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"If commercial controllable nuclear fusion can be realized, the impact on the whole world will be extremely huge." Xu You thought.

From a certain point of view, the significance of controllable nuclear fusion is even greater than that of superconductivity.

Although superconductivity can realize the zero-loss transportation of computers, after all, its significance is only to reduce energy loss, and it cannot create energy out of thin air.

And controllable nuclear fusion is a way to fundamentally solve the energy problem.

Because the raw materials used in controlled nuclear fusion can be extracted in the sea.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the technology of controllable nuclear fusion is mastered, the raw materials it needs are inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

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When the construction of Dongri No. 2 was completed, Xu You and Lin Shi came to the location of Dongri No. 2 device together.

Lin Shi had participated in part of the design of Dongri No. 2 before, so Xu You definitely wanted to bring Lin Shi along this time.

After these days of construction, Dongri No. 2 has been presented to everyone in a complete form.

Compared with Dongri No. 1, the device of Dongri No. 2 is even bigger, and the estimated power generation power is also much higher than that of Dongri No. 1.

"Teacher, we will soon see whether the real Dongri No. 2 can achieve commercial controllable nuclear fusion as we predicted."

"Yeah, we have been waiting for this day for a long time, and now we finally have to wait for the scene when the result is announced."

Even though he has full confidence in his own design, Xu You is not completely sure of the final result.

After all, simulation and reality cannot be guaranteed to be 100% identical, and there may be some differences between design and actual manufacturing.

After the official construction of Dongri No. 2 was completed, Xu You, Lin Shi and others carried out strict inspection and testing of the device.

After strict inspection and testing, everyone confirmed that there is no problem with the whole device, and it fully meets the various requirements of the design.

With the inspection and testing work completed, the day for the official experiment was fixed.

Like the previous moon landing project, the power generation experiment of Dongri No. 2 was also broadcast live by many mainstream media including CCTV.

Compared with the moon landing project, although the controllable nuclear fusion project is not so novel and exciting, it is a project that is more closely related to all of us.

On the day of the ignition experiment of Dongri No. 2, various live broadcast rooms have already broadcast live in advance, introducing some information about the project.

"This time, Dongil-2 is different from the previous generation of Dongil-1. Dongil-2 is the world's first controllable nuclear fusion device with a double magnetic confinement structure of internal and external magnetic fields. Not only the external The magnetic field of the large magnet, as well as the magnetic field generated by the internal plasma itself. Through the superposition of the two magnetic fields, the device has a stronger ability to confine the internal plasma."

On the screen, the Dongri No. 2 controllable nuclear fusion device was presented in front of the audience.

Because of its special design, the volume of Dongri No. 2 is very large, even exceeding most people's expectations.

However, it is precisely in this way that the internal and external magnetic fields are superimposed so that the Dongri No. 2 controllable nuclear fusion device has a stronger magnetic confinement capability and achieves a higher energy conversion rate.

At this time, Xu You and Lin Shi are carefully checking various data in front of the console, and are doing the final debugging before the experiment starts.

"Five, four, three, two, one... The central control system is put in!"

Following the order of the project commander, Dongri No. 2 officially started its first power generation experiment.

Because the temperature inside the nuclear reactor is very high, we cannot intuitively observe the internal situation with the naked eye.

But as long as the blue flame can be seen on the central control screen, it proves that the device has successfully discharged.

"The blue flame...appeared!"

Almost at the moment when the central control system was put into use, the light of the blue flame that everyone was expecting appeared on the central control screen.

This proves that Dongri No. 2 has successfully achieved discharge!

"Now we can see that there is a blue light on the screen. Such a situation marks the success of this experiment, and the discharge of Dongri No. 2 has been achieved!"

Following the host's introduction, the audience in the live broadcast room expressed their joy in their own ways.

Xu You calmed down quickly, because the success of the discharge alone was only one of the goals of this experiment.

In addition, data such as fusion temperature, continuous discharge time, and Q value are what Xu You pays more attention to.

Lin Shi also knew that the key point was still to come. Like Xu You, she nervously observed the next data.

"As you can see, according to the data on the central control screen, the temperature in the center of the nuclear fusion device has reached 160 million degrees Celsius! Such a temperature has created a new controllable nuclear fusion device temperature!"

For such a terrifying temperature, ordinary people no longer have any concept.

For reference, the temperature on the surface of the sun is about 5,500 degrees Celsius, while the temperature at the core of the sun is "only" about 20 million degrees Celsius.

In contrast, the temperature at the center of the Dongri-2 controllable nuclear fusion device has far exceeded the temperature at the core of the sun.

"According to the information provided by the experts of the project team, a temperature of at least 100 million degrees Celsius is required to artificially produce controllable nuclear fusion. In theory, the higher the temperature in the controllable nuclear fusion device, the better, but high temperature does not It is not easy to obtain, and the higher the temperature, the better the protection performance of the nuclear reactor is required."

"At the beginning of the design of Dongri No. 2 device, we had predicted that Dongri No. 2 would be able to reach such a high reaction temperature. Therefore, we equipped the device with a specific nuclear reaction protection box, even if it is 160 million degrees Celsius. The ultra-high temperature will not pose any safety hazards."

At this moment, Xu You's attention was on the various data on the central control screen.

So far, Dongri No. 2 has been running stably for more than a thousand seconds.

However, the temperature in the center of the nuclear reactor has been maintained at 160 million degrees Celsius, without particularly large fluctuations.

If this continues, Dongri-2 will not only set the highest nuclear fusion reaction temperature, but also create a new controllable fusion reaction duration.

"The reason why we need such a high temperature is to create a fusion environment for deuterium and tritium. Through our nuclear reaction platform, all parameters of deuterium and tritium can be measured in real time. These raw materials can be extracted in seawater. In theory, The energy produced by deuterium and tritium extracted from one liter of seawater is equivalent to the energy produced by burning three liters of gasoline."