From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

Controllable nuclear fusion project construction base.

The nuclear fusion ignition experiment has been carried out for 20 days, and the deuterium-deuterium reaction material inside the device is already close to the explosion critical line.

Next, every experiment can be dangerous.

The fusion reaction inside the device is different from the fusion explosion in the open area, because the space inside the device is limited, heat can continue to accumulate, and the temperature and pressure are much higher than in the open area.

Even if it is affected by the weakening reaction strength of the anti-gravity field, theoretically speaking, the deuterium-deuterium reaction material does not need to reach the critical line of explosion to produce a violent reaction.

Every experiment now has an interval of more than three days.

The internal reaction of each experiment will be more intense than the last one, and it will take a long time just to cool down after the experiment.

In this day's experiment, the internal catastrophe reaction measurement lasted about five minutes.

"The reaction was very violent."

"The temperature has reached the critical standard, but the device has produced a control effect, the entire reaction has no obvious explosion, and the intensity data continues to decay..."

"The measured material reaction participation rate is still very low..."

"It can be used in the next experiment."

The low participation rate of the material reaction is a very normal data. The deuterium-deuterium materials used in the experiment are all processed and used repeatedly.

This is because of the low response participation rate.

For example, only a few grams of a ton of deuterium material participated in the reaction, and other materials were not affected at all.

Most of the nuclear reaction experiments are like this.

The same is true of general nuclear reactors. For example, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can continue to operate for more than ten years after it is built, and the power is still very sufficient. That is, the same piece of raw material has been reacting continuously for more than ten years, and has been continuously providing heat source power.

After the experiment was over, the equipment was cooled and the internal materials were evacuated, and then personnel entered to inspect the internal equipment and materials.

It takes about five days in total from the cooling of the device to the completion of various tests.

During this process, the detection data is continuously uploaded, and the internal control center of the nearby main laboratory building can view various data.

The offices of Wang Hao, Tang Jianjun, Wang Ye and others are all arranged on the third floor of the main office building.

Each of them has a separate office, but due to work reasons, they worked together in a large office during the ignition experiment.

Wang Hao, Tang Jianjun and others are constantly reviewing various report information.

These data are uploaded from the working group in the main control room. The staff of the working group will analyze the detection data and upload the analyzed data.

At the level of the project leader, the data is transformed into 'report information' one by one.

For example, reaction intensity, estimated participating materials, total energy, energy loss, etc.

Another example is some test-related data, including whether the internal pressure-resistant materials and external high-magnetic equipment are affected by violent nuclear reactions.

It also includes the radiation situation of the inner and outer layers.

etc.

Information about the internal nuclear fusion reaction has been reported for most of the experiments on the same day.

Now they are all information reports related to detection, and their work is the focus, those parts that are suspected to be problematic.

Tang Jianjun has been staring at the computer carefully, constantly flipping through various report information.

Wang Hao was relatively more relaxed. He picked up the coffee and took a sip. After placing the cup on the table, he adjusted the backrest of the chair so that his heels could rest on the table.

He was almost lying down.

Wang Ye glanced at Tang Jianjun, then at Wang Hao, and immediately felt very weird.

The demeanor of the two is two extremes.

The reason why Wang Hao is very leisurely is that during the process of holding the experiment summary meeting, he has communicated with many people and found no problems.

He doesn't think there will be a major problem in reporting information for the experiment.

If there are no major problems, you can naturally review the report information leisurely, and the work is just going through the process, and you don't need to read it carefully at all.

Tang Jianjun is different.

He didn't know that there were no major problems in the experiment. He even said that from the beginning of the experiment until now, he always thought that there would be major problems.

This major problem is still difficult to solve.

Either the equipment is damaged by the impact, or the material is damaged by the impact, or there will be some circuit failures and so on.

In short, there will definitely be problems.

This is the experience accumulated by doing work projects many times.

Every time a project reaches a critical point, it cannot be smooth sailing, and there will always be various problems, some of which are beyond our imagination.

So Tang Jianjun is very serious, and the more he reads the test report information, the more serious he becomes.

because……

He didn't see any problems.

"How is that possible? Everything is normal?"

"Not even a single question?"

"I've only seen a few reports of suspected problems, but those are small problems that can be fixed, and even if they do go wrong, there will be no major consequences."

"This is not normal!"

Tang Jianjun read several reports in a row, and his expression even became a little hideous.

His browsing speed began to speed up, and some documents were simply pulled to the bottom, but he still couldn't find any reports with major problems.

"Academician Tang."

Wang Hao suddenly said, "I'm very surprised, why do you always hope that our research will encounter problems?"

"Are you worried that the research is going too well?"

Tang Jianjun immediately dissatisfied, "Why don't I hope that the research will go well?"

"But this is simply impossible! This is an experiment controlled by nuclear fusion, and we are still using deuterium-deuterium fusion, so we will definitely encounter many problems."

"did you find it?"

"..."

Tang Jianjun was silent for a long time before choking out a sentence, "It's because I didn't find it... that I feel something is wrong!"

Wang Haodao, "So I said a long time ago that our research will definitely go smoothly, and it won't take too long. Everything is going well now, which is consistent with my point of view."

Tang Jianjun said, "Everyone would hope that the experiment will go well, but it's not realistic at all, okay? It's the first time for human beings to control nuclear fusion for such a big project!"

"I don't 'hope', I have reasons."

Several people in the office immediately looked over.

Wang Haodao, "As I said at the meeting of the ignition experiment, our design is perfect, and we can't find any problems at all, and our process of building the experimental device is also very rigorous, taking into account all aspects of details, and then Plus the materials all meet the requirements, so how could there be any problems?"

"That's what I said, but..."

Tang Jianjun's voice got stuck. He didn't know how to say "but", but he still felt very suspicious of "no problem".

The current situation has overturned his perception of exploratory large-scale engineering projects.

He could only choose to remain silent and continue to stare at the report information.

After a day, Tang Jianjun read almost all the reported information, but did not find any problems. In fact, it is very normal. If a technical team finds a problem, it will definitely report it as soon as possible.

That was not a report uploaded by the computer, but the person in charge of the technical team came and said.

Now that no one is looking for it, it means that there is no major problem.

This result made Tang Jianjun feel unbelievable, and Wang Ye was equally surprised. They never expected that the ignition experiment would go so smoothly.

After all the detection information is reported, each technology communicates with each other, and it is known that each team has not found any problems.

In other words, the experiment went well.

"All the equipment we tested are normal, even if there are some data deviations, they are within the error range."

"The high-magnetic equipment is operating normally, and the underlying superconducting circuit is operating normally..."

"The performance of the internal compression material is not affected, the sealing material is not affected, and the material layer where the annihilation force field thin layer is located is not affected."

"Every data is normal..."

Many people were shocked like Tang Jianjun.

Now all the tests are normal, which is more surprising than some abnormalities. Even those who are optimistic about the control of nuclear fusion research did not expect the experiment to be so smooth.

"It can be said that the research has been successful, right?"

"The next step is to continue to increase the intensity and increase the reaction time, but everything is normal now, even if the intensity is increased, it is estimated that the impact will not be too great."

"The reaction lasted for five minutes, from five seconds to five minutes, but it took five or ten days longer than five minutes. It was much more difficult!"

"Next, it will be easier..."

Now the duration of the reaction is only five minutes, because the intensity of the reaction is limited.

If the internal temperature of the device is kept at a constant temperature, and the reaction intensity is increased by another level, the reaction can continue continuously.

If there is no problem in the middle, the experiment can be said to be a success.

When summarizing the experiment, many people were still discussing. They really didn't expect the research to be so smooth, and the continuous response was reached in one breath, but no problem was found yet.

Wang Hao found a problem, "The counter-intensity is lower than expected. We originally expected it to last about seven minutes."

"This shows that the sudden increase in the anti-gravity field has a greater suppression effect on the reaction intensity than expected."

"We need to re-correct the curve based on the experimental results..."

"But the good news is that the intensity limit of the initial response is higher."

Before the nuclear fusion reaction occurs, there is no built-in heat source inside the device, and the strength of the internal anti-gravity field is very low. As the nuclear fusion reaction occurs inside and releases a large amount of energy, the strength of the anti-gravity field will suddenly increase.

The process of rising the field force will have a suppressing effect on the reaction itself, and suppressing the reaction intensity is equivalent to limiting the reaction speed.

"The next step is to conduct the most important experiment."

"We will conduct a detailed test tomorrow, and we will prepare for the continuous response experiment."

"If there is no problem in the middle, let the reaction continue until enough data is collected to determine the stability of the reaction control..."

Wang Hao explained the next work.

An experiment is an experiment, and it is impossible to keep the nuclear fusion reaction going.

If it is determined that the reaction can be stabilized, it means that the research on controllable nuclear fusion has been successful, the main core technology has been successfully verified, and supporting facilities can be built around it.

For example, building supporting generator sets.

The goal of the engineering program is to build large-scale power plants around controlling fusion devices, not just experimenting with fusion reactions.

Experiments must be transformed into technical applications.

...

It can be said that the nuclear fusion project has entered the maintenance reaction stage. It can be said that it has entered the late stage. It has only been a little over a month. It is really shocking to be able to enter this step.

Of course, the next step is still dangerous.

In order for the reaction inside the device to continue, the initial ignition reaction must be stronger to create a high enough temperature to ensure that the reaction can continue.

Among them, control is the most critical.

If the reaction intensity is higher than the critical line, it may impact the compression material inside the device, and the consequences of internal material failure are very serious, and there is a thin layer of strong annihilation force field protection, but the energy that the strong annihilation force field can absorb is It is limited and can only guarantee safety to a certain extent.

If the strength is too high, the device will be damaged instantly.

Conversely, if the intensity is lower than the standard line, the reaction cannot continue, that is, the intensity will gradually weaken.

This situation is easier to control, theoretically, it can be ignited with F-rays, which is equivalent to establishing a new reaction cycle.

Together with others, Wang Hao demonstrated the multiple possibilities of the continuation of the reaction, and made corresponding plans to ensure the success of the continuation reaction experiment.

three days later.

The continuous response experiment officially started.

Wang Hao was dissuaded from staying away from the engineering base, but he still decided to stay in the air-raid shelter and closely control the first-hand data of the experiment.

At the beginning, the difficulty is the highest.

The initial ignition will create a high-intensity response, and if the device can withstand the first wave of eruption, then there is a high probability that it will continue in the future.

On the contrary, if there is a problem with the internal impact of the device, it is necessary to find the problem and re-strengthen it.

The person in charge of the continuous response experiment is Wang Ye.

Wang Ye was in the front line of command, and the reaction device was only followed by the protective steel plate. It can be said that he was working at a great risk.

When everything was ready, Wang Ye gritted his teeth and shouted two words——

"ignition!"

Liu Yunli's F-ray team received the information and immediately released the F-ray to remotely ignite the nuclear fusion device.

That moment—

Someone gritted their teeth.

Someone frowned and waited.

Some people covered their ears nervously, not knowing whether they were worried about a big explosion in the distance, or worried about hearing other sounds.

Wang Hao was also very nervous. He frowned and remained silent. He breathed into his stomach in one breath and didn't exhale it for a long time.

It took about a minute before he raised his head to look around. The others were also quiet.

Wang Hao asked, "Is there a problem?"

"No news!"

"I don't know yet!"

He nodded vigorously and said, "No news is the best news!"

at the same time.

Wang Ye received various reports, "The pressure on the outer wall of the detection device..."

"The strength of the anti-gravity field..."

"Instant measurement of reaction strength..."

"The temperature at the central location..."

"The high magnetic device is normal..."

"The anti-gravity device is functioning normally..."

"The circuit is normal..."

The combination of these complicated information made Wang Ye subconsciously make a judgment, and he shouted out with a roar, "The intensity of the reaction has stabilized."

"Three consecutive detection data are similar, and the reaction is already ongoing, in other words..."

"experiment--"

"—Success——!"