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Standing in front of the main console, looking at the buttons in front of him, Xu Chuan took another deep breath and spoke with a trembling voice.

"Everyone, it is a great honor to stand here with you today and witness the miracle of history together."

"No matter what the future holds, no matter what today's result is, we will all be recorded in history!"

Those two short sentences, with a little trembling, made everyone hold their breath involuntarily, and their eyes focused on the figure in front of the main console.

Xu Chuan didn't hesitate any longer, and pressed the button forcefully.

The CTV media reporter, who was always paying attention to the movement here, quickly pressed the shutter and captured this historic moment.

With the activation of the ICRF heating antenna, the temperature in the chamber of the Lixiao demonstration reactor continued to rise.

The deuterium-tritium raw material that has been put in has quickly completed the transformation into plasma, and then is confined in the pitch-black chamber by the magnetic field provided by the external field coil.

As the temperature continued to rise, the dark reactor chamber was like the early universe, and gradually there was a glimmer of light.

The quiet blue is shining in the chamber, as beautiful as the Milky Way, and like the Milky Way, it is pregnant with stars.

A short time passed, and with the continuous heating up of the ICRF heating antenna, the final moment finally arrived.

At this moment, the radiance that shone like a star and the energy that was as majestic as a sea of ​​stars were released from the fused atoms, shining like light, lighting up the entire universe like a supernova.

In the main control room, Xu Chuan gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and stared at the screen on the main control console.

There were no instructions, no cheers, everyone sat in their posts and continued to work according to the rules that had been arranged.

The biggest difference between the experimental reactor and the experimental reactor is that the demonstration reactor is a complete project.

From the control of high-temperature plasma turbulence in the reactor chamber to the occurrence of fusion, neutron irradiation completes tritium self-sustainment, and then guides the heat in the chamber to complete power generation. All processes of controllable nuclear fusion technology can be found on the demonstration reactor .

Now, they have completed the ignition, and the next step is to control this star-like energy.

In the main control room, everyone was working at their posts.

CTV's media reporters seized the gap to take some more photos, and then quickly retreated to the corner so as not to disturb other people's work.

Standing in front of the main console, Xu Chuan waited silently.

[The current external field coil is in good condition, and the output strength of the steady-state magnetic field is stable! 】

[Deuterium-tritium fusion reaction detected! 】

[The first wall detected neutron radiation! The current status of the first wall is stable! 】

[The helium three observation system is operating normally, and it is observed that the plasma in the chamber is running stably! 】

[The liquid lithium molten salt multiplication tritium system is operating normally, and tritium production has been detected! 】

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One report after another sounded in the main control room one after another. Each voice was full of excitement and trembling, but the atmosphere in the main control room was pushed to the peak step by step.

Standing in front of the main console, Xu Chuan didn't know how long he waited.

Finally, a trembling voice brightened his eyes quickly.

[The tritium recovery system is working well, and tritium has been recovered from the liquid lithium molten salt breeding tritium system! 】

The first ignition, that's the ultimate goal.

The recovery of tritium means that the whole cycle except power generation has been completed.

Although it is still in the experiment, it is impossible to judge the efficiency of neutron utilization and the efficiency of tritium self-sustainment and recovery, but the goal of the first ignition has been achieved.

Tritium is self-sustaining, which is one of the most important cores in controllable nuclear fusion technology.

Only by doing this, can the Lixiao Demonstration Reactor continue to operate for a long time.

After all, it is impossible to rely on the outside world to provide tritium like deuterium.

Only when the problem of tritium self-sustainment is solved, can controllable nuclear fusion be of value.

Otherwise, even if it achieves ignition, power generation, and output, it will not be able to support its long-term operation.

The first ignition run doesn't take very long.

Taking the tritium recovery system as the standard, 20 minutes is enough for the tritium recovery system to obtain enough data, and it is also enough to judge the core points of neutron utilization efficiency and tritium recovery value through this batch of data .

After the time reached this limit, Xu Chuan ordered decisively.

"Attention all units and teams, stop the operation of the Lixiao demonstration reactor."

"receive!"

"receive!"

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With the cessation of the input of deuterium-tritium raw materials and the cessation of heating of the ICRF antenna, the temperature in the chamber of the Lixiao demonstration reactor began to decrease rapidly and steadily.

The excess heat is quickly discharged with the water-cooled divertor, and the plasma participating in the reactor chamber is also quickly converted back to normal, and then discharged through the helium ash port.

From now on, the Daybreak Demonstration Reactor will be shut down for thirty minutes.

During this period, engineers will conduct a preliminary inspection of the overall condition of the demonstration reactor and related equipment, and judge the status of the demonstration reactor after the first ignition.

At the same time, the researchers of the tritium recovery system group will use supercomputers to quickly sort out and calculate the data of tritium recovery to judge whether the TBR value of the fusion reactor cladding meets the standard.

If all goes well, the Daybreak demonstration reactor will be restarted in half an hour.

The second ignition will achieve today's second goal, and it will also be the last goal, connect to the generator set, and complete the big cycle power generation!

The demonstration reactor was shut down at dawn, but the staff of each unit and group still kept their jobs.

Thirty minutes is not a long time in the past.

But in today's race against time, it feels like a whole century has passed in a trance.

Finally, the overall test results of the Lixiao Demonstration Reactor came out first.

A document with residual warmth was quickly sent over by Zhao Hongzhi.

With excitement and excitement, he reported the results to Xu Chuan with a trembling voice: "Report, the interruption inspection of the Lixiao demonstration reactor has been completed, and the current demonstration reactor and various supporting equipment are in good condition! The first wall material and structural materials are not obvious. damage, you can continue the ignition experiment!"

Xu Chuan nodded, took the report and carefully read it.

The demonstration pile is in good condition, and there is no obvious radiation damage to the first wall material and structural material, which is expected.

However, it is still joyful to hear from today's ignition experiment.

After waiting for a while, the data of the tritium recovery system finally came out with the cooperation of many researchers and the Lixiao supercomputer.

Academician Duan Jianming, who was in charge of this aspect, immediately brought over the data verified by supercomputing.

[Numerical statistics of fusion reactor cladding TBR: MCNP: 1.3398]

[Numerical statistics of fusion reactor cladding TBR: MCNP: 1.3406]

Seeing these two data, Xu Chuan finally showed a smile on his face.

The average TBR value of the fusion reactor cladding is above 1.3! It is nearly 0.05 points higher than the previous tritium self-sustaining tritium recovery experiment using the Xiaoxiao experimental reactor, and the result is perfect.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Chuan stood up and gave new instructions.

"Attention all units and groups, the second round of demonstration reactor ignition work has begun!"

Accompanied by the transmission of the command, the steel behemoth lying quietly in the core area once again let out its own roar.

The repeated journey was quite steady, and all indicators quickly returned to the standard state.

Looking at the data and images on the main control screen, Xu Chuan calmly issued new instructions.

"Please pay attention to the generator set, it will be connected to the system in a minute, please get ready!"

Judging from the operating data of the Lixiao demonstration reactor, everything is quite perfect.

Now, it's time to flip the final switch and unleash its endless energy!

The clear voice was transmitted to the ears of the generator crew through the headset. Standing in the control room on the other side of the demonstration reactor engineering base, the two academicians Wang Yongnian and Hou Chengping looked at each other and nodded at each other.

It's time for them!

Although they couldn't stand in the main control room to witness history, they also shouldered the most important mission.

All the preparations have been done, just waiting for the last moment.

One minute was not long, and when the countdown ended, the staff sitting in front of the computer pressed their fingers that had already hovered over the button.

The thermal energy is channeled through and flows to the generator set.

Controllable nuclear fusion power generation and conventional nuclear fission power generation, apart from the magnetic fluid power generation unit, there is actually not much difference in the power generation process.

Both guide the heat generated by nuclear energy to the generator set, and then provide heat to the steam generator, heat the liquid water into steam, and then drive the steam turbine to rotate, and the heat energy is converted into mechanical energy; then the steam turbine drives the generator to rotate, and the mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy.

As for the magnetic fluid generator set, that is another principle.

Of course, there is still a difference between nuclear fusion power generation and nuclear fission power generation.

For example, in the control of power generation, nuclear fission controls the rate of nuclear reactions in nuclear reactors by cutting off control rods and absorbing neutrons, thereby slowing down the rate of nuclear reactions and reducing heat output.

And nuclear fusion is how much electricity and heat energy you need, just put as much deuterium-tritium raw material into the reactor chamber.

As long as the upper limit that the reactor chamber can withstand is not reached, as long as you have enough generator sets attached, then a controllable nuclear fusion device can drive an extremely considerable number of generator sets.

With the connection of a group of magnetic fluid generators + conventional units, a new round of experiments has started.

When the energy comparable to that of a star was channeled out of the dawn demonstration pile, the generator set deployed not far away started running smoothly!

The fuel heated into plasma quickly flows along the pipeline to the magnetic fluid generator set, cutting the magnetic induction lines at high speed, and then converting it into a steady stream of electrical energy.

And this is not the end, the plasma that has undergone a round of power generation still contains extremely considerable energy. They will follow the guidance, flow to the ultra-supercritical generator set and the supercritical generator set, continue their mission, and contribute every ounce of heat.

In the main control room, Xu Chuan stared closely at the screen, waiting for the good news.

Finally, a loud report sounded in everyone's ears.

[Magnetic fluid generator set No. 1 is working normally! High-temperature plasma cutting magnetic field lines detected! Power output detected! 】

[The No. 1 ultra-supercritical generator set is working normally! The current steam generator temperature has reached the critical value! The steam turbine has started! Power output detected! 】

[No. 1 supercritical generator unit is working normally! The current steam generator temperature has reached the critical value! The steam turbine has started! Power output detected! 】

[The load of combined generator set No. 1 has reached full load, and the current total power generation has reached its peak value! 】

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