Chapter 300 Controlled Nuclear Fusion Project Landed

For Xu Chuan, it is actually good that the high-energy physics team of Jiaotong University has joined the analysis of the original data of inert neutrinos.

After all, this can greatly shorten the time required for data analysis.

As his mentor Chen Zhengping said, the discovery of inert neutrinos is his achievement, and there is no need to let those foreign teams share a piece of the pie.

As for Nanjing University, with the consent of Xu Chuan and Chen Zhengping, Yu Yongwang also agreed without hesitation.

In any case, the opinions of Xu Chuan and Academician Chen should be considered.

In early September, half a month after the nuclear energy project commendation meeting ended.

The people from the Science and Technology Department took the initiative to find Xu Chuan.

The people who came to Jinling to visit him in person were Qin Anguo, who had not seen him for several months, and another middle-aged man in his early forties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looking gentle and elegant.

"Professor Xu, long time no see."

In the villa, Qin Anguo shook hands with Xu Chuan enthusiastically and greeted him with a smile

"Come, let me introduce you, this is Gao Hongming from the Strategic Planning Department of our Science and Technology Department. This time we came together mainly to meet you and chat. If it is suitable, Xiao Gao will be arranged to help you in the controlled nuclear fusion project in the future."

"You can leave some trivial matters on the controlled nuclear fusion project to him. If there are any matters in the future, you can also directly tell Xiao Gao, and he will handle and report them in time."

Xu Chuan nodded, smiled and shook hands with Gao Hongming: "Hello, Director Gao."

The head of the Strategic Planning Department of the Science and Technology Department is a very high position, and being arranged by the higher authorities to participate in the management of the controlled nuclear fusion project shows that Gao Hongming's ability must be quite excellent.

"Hello, Professor Xu, the title of Director Gao is really too polite. You can call me by my name or Xiao Gao." Gao Hongming smiled gently.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I'll trouble you with the project management and preparatory work. I have some other research to do and can't spare time for the time being."

Gao Hongming quickly said, "Don't worry about that. My job is to assist you in handling these matters."

Xu Chuan nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your help."

After a pause, he asked, "By the way, has the official notification of the establishment of controlled nuclear fusion been issued?"

Hearing this, Gao Hongming quickly took out a red document from his bag and handed it over.

Xu Chuan took the notification document and flipped through it.

On the side, Qin Zhengguo said, "The official establishment of the controlled nuclear fusion project has been completed. The project leader is Professor Xu, but because it is confidential, it cannot be forwarded to your public mailbox, so I brought it here."

"In addition, I also need to discuss some matters about the controlled nuclear fusion project with you today."

Although this controlled nuclear fusion is not something that needs to be kept strictly confidential. There are many institutions working on this kind of cutting-edge technology, both at home and abroad.

There are even more than a dozen countries working together, such as the ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, which started in 1985 and has been going on for nearly 50 years.

But as for the character of the Chinese, everyone knows that they keep a low profile and keep secrets. Before they can show off their achievements, Chinese people prefer to do it secretly.

Xu Chuan took the notification document from Gao Hongming, and nodded as he looked at it, saying, "Please speak, Director Qin."

"First of all, it's about the site selection of the project. After discussion, we have temporarily selected four locations, namely Bincheng, Jincheng, Modu, and Shencheng. Professor Xu, which of these four cities do you think is more suitable? Or if you have suggestions and ideas, you can also put them forward and we will discuss them together."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan looked up at Qin Anguo, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "Can it be placed in Jinling?"

On the opposite side, Qin Anguo and Gao Hongming were obviously stunned when they heard this answer.

After coming to his senses, Qin Anguo asked, "Aren't nuclear projects usually built by the sea? If I remember correctly, a lot of seawater is needed to complete the cooling cycle, right?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "This is inertial thinking. Nuclear power plants are built on the seashore because a lot of seawater is needed to carry away the residual heat after the reactor releases heat to generate electricity."

"In addition, there are generally continuous winds along the coast, which is conducive to the diffusion of gases. Radioactive gases in inland areas tend to accumulate locally, causing nuclear pollution."

"Although controlled nuclear fusion also requires cooling, it does not have the risk of nuclear radiation. After all, its fusion materials are two harmless substances, deuterium and tritium."

"And it does not need to be like nuclear fission. Like a power station, it fills the combustion raw materials into the reaction zone at once. It is more like a thermal power station, and the reactor is replenished with as much fuel as needed. "

After a pause, he continued: "As for cooling, what seawater can do, fresh water can naturally do. Jinling is in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and has sufficient water resources."

"And Jinling is also a large industrial city, and its consumption of electricity is also quite large. In addition, other cities in Su Province also need a lot of electricity. I think it is okay to build it here."

Xu Chuan explained with a smile, but he had another reason that he didn't say. The four cities selected above are all a certain distance away from where he currently lives, and every trip back and forth takes a lot of time on the road.

This was a problem he discovered when he was in charge of the nuclear energy β radiation energy concentration and conversion into electrical energy project. It took him several hours to run from Nanjing University to Qidong, not to mention Bincheng and Jincheng.

The key point is that he didn't know what was going on. He only needed to take a car, but on the way, he couldn't calm down to do research or anything. Not to mention doing research, it was difficult to immerse himself in reading.

So every journey can be said to be a waste of time for him.

If possible, Xu Chuan really didn't want to run around because of the controlled nuclear fusion project. He just wanted to stay quietly in Jinling.

Of course, he didn't say this reason, because it sounded too willful.

On the other side, Qin Anguo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write down your suggestion first, and we'll have a meeting to discuss it after we go back. If there's no problem, I'll contact you again if we decide to modify the site. Do you have any other requirements or suggestions?"

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "Is Professor Peng Hongxi still working at Shuimu University?"

Qin Anguo: "I'm not sure about this, but I can help check. Do you want to invite Professor Peng to join the controlled nuclear fusion project?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Professor Peng is one of the founders of our country's nuclear energy field, and he is also the leader in pioneering and developing China's particle beam inertial confinement fusion research. If you can invite him, it would be great."

To be honest, there is no way to pull Peng Hongxi, who is already in his eighties, over.

Although China is considered to be one of the world's top in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, strictly speaking, many universities in China do not actually offer a professional course in controlled nuclear fusion.

At present, the people who are engaged in the research of controlled nuclear fusion in China are basically from the fields of plasma physics, nuclear physics, high-energy physics, etc. and have switched to other industries.

Academician Peng Hongxi is a true hero-level figure in the field of nuclear fusion in China.

If Xu Chuan could not find any suitable candidates, he would not want to bother him, after all, the old man is already 80 years old this year.

As for the student of Academician Peng Hongxi, Professor Han Jin, who was previously the person in charge of daily affairs in the nuclear waste reuse project, is relatively too young.

Under his leadership, he led the daily work of the "Nuclear Energy β Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion into Electric Energy" project, but it is difficult for him to support a super project like controlled nuclear fusion.

Controlled nuclear fusion is a systematic project, and the technical difficulties involved cover all aspects from plasma physics to material research and even information technology research, which requires the concerted efforts of many research units.

It can be said that this super project requires too many resources and things to be coordinated. If you do not have enough qualifications and reputation in China, it cannot be completed.

After much thought, Xu Chuan could only invite Academician Peng Hongxi again.

On the side, Gao Hongming couldn't help swallowing his saliva while listening to the conversation between the two.

He knew that Professor Xu was very capable, but he didn't expect that his power would be so great.

If it were other scholars, after giving four sites above, they would basically only choose one from the four sites.

Unexpectedly, this person directly raised an objection, and what was even more unexpected was that Director Qin Di actually agreed directly.

Although he still replied that he would go back to discuss it, in his opinion, this discussion was basically just a matter of going through the process.

To be honest, it makes sense for the top management to choose these four sites.

These four sites are all core cities of important industrial bases, such as Bincheng, which is the core city of the Liaozhongnan Industrial Base, and Modu, which is the core city of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Industrial Base.

Moreover, these cities are all close to the sea. It is already an unspoken rule that nuclear power plants give priority to cities close to the sea for engineering facilities. This is not only the case in China, but also in the world.

After all, considering all aspects, coastal cities are indeed more convenient.

However, a super project like controlled nuclear fusion, with an investment of at least 10 billion, has changed the site selection with just one sentence from Professor Xu in front of him.

This energy can be said to be unique in China without any problem.

In the living room of the villa, after the three chatted for a while, Qin Anguo was ready to get up and leave.

Today, on the one hand, he came here to introduce Gao Hongming to Xu Chuan, and on the other hand, he talked about issues related to site selection, investment budget, personnel requirements, etc.

These have been answered, and he is not going to delay Professor Xu's time any longer.

After sending off the two people from the Science and Technology Department, Xu Chuan put his energy back on modeling the ultra-high temperature plasma turbulence in the controlled nuclear fusion reactor.

With the theoretical basis already perfected by him, modeling plasma turbulence is just a matter of time for him.

Days passed one by one, and Xu Chuan was busy with his research.

In the middle of modeling, he received a return visit from Gao Hongming. After discussion, the project site of the controlled nuclear fusion project finally fell in Jinling.

As for the specific site selection, it is currently being discussed with the government in Jinling City.

The city leaders of Jinling were so shocked when they received the news that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

The tens of billions of dollars of investment, the controlled nuclear fusion, a national super project, suddenly settled in Jinling, which was like a surprise falling from the sky for Jinling.

Before this, the leaders of Jinling City had never thought about this, not to mention dreaming about it.

When Gao Hongming, who was responsible for the daily work of the controllable nuclear fusion project, came to visit, the leaders of Jinling City were as if they were in a dream and they were all dumbfounded.

A systematic super project like controllable nuclear fusion will be of great help to the development of high-tech and science and technology industries in Jinling City as well as the introduction of talents.

A large-scale project will definitely require the help of countless people, and for something like controllable nuclear fusion, you may have to start as a PhD student just to serve tea and water.

People of this level are the target of introduction no matter which city they are in the country.

Not to mention the development of science and technology and high-tech, the research on controllable nuclear fusion, God knows, can lead to the development and emergence of many new technologies.

Or to put it more simply and straightforwardly, for Jinling City, the establishment of the controllable nuclear fusion project is like a ‘huge’ political achievement falling from the sky.

After hearing that this was Xu Chuan's proposal, the city leaders quickly brought their troops to visit in person.

Of course, they had legitimate reasons for visiting.

The controllable nuclear fusion project was settled in Jinling. As the city government, they naturally wanted to listen to Professor Xu's opinion on site selection.

Also coming with the city leaders were Gao Hongming and Peng Hongxi.

"Professor Xu, do you think where in Jinling is more suitable as a location?"

In Xu Chuan's villa, the leader of Jinling City looked at Xu Chuan with enthusiasm and expectancy and asked. On the tea table, there was also a huge map of Jinling City, the 3D type, with Jinling marked on it. conditions in various parts of the city.

Xu Chuan: "Just find a sparsely populated place by the river."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Of course, the geological structure must be stable and there will be no sinking."

Hearing this, the city leader thought for a while, pointed to the map and asked, "What about Wumadu Square in the Yanbin River Scenic Area?"

"The geology here is stable, there are no residential areas nearby, and there are no other buildings except for some tourist attractions. It is also easy to demolish. Opposite is the Bagua Island Wetland Park. Considering confidentiality issues, this park can be closed."

Xu Chuan: "This needs to be detected by professionals. If there is no problem, I can do it."

"As for the issue of confidentiality, controllable nuclear fusion is not much different from an ordinary nuclear power plant from the outside, so don't worry too much."

The city leader nodded and said: "If the Muyan Riverside Scenic Area is not suitable, it can also be placed at the foot of Qixia Mountain. It should meet the requirements."

"If you have no objection, Professor Xu, we will arrange for personnel to explore these two places. If it works, then you can choose one. If neither works, how about we discuss it again?"

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you."

"No trouble, no trouble. This is what we should do. What's more, we are eager to have this kind of 'trouble' again and again." The city leader said with a smile on his face: "Without further ado, we will go back and arrange personnel to deal with this problem." By selecting two sites for exploration, Professor Xu and Academician Peng will not be disturbed. "

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