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Chapter 24 Nuclear-powered rocket thruster test run

Five hours later, Tech Simulator: "Turbine pump assembly simulation run failed."

Du Xingyu looked at it and saw that it was already nine o'clock in the evening. It was already late and he could only wait until tomorrow to continue.

"I'm so hungry." Du Xingyu felt lazy and had been in the simulation experiment. He habitually forgot to eat dinner.

"It's past dinner time now..." Du Xingyu walked out of the office and was thinking about getting something to fill his stomach when a person walked towards him.

She was wearing a white protective suit from a scientific research institute, her long hair was tied up, she wore light makeup, and her face looked slightly tired. Even the simple and monotonous protective clothing and tired expression cannot conceal the youthful beauty. Male colleagues passing by couldn't help but take a second look.

This is the intern in the group, Du Xingyu’s classmate, Xu Lianqiu.

Du Xingyu couldn't help but sigh, indeed, good-looking people look good in anything they wear!

"General Engineer Du!" Seeing Du Xingyu, Xu Lianqiu looked happy and seemed to be in high spirits, shouting slightly teasingly.

"Stop teasing me." Du Xingyu smiled and said, "Why, it's already nine o'clock in the evening and you haven't left yet. Do you have to work overtime today?"

"Yes!" Xu Lianqiu shrugged and said, "It's not just me, everyone is working overtime recently."

"There's no way, we can't fall behind. Work harder now, and things will get better in the future." Du Xingyu knows that the main reason why everyone works overtime comes from him. His research and development progress is too fast, and everyone must go all out to keep up with him. The rhythm!

"You haven't eaten yet? Here!" Xu Lianqiu opened the small box he was carrying, and there were actually several lunch boxes inside.

"How do you know?" Du Xingyu said in surprise, "I'm worried about what to eat!"

"Who in the research team doesn't know that you miss meals every day?" Xu Lianqiu rolled her eyes at him and said, "The word "forgetting to sleep and eat" refers to you, let's go!"

"Did you bring this specially for me?" Du Xingyu's heart moved and he asked in a low voice.

"What a beautiful thought..." Xu Lianqiu looked around and said in a helpless tone, "The cafeteria aunt said that you have been missing meals, so she specially left it for you and asked me to deliver it."

"Hey... I'm so happy for nothing!" Du Xingyu sighed deliberately and said, "Auntie is the true love!"

"You are so poor! Find a place to eat quickly!" Xu Lianqiu said sheepishly when she saw all the passing researchers looking over.

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Du Xingyu failed many times in nuclear-powered rocket thrusters. The more than one million energy points accumulated are almost used up!

Among them, he also encountered a problem. Since it is a nuclear reactor, it is inevitable to encounter the cooling problem of the nuclear reactor.

He adopted the previous plan and used liquid hydrogen as the working fluid and coolant. Liquid hydrogen has a small relative molecular mass, a large amount of heat absorption, and can use an expansion cycle.

Using the simulator, Du Xingyu designed a circulating cooling system to ensure that the nuclear reactor would not melt the core due to overheating.

After repeated attempts, he finally completed the complete design of the nuclear-powered rocket thruster within the planned time.

Now, we only need to manufacture the various components of the nuclear-powered rocket thruster according to the drawings, add the radiation protection components produced by other groups, and emergency treatment equipment and install them on the rocket. A brand-new nuclear-powered launch vehicle can be manufactured. Finish!

"Everyone, please work harder during this period. I would also like to ask Teachers Tang and Zhou to hurry up and make the nuclear-powered rocket thrusters. We need the help of the Nuclear Power Research Institute and the Atomic Energy Research Institute." In the conference room, Du Xingyu arranged .

"Xia and your team will start installing radiation protection devices and coatings on the rocket bodies this month to improve the nuclear fuel control system."

"Other groups should try to keep up with the progress. If there are any problems, please report them in time!"

"The mission must be completed!" Everyone expressed their opinions. Many of them still can't believe that their research and development progress will be so fast.

Space technology, spacecraft, and rocket development are all measured in years! Even a product in the experimental stage will take one or two years to manufacture, let alone a nuclear-powered rocket that has never been seen before.

But with Du Xingyu, the progress was accelerated rapidly. The problems that bother them can often be solved in a day or two.

Now people in the institute look at Du Xingyu as if they were God, so amazing!

Busy work began again, and with the collaboration of other scientific research institutions, the nuclear-powered rocket thruster was successfully manufactured within a month.

In the nuclear protection experimental workshop of the China Nuclear Power Research Institute, everyone was wearing radiation-proof clothing, waiting for the first start-up test of the nuclear-powered rocket thruster.

This is the most critical part. Other components, mechanisms and systems have basically been successfully tested. As long as the thruster testing is completed, the nuclear-powered rocket will be considered complete!

"I hope I can succeed at once." He Jingcheng looked at the huge nuclear-powered rocket thruster and said to himself.

"The probability of success is over 90%!" said the gray-haired Tang Junwen. "Our Nuclear Power Research Institute has repeatedly reviewed and demonstrated the power system of this rocket thruster, and the simulation experimental data shows that there is no problem. We even gave Our nuclear power research has yielded information worth thousands of dollars!"

"I also believe it can be successful!" Zhou Ziang said, "Xiao Du used 'americium' to replace 'uranium' and 'plutonium' atoms as the raw materials of the nuclear reactor. The mass of the critical state of the americium atom fission reaction only needs 100% of the mass of uranium and plutonium. One percent, and once the reaction occurs, it can continue. This allows the rocket thruster to operate stably for a long time."

"Everyone knows this truth. What is commendable is that he can find a way to control the americium fission reactor. The design of the liquid hydrogen circulation cooling system is even more ingenious!"

"Stop talking, it's about to start."

Everyone fell silent and stood outside the protection laboratory, preparing to open it.

"Three, two, one, turn on the controller!" As He Jingcheng gave the order, the controller in the thruster was turned on.

The controller will adjust a specially designed americium atomic reactor and control rods used to slow down neutrons.

Once the nuclear fission reaction begins, a chain reaction will occur. If you want to control it, you have to use a control rod that isolates the reaction. The isolation degree of the control rod can control the speed of the nuclear fission reaction to achieve the effect of controlling the thruster.

During the test, the entire process is controlled electronically remotely in a protective room, ensuring safety even if an accident occurs.

"Controller is on!"

"The radiation field is increasing..."

Through the electronic screen, everyone could see clearly that the nuclear-powered rocket thruster had begun to operate. The nuclear fission reaction generates a large amount of heat energy, and the efficient heat energy exchanger converts this heat energy into other energy. For the purpose of testing, it was modified here, and the heat energy was converted into mechanical energy, which then drove the generator to operate.

If it is on a rocket, all this heat energy will become the power for the rocket to lift off!

"Data monitoring!"

"The reaction is stable and the radiation field is stable."

"The control system is stable, and the regulation reaction efficiency test is in progress. The power is increased by 30%, success; the power is reduced by 50%, success..."

"Gas pollution detection, the gas purification system is normal, and no radioactive particle spillage has been detected..."

As the green light came on for Yizhanzhan, everyone's faces became more and more relaxed, and joy filled their brows. They knew that today they would make history with their own hands!

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