Great Country Academician

The achievements of the dawn fusion device will inevitably hurt the sensitive nerves of some countries.

It's just that no one expected that after the 45-minute breakthrough in the first operation in October, under the leadership of that Professor Xu, the dawn breaker would be released again in less than two months. Created a new record.

Two hours of high-density plasma operation, one minute of deuterium-tritium fusion ignition operation.

What this means is clear to almost all scholars engaged in controllable nuclear fusion.

Even those government officials who know little about controlled nuclear fusion technology are also clear about what it means.

The United States probably did not expect that in just two months, while they were still trying to find out information and discuss countermeasures, Huaguo would be able to advance controllable nuclear fusion technology to a new level.

It has to be said that they were finally in a hurry when faced with the second creation of the dawn fusion device.

Moreover, for the United States, if Huaguo and Soviet Russia, which are regarded as successors, gain an advantage in a certain technology or field that everyone is still competing with, it will sting the nerves even more.

The memory of the confrontation of the last century to the United States is too deep.

Although that behemoth has disintegrated now, the spirit it left behind is still continuing.

For the United States, the two countries that have inherited the spirit of that behemoth undoubtedly must be taken seriously.

A few decades is not enough for it to completely erase the fear of that spirit.

After all, there are still people who lived through that generation.

On the other side, Europe.

When speaking publicly on the side of the US Energy Department.

In the Planck Institute for Plasma Research, Helix 7X is doing the second round of high-density plasma operation experiments.

It has to be said that the achievement of Huaguo's dawn fusion device has indeed stimulated the funder behind the Planck Institute of Plasma Research.

After the dawn device completed two hours of operation, they were quickly provided with a new batch of scientific research funds, and only then did Spiral Stone 7X have the qualifications to start the limit test for the second time in a short period of time.

After all, this kind of limit test has some damage to the controllable nuclear fusion experimental reactor. Although this kind of damage is not irreparable, since it is damage, it will definitely cost extra money to repair it.

Walking into the main control room, Robert Mack, the director of the Planck Institute for Plasma Research, looked at Tillman Lent, who was running the experiment, and asked:

"Is there any hope of breaking through an hour this time?"

Looking at the data on the monitor screen, Professor Tillman Lunt thought for a while and said, "It's difficult."

"In the past two months, we have tried to improve the control scheme of the stellarator, and the constraint time has been slightly improved, but there should still be some distance from the long-term constraint of one hour."

"unless."

"Unless what?"

Taking a deep breath, Tillman said, "Unless the temperature of the plasma is lowered and the first wall is damaged and the first wall is damaged, it may be able to reach an hour."

"But I don't recommend doing this. To be honest, even if we do it for one hour, there is still a big limit from Professor Xu's two hours. I suggest taking it slowly."

Hearing this, Robert Mac sighed and said, "It's too late, at least we need a result to boost our confidence. At least, we can't be pulled too far away"

Hearing this, Tillman Lunt was also silent for a while.

Although he is a scholar who is biased towards scientific research, sitting in his position, he does not understand the things Robert said.

If the Helix 7X is a tokamak device, it’s okay. Based on the achievements made by Professor Xu with a tokamak-like device, all countries will definitely invest funds in the tokamak device without exception.

But the Helix 7X is a stellarator. If it can't keep up with the pace, I'm afraid the budget will be cut off a lot, and it's not impossible to even go to waste because of it.

Thinking about it, Tillman sighed and said, "I'll try my best."

Robert Mike patted him on the shoulder, and looked at Spiral Stone 7X silently.

If anyone wants to stop the Helix 7X, he is definitely one of them.

This is not only related to his fate, but also related to the painstaking efforts invested in Spiral Stone 7X in the past ten years.

Spiral Stone 7X is like a child to him, he grew up watching it little by little.

After a moment of silence, Robert remembered something, and said again: "By the way, for Professor Xu's high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material, the contract signed by CERN may be terminated."

Hearing this, Tillman Lunt turned his head to look at Robert with question marks on his face.

"Um."

Robert nodded, and continued: "Not only that, as for the purpose, maybe it is to force Professor Xu to provide high-temperature superconducting material technology?"

"Of course, there may be others."

"Are they crazy?" Professor Tillman said incredulously, "It is not Professor Xu who needs to sell high-temperature superconducting materials, but other research institutions."

"In the field of high-temperature superconducting materials, there is currently no material that can compare with copper-carbon-silver composite materials. It is quite obvious for various equipment that requires superconducting materials as a system."

"If this kind of material is placed here with us, I am afraid it is forbidden to sell it to the outside world. Even if it is sold, it should only be selectively provided to allies."

"With the current output of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, I'm afraid it can't even meet Huaguo's own internal needs. Does that mean anything to him?"

Looking at the picture on the monitor screen, Robert squinted his eyes and said: "Sometimes, what you can't get yourself, it's also the same purpose to let others lose it and make your competitors not get it."

"With the relationship between China and the United States, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the United States to obtain high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials from Professor Xu, while other countries, such as Europe, still have hope."

"In this case, it's better to ban it together."

After a pause, he continued: "And if the order from CERN goes back on its word, that Professor Xu's loss may be quite large. Adding to the material problem, there will be vacancies in international orders in the field of high-temperature superconducting materials. From this point of view, it is conceivable who is more beneficial."

Tillman asked: "Will CERN agree? You must know that other high-temperature superconducting materials are far inferior to Professor Xu's superconducting performance, as can be seen from our spiral stone 7X."

Robert shrugged, and said: "The scholars at CERN probably agree, but CERN decides, and in the end it is the director who provides the research funding. If the funder disagrees, the council may not be able to do anything."

Sighing, Tillman silently looked at Spiral Stone 7X.

Too much political interference in the development of science is extremely detrimental to the development of science.

But there is no way, if science wants to develop, it has to rely on government funding.

This is an endless loop that no country can avoid.

Fortunately, they have successfully completed the transaction.

As for other research institutions, there is no way, and he can't control so much.

On the other side, China.

Xu Chuan, who is still busy finishing work at the Qixiashan Controlled Nuclear Fusion Engineering Base, is naturally not clear about the actions of the United States.

But even if it was clear, he wouldn't care too much.

As Professor Tillman Lunt said, with the current output of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, it is quite difficult to meet the demand of the whole world, even the domestic demand.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the office.

Xu Chuan responded, "Please come in," and Gao Hongming and another middle-aged man walked in. They were tall and thin, wearing a pair of glasses, and they looked about forty years old.

He had never met this person before, but after being introduced by Gao Hongming, he knew the background of the other party. The person from National Energy was Tan Yangxu.

After the three of them came to the living room, Tan Yangxu took the lead to say hello with a smile: "It's an emergency, and I'm really sorry to disturb your research work, Academician Xu."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "You're welcome, if you have anything to do with Director Tan, you might as well just tell him directly."

Tan Yangxu nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll just say it straight."

"The first thing is that we have received news that the United States is planning to cooperate with other countries to launch an investigation on the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute under your name. The main direction is high-temperature superconducting materials, which may affect you and CERN. The signed order contract may be cancelled."

"?????"

Hearing this news, Xu Chuan was a little confused for a while, with question marks in his head.

Initiate an anti-monopoly investigation on high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials?

What the hell? Has the United States lost its mind?

There are more than one kind of high-temperature superconducting materials. The BI-based high-temperature superconducting materials in the small island country, the lanthanum-based high-temperature superconducting materials in Europe, and the yttrium-based high-temperature superconducting materials in the United States are all high-temperature superconducting materials. The material is here, but it cannot compete with copper-carbon-silver composite materials in terms of superconductivity.

From this point of view, the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material under his name does not constitute a monopoly at all.

And more importantly, this is not a buyer's market, but a seller's market.

At present, countries need the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials in his hands, not because he has to squeeze into other people's homes for sale.

In this case, the one who launched an investigation against him can only say this idea is a real ghost.

As for canceling the order of CERN?

To be honest, he would still feel a little distressed if it was cancelled, after all, this is an order worth billions.

As for other aspects, is his high-temperature superconducting material prohibited from being sold in other countries?

This may be a problem in the future, but at present, the domestic order output cannot meet, let alone export to foreign countries.

The significance of exporting high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials is not to make money, but to exchange some technologies.

For example, the ASDEX device that was previously traded with the Planck Institute of Plasma, this is its value.

As for the others, to be honest, Xu Chuan couldn't think of too many things.

After all, he is in China, not in America.

After thinking about it, Xu Chuan looked at Tan Yangxu, and asked curiously, "What is their purpose for doing this?"

Tan Yangxu: "On the one hand, it should be to ban the sale of high-temperature superconducting materials in your hands. On the other hand, it may be related to ITER."

"ITER?"

Tan Yangxu nodded and said: "Well, some time ago, ITER's headquarters in Cadarache held several council meetings, and the US side accused us of obtaining a large amount of technology from ITER, but failed to fulfill the corresponding obligations. "

"They believe that we have concealed our research results while accepting ITER's controllable nuclear fusion related technologies, which violated the agreement of ITER's member states and required us to disclose high-temperature superconducting material technology and plasma turbulence numerical control models. At least in the face of ITER public."

Xu Chuan was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "Is there any difference between making public to ITER and making public to the whole world? Almost all those in the world who have the ability to independently engage in controllable nuclear fusion have joined ITER. The whole world has made it public."

Tan Yangxu nodded, and said: "This is the difficulty. It is definitely impossible for us to disclose these two technologies, but if we continue to argue, the United States may unite with other member states to kick us out of ITER."

"The ban on sales and anti-monopoly investigation of the high-temperature superconducting materials in your hands, Academician Xu, is the first step in the United States, and kicking us out of ITER may be the second step."

"As for whether there will be a third or fourth step in the future, it is not clear yet."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan also frowned.

Since the news brought by the higher-ups can be told to him here, the credibility is certain.

These two news are not good news for him, or for the development of Huaguo's controllable nuclear fusion business.

The ban on sales, the investigation of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, and the loss of orders from CERN are not too serious problems for him.

But if Huaguo is kicked out of the ITER plan, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome.

It is a fact that the progress of large-scale projects jointly undertaken by international multinationals such as ITER has been slow, and it is also a fact that countries are arguing and evading each other.

But it has to be said that basically all member countries and participating countries benefit from such large-scale international joint projects.

Even if no country will invest in its most advanced technology, the things it produces will not be too bad.

Especially for Huaguo, the years of joining ITER have indeed gained a lot of benefits.

Of course, while reaping the benefits, one will also pay part of it, including billions of billions of scientific research funds, some domestic advanced technologies, and so on.

If Huaguo is kicked out of ITER, it means that all previous investment will be in vain.

In addition, those orders that Huaguo is responsible for, such as ICRF heating antenna orders, such as tungsten and molybdenum first wall material orders, etc., will also be directly replaced by other countries.

These are direct economic losses.

In addition, there are some visits and exchanges with foreign research institutes on controllable nuclear fusion, and the jobs and scientific research personnel exchanges provided by ITER to Huaguo, etc., will also be lost.

Take CERN for example. At present, the scholars in Huaguo participating in CERN, from graduate students to doctoral students, to university professors, etc., after all, at least hundreds of people will participate every year.

These people all rely on CERN for scientific research and results.

And putting it on ITER is actually not an exception.

If evacuated, these scholars will be affected.

Xu Chuan didn't care much about the anti-monopoly investigations and sales bans against him in the United States, but he had to think about the latter.

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