The ITER Board of Directors is the highest decision-making body of ITER programs and organizations, and is composed of four representatives from each of the seven member governments authorized by their respective foreign ministries and nominated experts according to the needs of the meeting, and its roles and responsibilities are very similar to those of the company's board of directors.

Unlike corporations, however, there is no "company law" that governs the decisions of the ITER Board of Directors.

It is not entirely the technical level and the proportion of capital contribution in this field that determine the voice of each major shareholder, but more depends on the diplomatic strength of each country.

I have to admit that the United States does play tricks on this point. Hooligans' abilities. The initial question raised by the US representative to the Chinese representative did make the Chinese representative very passive at the meeting.

At this meeting, however, the situation was reversed.

Instead of the previous silence, at the meeting of the Council, Deputy Director Luo Zhanyuan, a reappointed representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, made a clear and tough response to the request made by the US personnel.

“…… We have fulfilled our obligation to disclose the details of the controlled fusion experiment and the progress of the research to the ITER member countries, and if we are required to disclose all the technical details of the STAR device just because it uses a certain technology, then I can responsibly remind you that the main control computer in the STAR device uses the INTER chip. Should you show your sincerity before asking for generosity? ”

After listening to the repetition of the translation, Secretary Adam Cohen, as the representative of the United States, stared at Luo Zhanyuan sharply and said solemnly: "This is an unreasonable request, Intel Corporation is not a cooperative unit of ITER, and chip technology is Intel's private property. Moreover, this is completely different from what we are discussing! ”

In the face of Minister Cohen's aggressive tone, Luo Zhanyuan did not hesitate to refute.

"The STAR Stellarum Research Institute and its partner companies are also not partners of ITER, and the SG-1 superconducting magnet technology and the STAR device control scheme are the private property of each unit. In my opinion, this is the same different thing from the ITER project. ”

Adam Cohen: "You're stealing concepts!" ”

Luo Zhanyuan asked unceremoniously, "Are you talking about yourself?"

“……”

The entire meeting has basically become a "battlefield" between the Chinese and American representatives, and the two sides have been arguing with each other on the issue of intellectual property rights.

The representatives of the remaining Member States did not seem to be interested in getting involved, but it was clear that they were not indifferent.

Director General Osamu Motoshima, who was sitting at the conference table, suddenly sighed softly.

"It looks like this meeting is going to end on an unhappy end."

Keiichi Ishida, the representative of the Japanese Kingdom who was sitting next to him, heard this sentence and looked at him slightly sideways and asked.

"Motoshima-kun, aren't you curious about how Professor Lu did it?"

Last year, the Cray-XC50 supercomputer was officially commissioned at the Six Villages Nuclear Fusion Research Institute, providing computational support for controlled fusion research in the country and the ITER program. Although the computer is only ranked about 15th in computing power on the supercomputing list, the supercomputer is designed to serve the research of controlled nuclear fusion, so it cannot be compared with other general-purpose computers in a simple horizontal comparison.

Just like Anton is to computational chemistry, the Cray-XC50 is the equivalent of a large combine harvester for the study of plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion.

It just so happens that they lack a proven control scheme. If Huaguo agrees to make public the control scheme of the STAR Stellarum Research Institute, they are confident that they can do better.

However, this probability is simply too low.

Staring at the representatives of the two sides who clashed in the morning meeting, Osamu Motoshima was silent for a while and answered Tanaka's question.

"I'm tempted to be curious, but I have to say it's not a tactful way. The U.S. wants to show its strength in the ITER program, but the likelihood that the Chinese side is willing to compromise on this issue is very low, and if Mr. Cohen continues to show his toughness, the final result is likely to lead to the Chinese side completely withdrawing from the ITER program. ”

Keiichi Ishida asked, "Isn't that what the Americans want?" ”

"Not necessarily," Motoshima shook his head, "at least, it is not in the interest of the Americans to force Huaguo to withdraw from ITER until this part of the research is made public." ”

On the other side, feeling the eyes of representatives of other countries from time to time, Zhou Chengfu, who was sitting in the expert seat, had a complicated expression on his face at the moment.

The meeting was full of gunpowder from the beginning, and he smelled the signs even before it began.

First the internal meeting in China, and then the airborne representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director Hu's toughness at the meeting can be said to have exceeded his expectations.

There are all sorts of signs that the top management seems to have given up on illusions about ITER. And it's almost predictable that with the risk of being kicked out, the next funding probably won't arrive as scheduled.

With the country's attitude towards the ITER project taking a sharp turn, as the director of the implementation center of the Huaguo International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program, he is obviously caught in a dilemma.

Logically, he doesn't want to quit ITER.

If you do withdraw from the process at such a cost, it will not only mean that those efforts have been wasted, but also that the cooperation between many domestic research institutions and ITER member countries will be terminated.

And most importantly, if China finally decides to withdraw from ITER, then there will be no need for the International Fusion Energy Program Implementation Center to exist, and even if it is unlikely to be disbanded on the spot, reorganization is inevitable.

And it is almost foreseeable that domestic research in related fields will be possible to fully shift to stellarics.

And his hard work for more than ten years......

Thinking of this, Zhou Chengfu's expression became more and more complicated.

Until now, he himself is not clear whether he is worried about the future of China's controllable nuclear fusion industry or his own future......

……

For Lu Zhou, the upheaval at ITER was also not a pleasant one.

Originally, there would be a lot of cooperation between him and the Max Planck Society, but now it seems that he and the Spiral Stone 7-X Labs have gone from potential partners to potential competitors.

I have to say that such a change still makes him feel a little complicated.

However, what is heartening is that at the same time that he finally completed the plan for the liquid lithium neutron meeting system, there was also good news from the Huaguo Nuclear Industry Group.

Chief Engineer Wang, who came to Jinling again, not only brought hope for the application of magnetofluid generators in fusion reactors, but also brought a more detailed sketch.

Although it is still a sketch, except for the connection port, the basic structure of the entire ferrofluid generator set has been designed.

After taking this drawing and looking at it briefly, Lu Zhou spoke.

"Basically, nothing is wrong...... By the way, what is the expected energy conversion efficiency? ”

Academician Wang: "The preliminary estimate is that 50% is no problem, and maybe it can be higher." But the concrete objects have not come out, and it is too early to say this. ”

Lu Zhou said unexpectedly: "50%? Is it so high? ”

Academician Wang smiled and said, "This is just a conservative estimate. We discussed with experts from the Electrical Engineering Institute, and as you said, the ferrofluid power generation technology is not suitable for thermal power, but it is still quite feasible to use it in nuclear fusion power generation. Ignoring the heating of plasma, the impact of cinder and carbon deposits on engine efficiency, these problems that are difficult for us to solve in thermal power do not exist. ”

Lu Zhou: "How long will it take for the specific object to be made?" ”

Academician Wang thought for a while and replied: "Probably next year, except for the part of the connection, the design problem is actually not big, and it is not very troublesome to make." ”

Speaking of this, Academician Wang smiled and continued, "Generator sets are actually trivial things, and these are all problems that can be solved with time. I heard that you are planning to use a magnetofluid generator for nuclear fusion, and the masters of the electrical engineering institute who participated in the 863 project are already gearing up. As long as you can build a reactor, our generator set will definitely be ready for you. ”

"On your side, I'm a little worried right now. I heard that the United States is planning to kick us out of the ITER project, which is a prelude to a technological blockade, can you still do it? ”

Hearing Academician Wang's joke, Lu Zhou smiled faintly.

"Again, you don't need to worry about this question. No amount of talk is useless, and you will know whether I can do it or not. ”

"It seems that you are quite confident," looking at the confident expression on Lu Zhou's face, Academician Wang smiled and said, "Speaking of which, you were born in the nineties, do you know what a technological blockade means?" ”

Lu Zhou said calmly: "It means that more than 20 domestic research institutes and foreign controlled fusion research units may be suspended, and about 100 ongoing research projects may not be carried out, or even cancelled." ”

In addition, it will probably affect billions of orders and hundreds of master's and doctoral students......

These are things that can happen, or will happen.

But even so, so what?

Can compromise be exchanged for equality and dignity?

At least, Lu Zhou doesn't think so.

"Looks like you do."

Looking at Lu Zhou, whose expression on his face had not changed in the slightest, Academician Wang's gaze gradually brought a hint of approval.

Ability and ability are different, an excellent researcher does not necessarily become an excellent academic leader, there is a distinction between a general and a handsome talent.

If he still had some doubts about this young person in charge before, now this doubt has been diluted a lot.

Restrained his smiling expression, looked at Lu Zhou, and said in a solemn tone.

"Then please!"

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