Chapter 189: Neutron irradiation
Huang Haojie was immersed in the study of holographic projection technology.
The Luhe Ray Base ushered in a group of guests.
"Is this the Chen superconductor?" Director Wan looked at a piece of silver-white metal in front of him.
Another gray-haired old man touched the metal excitedly.
They are the top scholars in China who are currently researching fusion power generation, including Hefei tokamak, Wuhan stellarumer, southwest circulation and other research institutes, and today they have sent heavyweight experts and scholars over.
Obviously, Galaxy Technology has developed Chen superconductors, and anyone can hide it, but the above can't hide it.
After all, among the security members of the ray base, there must be many people above.
The gray-haired expert of the Hefei Tokamak Research Institute in Shenbei knows that the significance of Chen's superconductor is not trivial.
"I didn't expect that the Academy of Sciences invested so much money that I couldn't even see a splash, but Galaxy Technology quietly made Chen superconductors, which is terrifying!" Yang Gang of the Southwest Gyre Research Institute shook his head and smiled.
"I heard that Galaxy Technology is also engaged in fusion power generation, maybe it will produce results one day." Wu Libiao of Wuhan stellar simulator joked.
"It's not that easy, Chen superconductor is just reducing the difficulty, plasma control problems, neutron irradiation problems, material problems of the first wall, there are a lot of these problems, no matter how powerful Huang Haojie is, he is also a person." Yang Gang said helplessly.
Shen Beihan came over, obviously as domestic experts and scholars in nuclear physics, they are old acquaintances with each other.
"At least they have money to use, and Chen's superconductors make them even more powerful."
Hearing Shen Beihai's words, several people were also envious and jealous.
After all, the money for the national team is not easy to get, and the funds are not much, after all, the country is now multi-line parallel, and tokamaks, stellarators, and laser ignition (inertial bondage) are all being engaged.
Typical monks have more porridge and less porridge, and the funds are finally dry, especially the starmitons that are not taken seriously, and the funds are pitiful.
"We can't afford to raise them as a ray base." Zhang Dafeng of the Shenguang laser project smiled bitterly.
After all, the laser of the Shenguang project is obviously hundreds of times the power of the ray base, and the problem is that the start-up time of the Shenguang laser does not add up to an hour all year round.
The ray base of Galaxy Technology is almost at full power 365 days a year, except for overhaul and replacement of spare parts, the rest of the time is in operation.
This electricity bill alone can bankrupt the Shenguang project, not to mention a whole bunch of other things.
Director Wan of the Equation and Hefei Tokamak Research Institute said as he walked.
"Chief Engineer Fang, don't you know that your Chen superconductor is for sale?"
The equation shook his head:
"Director Wan, it's not that we don't want to sell, but you can't afford this cost, even if I give you the cost price, one kilogram of Chen superconductor will cost at least 50,000 yuan, and your tokamak device needs at least one or two hundred tons of Chen superconductor."
At this point, the equation retreats.
Director Wan couldn't help but be staggered, according to this price, Chen superconductor alone will need 50~10 billion yuan.
"What's more, the production capacity of our base is less than 500 tons a year, and the superconducting chips of Galaxy Group and some other aspects need Chen superconductors, and we will give you a maximum of 50 tons."
Director Wan struggled to think about it, even 50 tons is still an astronomical number.
"I heard that Galaxy Technology is also developing nuclear fusion power generation, I don't know how your progress is?" Yang Gang walked over and asked.
"The progress is not too big, we built a small device in Qinling more than a month ago, and the specific situation is only known to the person in charge over there." The equation does not hide anything, after all, there is no need to hide anything from this kind of thing.
The people who are engaged in nuclear fusion power generation in China are all Yang Gang's disciples, grandchildren or colleagues, and so on, only nuclear fusion power generation has not yet entered the practical stage, and the whole world is communicating.
"Can I talk to you Qinling Research Institute?" Yang Gang asked eagerly.
Equation Stallman says:
"You can submit the exchange application to the management committee of the research institute of Galaxy Technology, and they will review your application, and if it is approved, it will be fine, if it is not approved, there is nothing I can do."
After communicating with a group of scholars from the national team, Director Wan also wavered.
After all, Chen superconductors are good, but the price and service life issues make them have to think about money.
After the exchange was over, they hurried back and reported to the higher authorities asking for money.
In addition, Yang Gang from the Southwest Circulation Research Institute and Wu Libiao from the Wuhan Stellar Simulator Research Institute applied to the management committee of the research institute of Galaxy Technology for academic exchanges.
The other side.
Deep in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains.
Galaxy Technology is one of the few research institutes outside of Shanmei, and the Plasma Research Institute is located here.
In addition, there is the second ray base of Galaxy Technology, which is also not far from the plasma research institute.
The laser power of this ray base reaches a staggering 500 million kilowatts, which is 100 times that of the land ray base.
After a series of studies, they found that the service life of Chen's superconductor has a lot to do with the power of the laser.
The approximate location of this Qinling Ray Base and Plasma Research Institute is between the Sifang Mountains and the Zhongnan Mountains in Shangluo City, Qin Province.
The main reason why it was built here is for safety, not for nuclear fusion power generation and explosions, but to avoid external factors.
After all, Galaxy Technology is not trivial now, and many people are staring at Galaxy Technology, not only the people on the ground, but also the satellites on their heads and the like.
Therefore, it is safer to bring the base to Qinling in the hinterland of China.
In fact, the construction of this base was already approved in June.
The ray base and the plasma research institute are linked.
The equation was soon transferred from the Luhe ray base to the head of the Qinling ray base, and the head of the plasma research institute was Fei Anming, who was dug up by Galaxy Technology in the Dongtang Academy of Sciences.
The Qinling Ray Base and the Plasma Research Institute have invested a total of 60 billion yuan.
Galaxy Technology is the only private enterprise in China that plays nuclear fusion power generation research.
At present, there are about 300 researchers in the Plasma Research Institute, plus other security, cleaning, cooks, and people from the Qinling Ray Base, there are nearly 2,000 people here.
Although Fei Anming and others have built a small tokamak device, Galaxy Technology's nuclear fusion power generation does not take the tokamak route.
At present, there are many problems in the various nuclear fusion power generation routes around the world, whether it is a tokamak, an inertial bond, or a stellarite.
The problems with the tokamak are neutron irradiation, superconducting strong magnetism, plasma control, first wall materials, and so on.
The stellarator can be seen as a variant of the tokamak, and there are a lot of problems, although the stellarator solves the problem of plasma control, but the complex structure and magnetic field control are also a big problem.
As for inertial bondage, it's all tears to say it.
Unsustainability alone is a big problem, and other problems are similar to tokamaks, such as neutron irradiation.
What is neutron irradiation?
During nuclear fusion, neutrons are produced when atomic nuclei fuse.
Neutrons are not charged, which means that strong magnetic force cannot bind neutrons, and these high-energy neutrons will continue to bombard the surrounding first wall material, causing the first wall material to deteriorate and appear tiny potholes.
These cavities, in turn, attract plasma to invade the first wall material, resulting in hydrogen or helium bubbles.
Apparently this is an endless loop.
Because none of the materials known to mankind can contain the damage caused by neutron irradiation.
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