The meeting that followed the experiment lasted until the evening.

Regarding the technical details of the "liquid lithium neutron recovery system", Lu Zhou had a detailed discussion with other researchers in the institute.

Although a concrete plan has not yet been made, conclusions have been reached at the meeting regarding the feasibility of this technical route and the general framework for the realization of this technical idea.

Next, you only need to summarize the minutes of the meeting, synthesize all the issues, and hold two more discussion meetings, and basically come up with a relatively complete plan.

The time of the next meeting was set for three days later, and for the next three days, Lu Zhou gave the researchers in the institute a small long vacation.

First, everyone has not rested much in the past year, and they also need time to spend time with their family or girlfriends, and secondly, the neutron beam produced by the fusion reaction has caused extensive radiation damage to the first wall material, which not only knocks the austenitic steel as a structural material into a thousand holes, but also forms a layer of fluffy metal debris on the surface.

I have to say that this is a very interesting phenomenon.

Although everyone can't figure out why this is the case.

Even Lu Zhou, the Nobel Prize winner, can't come up with a suitable theory to explain, but the preliminary guess may be that the surface material tear caused by thermal stress may be the specific cause, maybe only the plasma in the stellar simulator itself is clear.

Lu Zhou, who was already planning to abandon austenitic steel entirely, did not intend to delve into this topic.

In short, because the equipment needs to be overhauled, the next experiment will have to wait until at least a month later.

Back at home, it was almost dark.

When Lu Zhou pushed open the door and walked into the entrance, a short and powerful quadcopter drone flew over.

"The hosts! Welcome back! ”

Looking at the little guy dangling in front of him, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile.

Speaking of which, I really miss that this drone named "Little Guy" was a gift from the members of the department when he was a consultant at the Princeton Drone Club.

Later, after he brought it back to China, he took the time to simply modify it and threw it to Xiao Ai for use.

For this "new toy" that can fly around, Xiao Ai likes it quite much. At its behest, Lu Zhou installed speakers, replaced motors, and installed four pairs of short and sharp hook claws on the chassis.

With this magic modified "little guy", as well as other smart home devices including sweeping robots, Xiao Ai can not only help him take care of the house, but also help throw out the garbage, clean the room or something.

Of course, although it was given permission to use these devices, Lu Zhou also made quite strict restrictions on its scope of activities and code of conduct.

For example, you can only move in the community of Zhongshan International, it is forbidden to fly into the yard of other people's homes, it is forbidden to move fragile items, etc.

For his orders, Xiao Ai still strictly obeyed. After all, whether it is a matter of intelligence or not, it is still a program in essence, and obedience to it is something written into the core code.

"That one, master, can I ask you for something?"

While changing into slippers, Lu Zhou, who walked towards the living room, asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

Flying next to Lu Zhou, Xiao Ai continued.

"Can you add an LED display on my little plane? Speaking of which, it always feels weird to speak in the voice of another woman, but I still prefer more direct text communication. (shy)"

Lu Zhou: ......

What the hell is another woman's voice? Isn't that Google Voice? If you don't like it, you can change it to a male voice.

Also, what is the new operation of pronouncing the brackets by phone, in order to highlight the emotional system that has become richer after the upgrade?

always felt that his Xiao Ai had gone farther and farther in a strange direction......

Lu Zhou: "I refuse. ”

Xiao Ai: "Why! (I'm going to cry)"

Looking at the little guy dangling there, Lu Zhou sighed.

Does this need to be asked?

Because it always feels like it's troublesome.

Moreover, he didn't know what kind of expression to show when he thought of this guy flying around the house all day with this emoji or emoji.

In short, this kind of thing that burdens himself without any benefit is something he will never do.

Xiao Ai: "Then can you install an arm for me?" I'll do it myself, right...... (Grievance)"

Hearing this vexatious request, Lu Zhou couldn't help but complain: "You just let me build you a Gundam, are you a Tinker Bell or a robot cat?" ”

Hearing this, the drone stopped there and did not move, and Xiao Ai was silent for a while.

Lu Zhou guessed that this guy was probably going to find out what "Tinker Bell" was, and most of them had downloaded a complete set of complete episodes on his server at this time, and had even begun to "scan" it.

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou didn't care about it, turned around and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.

Changed into pajamas, walked to the kitchen and made himself a cup of coffee, then went upstairs to the study, sat in front of the computer and browsed the web.

During this time, he was too busy with research work, so he didn't have much access to the Internet, but he heard from other researchers in the institute that their paper published in Science had successfully attracted a wave of eyeballs around the world, and his name seemed to be on the hot search again.

Speaking of which, since winning the Nobel Prize, he has paid little attention to his news and rarely given interviews to reporters.

However, the interest of the media at home and abroad does not seem to have weakened.

Especially when he came up with something new.

After briefly reading a few news, Lu Zhou lifted his cup and took a sip of coffee.

Domestic reports on controlled fusion are basically all about the STAR device and its world-leading 60 minutes. Zhou Chengfu didn't jump out and say anything again, he chose to be a man with his tail between his legs, and he didn't know if he didn't have the confidence to speak, or if he said something but no one reported it.

In addition, compared with domestic news, Lu Zhou's main focus is on the international community.

The success of the STAR device will certainly boost the confidence of the entire field of controlled nuclear fusion, and it will also stimulate the sensitive nerves of some people. What he wants to know now is the reaction of his peers to the incident.

Just then, a piece of news suddenly caught his attention.

It was a CNN news video.

Standing at the press conference, U.S. Energy Secretary Perry spoke to reporters' cameras about the recently talked-about controlled nuclear fusion technology, while responding to long-rumored rumors that the U.S. intends to withdraw from ITER.

"The U.S. position on the study of future energy has always been the same."

“…… We have continuously invested tens of billions of dollars in fusion energy research projects, and since the fifties of the last century, our research on controlled fusion technology has been at the forefront of the world. ”

"I must reiterate here that the United States has no plans to withdraw from ITER, at least I don't see any documents on that on my desk."

"We will work more closely with our allies on fusion energy research and do everything we can to expand the reach of our research institutions in this field."

"If the situation is optimistic, we will complete the construction of the Controlled Fusion Demonstration Reactor by 2030 and commercialize the controlled fusion technology by 2050!"

"We will finish what we have started and we will deliver on our commitments to our partner countries......"

Looking at the U.S. Secretary of Energy who gave a speech in the video, Lu Zhou's index finger gently rubbed on the mouse, thoughtfully.

“…… It seems that the Americans are starting to get anxious. ”

He can write letters to the relevant departments, and so can others.

And compared to the broad prospects of controlled nuclear fusion, China (or Russia) has achieved an advantage in a certain technology, which can stimulate the congressional budget committee to pay for it.

As he saw it.

The race for controlled nuclear fusion, for the future, has begun.

In the future, it will not only be difficult for scholars in the field of controlled fusion to apply for visas, not only in the fields of engines, aerospace, and nuclear engineering......

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