: "That's right. Some netizens want to ask you. In the movie "The Wandering Earth" released last year, the principle of the planetary engine mentioned in the movie is nuclear fusion. What do you think of this science fiction direction? In your opinion , Can nuclear fusion application scenarios such as planetary engines shown in the movie become a reality in the future?"

Hearing this question, Xu Chuan raised his eyebrows with some interest.

I have to say that this question is a little bit more advanced than the previous question.

After thinking for a while, he organized his words and said: "First of all, it is certain that nuclear fusion is used as energy to drive a huge planetary engine. The way to solve human energy problems - the expectation of controllable fusion energy."

"For controllable nuclear fusion technology, once it is applied, projects such as seawater desalination and interstellar travel that are prohibitive due to huge energy consumption are expected to develop rapidly with the support of nuclear fusion."

"As for hard-core technologies such as planetary engines in novels and movies, it is indeed a bit out of reach based on current knowledge. But with major discoveries in the future and continuous breakthroughs in science and technology, it may become a reality in the future."

"Of course, if we want to build such a huge planetary engine, whether it is for structural materials or controllable nuclear fusion itself, it is a huge extravagant hope. At least a few more rounds of breakthroughs are needed before there may be hope."

"If I remember correctly, in a planetary engine, the fusion material used is a common stone. The principle is "heavy element fusion"."

"Heavy element fusion is a more advanced form of nuclear fusion reaction. It generally only occurs inside massive stars. It is impossible for heavy element nuclear fusion to occur inside stars with the mass of the sun. Only stars more than eight times the mass of the sun Only stars can achieve the fusion of iron elements."

"At present, the controllable nuclear fusion technology we have realized uses deuterium-tritium, an isotope of hydrogen, as the raw material. It only needs about 15 million degrees Celsius to reach fusion conditions. But the fusion of helium, which is one level higher than it, requires nearly 2 100 million degrees Celsius."

"But if you want to make conventional stones, whose main components are generally silica, carbonic acid, calcium hydroxide and other substances to produce nuclear fusion, the required temperature needs to be at least two billion degrees Celsius."

"Though theoretically, it could be done."

"But this technology is an unimaginable nuclear fusion technology for the current level of human technology. Although it is theoretically possible, it is too difficult to realize in reality."

"Even if it's me, I can't give a predicted time to realize it."

PS: There should be another chapter in the evening, but I’m not sure if it can be released before twelve o’clock. As the old rule, if it is not released before twelve o’clock, then get up the next morning to read it, and ask for a monthly pass by the way.