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The United States, a secret base, is exactly America’s controllable nuclear fusion project, the “Phoenix” plan.

Regarding controllable nuclear fusion, as the former world superpower, the United States has naturally already planned it, and it is not in one direction, but in multiple directions. The United States has also spent a lot of money on magnetic confinement nuclear fusion represented by the Tokamak device and the spiral stone.

As long as there is a possibility, the United States will not give up research on laser nuclear fusion, beam nuclear fusion, etc.

In terms of tokamak devices, in 1993, the United States used deuterium and tritium 1:1 fuel on tftr. The fusion energy released in the two experiments was 0.3 million kilowatts and 0.56 million kilowatts respectively, and the q value reached 0.28.

In September 1997, United European Environmental Protection achieved a world record of 12,900 kilowatts, with a q value of 0.60, which lasted for 2 seconds. Only 39 days later, the output power was increased to 16,100 kilowatts, with a q value of 0.65.

The scientific community has always believed that the most likely candidate for controllable nuclear fusion to move out of the laboratory and into the commercial stage is Europe's 'Helix 7-x', followed by the United States, and China is ranked sixth.

But no one expected that Huaxia, which had always been considered the No. 6, and whose research on tokamak devices may have started with equipment donated by Russia, would inexplicably make rapid progress in controllable nuclear fusion technology and take the lead in mastering the technology of controllable nuclear fusion.

Controlled nuclear fusion has moved controllable nuclear fusion from the laboratory to commercialization. There are now five fusion nuclear power plants. Just five fusion nuclear power plants are equivalent to the 300 fission nuclear power plants in the past. This has enabled China to get rid of the energy crisis, and even China

All small and medium-sized hydropower stations, thermal power stations, etc. have been shut down. Even so, China is still able to transport and supply electricity to surrounding areas. The market value of Asia Power Group is so eye-catching.

To solve the energy problem, with cheap power supply, China's manufacturing industry has become even stronger. After all, the monthly electricity price alone is two-thirds lower than other places. In this aspect alone, it is a very considerable competitiveness.

, Other places simply cannot compete, and the reduction in production costs means an increase in corporate profits.

The industrial chain transfer imagined by all parties has unfortunately not been realized. Instead, it has been scattered to pieces. Low economic growth and negative economic growth abound. The low economic growth of many European countries is even due to their reliance on tourists from China.

, relying on the consumption of Chinese people to maintain low growth, otherwise negative growth is certain.

After China mastered the controllable nuclear fusion technology and gained the opportunity, neither Europe nor the United States gave up. They increased their own research on controllable nuclear fusion. Europe focused on 'Helixite 7-x', while the United States focused on 'Helixite 7-x'.

The research direction of controllable nuclear fusion methods in other directions was concentrated on the direction of magnetic confinement controllable nuclear fusion, so the "Helios" project was born. The "Helios" project has cost 300 billion U.S. dollars so far, and has concentrated a large number of Americans.

Nuclear technology experts, materials experts, etc. To this end, the United States has also promoted technical public relations cooperation with 28 universities.

Under such spending, the United States itself was relatively weak in magnetic confinement nuclear fusion, but it has continued to make new progress in recent years.

The 'Sun God' project has more than 100,000 people in the scientific research base alone. There are white people, yellow people, and black people. All ethnic groups on the earth can be seen here. White people do not make up the majority. On the contrary, they belong to

Relatively few, and this also reflects a microcosm of the past few decades in the United States - other races occupy an extremely important position in scientific research positions.

"Zhang, the 'Sun God' has been inspected and there are no problems in all aspects. The experiment can be started at any time. I am confident that this time the 'Sun God' will continue to operate for more than 25 minutes and will generate considerable energy." said an Indian.

, And the 'Zhang' he is talking about is a Chinese immigrant from Southeast Asia. He is about 50 years old this year and serves as the chief engineer of the United States' "Sun God" project.

It's helpless to say that at the beginning, all the main positions in the 'Sun God' project were filled by other people, but problems were soon discovered. These people were either too good and lacked energy, or they had limited talents and insufficient technical skills. They suffered several losses.

, coupled with the slow progress of controllable nuclear fusion technology, the Department of Energy made great determination and promoted a large number of Asians to important positions.

And it has to be said that with the continuous investment of money and sufficient manpower, the United States' "Helios" plan has achieved great changes. They are now going to launch an impact on continuously confining ultra-high temperature plasma for 25 minutes at a time. Although it has arrived

This step is still behind the 30 minutes set by the Max Planck Institute in Europe, but it is already a very big record.

Reaching this step also means that the United States' "Helios" project is not far away from being announced as successfully leaving the laboratory.

At this point, although it cannot be compared with the long-term stable operation of China, the energy generated is already very considerable, much greater than the input energy. It is completely possible to build a fusion nuclear power plant. Such a fusion nuclear power plant will only have higher operating costs, but

Still much lower than fission nuclear power plants.

The operating costs of a fission nuclear power plant include buildings, nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel, safety measures, etc. Because of the dangers of fission nuclear power plants, buildings and safety measures cost a lot of money, including the demarcation of control areas around fission nuclear power plants.

It is unsuitable for living and development within a radius of dozens of kilometers, and the disposal of the nuclear waste produced is not so easy, it is a headache. After all, no one is as shameless as Japan.

Once a nuclear accident occurs, the impact and losses will be staggering. Nuclear power plant accidents in history have told the world this. Japan still has lingering fears about nuclear power plants, and Europe has shut down more than half of its nuclear power plants.

Unlike fusion nuclear power plants, the reaction product of fusion nuclear power plants is helium without radioactive contamination. And because nuclear fusion requires extremely high temperatures, once there is a problem in a certain link and the fuel temperature drops, the fusion reaction will automatically stop, which means that the fusion reactor

This subcritical reactor will definitely not have the kind of nuclear power plant accident that makes people laugh. There is no doubt that it is very safe.

"Zhang, at this point, controllable nuclear fusion can be used commercially, but the problem before us is very serious. According to the current technical level, it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build a tokamak-type nuclear fusion device.

, the cost is 100 times that of China!" A white middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "The investors are very dissatisfied with this and are worried. They feel that they cannot compete with China's fusion nuclear power plant at all, and they cannot produce it during the construction stage.

So much money! I feel that the patience of all investors has reached its limit."

Zhang Dun frowned slightly. This is a problem. The 'Helios' plan chose the magnetic confinement nuclear fusion method. It did not choose the stellarator mode of 'Helix Stone 7-x', but the tokamak device mode.

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But whether it is the stellarator mode of 'Helix 7-x' or the tokamak device mode, when it comes to building a reactor, you will face a problem, that is, the high cost of the reactor. The cost of a capable reactor is as high as 350 billion US dollars.

, that is to say, a fusion nuclear power plant, the same as that of China, would cost up to 450 billion U.S. dollars, but China only needs 30 billion U.S. dollars, and it can be built in phases, but they cannot, so they have to build it together.

The cost difference is more than a hundred times, which means that in fact, under fair competition in the world, they have no advantage. Even a pig knows how to choose.

But Zhang Dun is also helpless about this. This is determined by the tokamak device or the stellarator device of the 'Helix 7-x'. For example, the volume of the tokamak device they are building now is already very large, and this

It is used for experiments. Once the reactor device is built, the volume will be hundreds of times larger.

However, the world has been researching controllable nuclear fusion for almost a century. Whether it is the stellarator mode or the tokamak device mode, they have gone through the test of more than half a world, which shows that their structural design is already very scientific. If you want to change,

Unless they take a different approach like Huaxia and design a brand new magnetic restraint device.

But redesigning a brand new magnetic restraint device is not easy. There is no Professor Qin in the United States!

Zhang Dun sighed. Although he is an expert in controllable nuclear fusion and a world-class scholar, he now clearly feels the gap between himself and Qin Yuanqing, because he is helpless when facing this problem. He can learn from his predecessors.

Basically, we keep moving forward and solving problems, but there is no way to tear everything down and open up a new world.

"Anderson, we don't have the ability to solve this problem. Being able to continuously confine ultra-high temperature plasma for 30 minutes is our goal. As for how to solve the problem of reactor construction materials and further optimize it, I think it is a matter for others to consider." Zhang Dun sighed.

He took a breath and said with some helplessness: "Unless they can invite Professor Qin to give us a lecture and tell us the principles of the 'Golden Crow Device', or they have a way to get a 'Golden Crow Device', otherwise, I think they can only hand over the

Give time to resolve it with the latecomers!"

Zhang Dun is actually very helpless. He is very aware of the gap between the two in the field of controllable nuclear fusion. China's controllable nuclear fusion has been miniaturized and used in aerospace aircraft, but they don't even have controllable nuclear fusion technology.

Neither has mastered it and realized commercial use. It is not an exaggeration to say that the gap between the two is a hundred years.

If he had no choice but to do it for the sake of his wife and children, Zhang Dun would not want to lie in this muddy water. Unfortunately, he had no choice. The form was stronger than the person, and his arms could not twist the thigh. Individuals appeared so powerless and weak in front of the state machine.

You are so weak that you are just a little ant, you can't even resist.

Others also nodded in agreement.