Upper Beijing.

Inside the First Ring Road, somewhere mysterious.

Standing at the door of the office, Director Lu took a deep breath and reached out and knocked lightly on the door.

After hearing a "come in", he pushed open the door and walked in, saying respectfully.

"You're looking for me?"

Looking at the leader of the Energy Bureau standing at the door of the office, the old man smiled faintly and spoke.

"I've got a letter here, take it and look at it."

Without hesitation, Director Lu stepped forward and picked up the letter from the table.

As soon as he saw the title part, he secretly said in his heart.

Come to think of it, there are only a few people in China who can send letters directly here.

As he expected, the letter was related to the Jinling incident.

【Honorable ...... Excellency.

As you've heard, in a recent experiment at the STAR Institute, our researchers have managed to achieve a magnetic confinement time of more than 60 minutes.

The results of this research lead me to foresee that in the not-too-distant future, deuterium resources will become a new and important energy source that we can use. This energy source is more efficient, cleaner, and closer to the "essence" than anything we are familiar with.

Theoretically, 1 kilogram of deuterium-tritium mixture can release 108 million kWh of energy after a complete reaction, which can produce 37.8 million kWh of electricity at a ratio of 35%.

It is estimated that only 167 tons of deuterium-tritium mixture is enough to meet the annual demand of China.

Putting aside tritium, which can be retained as an intermediate product, deuterium, which is the main consumption, costs less than 4,000 yuan per kilogram. And with the expansion of production scale, there is still a very broad room for reducing this cost.

Based on these obvious figures, we can see that the cost of nuclear fusion power generation will be less than one-thousandth of the cost of traditional thermal power, or even less, through a simple calculation.

The birth of this energy source will completely change the energy structure of modern society, and will also completely change the production and lifestyle of our society...... Even everything we know.

Here, as a scholar, I have an obligation to remind you that we have reached a turning point of the times, and the door to a new era is before our eyes.

Of course, the price of pushing open this door is bound to be high.

As for whether to turn it on or not, the decision is yours.

……

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This is not the end of the letter, which is followed by a timeline for the commercialization of controlled fusion technology, as well as the expected goals for the DEMO reactor, as well as a budget table.

Without turning over the content for the time being, Director Lu, who had finished reading the first page, twitched his eyebrows fiercely.

Throughout the letter, the euphemism was all about how good and important the prospects of fusion energy were, but from the slanted and crooked words, he only saw that there were only two words written all over the text: "playing money".

Turning to the next page, it is a proposal for the DEMO demonstration reactor.

The above lists in detail Professor Landing's estimated parameters for each component of the demo device, as well as the performance expectations of the completed demo device.

[Project goal: to complete the construction of the DEMO demonstration reactor by 2025.] 】

[Assessment criteria: the RF anion source prototype lead surface 0.45m×3.2m, the uniformity of RF plasma under multiple drive is better than 95%, the negative ion lead out current density is not less than 300A/m2, the beam intensity is greater than 20A, the comprehensive index of the negative ion beam reaches 200keV, and the beam stability duration reaches 60min......]

Although he had been in contact with Lu Zhou several times before, he didn't even know that this Professor Lu was also involved in engineering, and this plan was quite decent.

Take this plan from start to finish.

The more he looked back, the more solemn the expression on his face became.

Putting down the letter in his hand, Director Lu shook his head with some headaches.

"43 billion RMB...... This Professor Lu can really spend money for us. ”

And it's not just about money.

In particular, the sentence in the plan, "With this reactor can meet the electricity demand of the whole province of Jiangsu Province", no matter how it sounds, it sounds like bragging, and it is also the kind of boasting that is boundless.

You must know that the annual electricity consumption of Jiangsu Province has reached 580.79 billion kilowatt hours, second only to Guangdong Province's 595.89 billion kilowatt hours, ranking second in the country!

Even if this power station runs 24 hours a day, if it wants to complete the power generation target of 580.79 billion kWh in a year, it will have at least 66,300M power!

What is the concept of 66300M's power generation?

The total installed capacity of the Three Gorges is only 22,000M, and the total of the six units in Daya Bay is about 6,000M.

In other words, the power of one fusion reactor alone is equivalent to three Three Gorges with full power? Eleven Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plants?

What kind of monster is this?

Reason told Director Lu that this was no longer drafted.

If someone else had put this plan on his desk, he would have thrown him in the face without saying a word.

However......

After all, this cow was blown by Professor Lu.

It's tempting to think about it......

Looking at Director Lu with a complicated expression, the old man smiled and asked, "How is it?" How do you feel after reading it. ”

"The plan is written wildly, I don't know why he is so sure, but ......" came out of the figure that this person was not asking for his own opinion, but just letting himself talk about his feelings, Director Lu hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously, "I admit that the things he said are indeed what we need!" ”

China is a major energy consumer, and its annual consumption of coal and oil is measured in 100 million tons. In particular, the total amount of coal consumption accounts for almost half of the total coal consumption in the world!

If, as Professor Lu said in his letter, only 167 tons of deuterium-tritium mixture is needed to meet China's annual electricity demand, then with the widespread application of fusion energy, China's future energy expenditure may not even be a fraction of what it is now!

And it's not just the economic value behind it that is exciting. The meaning of governance, as well as its own cleanliness.

From subsidies for the new energy industry to the "quota targets" for the minimum renewable electricity consumption set by provincial-level administrative regions under the Measures for the Assessment of Renewable Energy Energy Quotas, the country's determination to develop clean energy has always been unquestionable, regardless of the implementation of the policy at the local level.

Otherwise, the word energy conservation and emission reduction will not be repeatedly mentioned at every conference.

This kind of energy, which is efficient, cheap, abundant and produces almost no pollution, can solve almost all the problems facing China today in its "sustainable development strategy" once and for all.

If all of this is possible, they do have the need to develop this technology at all costs.

"It's a bit of a fantasy," the old man nodded, and after a pause, he said, "but I think it's worth a try." ”

Hearing this, Director Lu's expression was slightly moved, and he immediately said respectfully.

"I see."

Although he still had some doubts about what was stated in that letter, his doubts were no longer important.

The large-scale project of more than 40 billion yuan cannot be decided casually by a single person. And now listening to this adult's tone so relaxed, it is obvious that this proposal has been unanimously approved by the Elders' side.

Since even the top management agrees, there is only one thing he needs to do now.

That is to draw up a plan, meet all the conditions proposed by Professor Lu, and make every effort to ensure that the "DEMO" project can be launched quickly!

Suddenly thinking of something, the old man sitting behind the desk asked.

"By the way, how is the project of the International Center for Controlled Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Implementation?"

Director Lu replied truthfully: "Judging from the timetable, they intend to start building a demonstration reactor in 2025...... However, the conditions are not yet ripe in all aspects. Now it seems that I am afraid that it will have to be postponed. ”

The old man shook his head: "It's too slow. ”

It's good that there is no comparison.

In this comparison, the gap is reflected.

Director Lu: "...... After all, there is no need to rush scientific research. ”

"That's what you said, slow work makes fine work," the old man nodded, and continued, "Then let them study it slowly." Since they are not in a hurry to use the money for the time being, it is better to transfer some of their funds first. ”