"From the perspective of the design of the core scheme of this experimental reactor, except for the peculiar concept that can be connected to different powers, I can't see anything else for the time being, because the core part is just a summary and parameters, and I don't know if it has not yet been considered mature or for other reasons." A senior authoritative expert from the central nuclear power plant shook his head and said in front of him in front of a room of bigwigs from the center.

"If Dr. Duke, the core of the nuclear reactor, can control the output power by adjusting the amount of nuclear fuel input, then this control technology is undoubtedly unique at present, but the most strange thing is that Dr. Duke proposed that the uranium utilization rate of this nuclear reactor is as high as 40 percent, and from this parameter, it is basically close to the parameters of the fourth-generation fast reactor that is still in the conceptual research stage.

However, the theoretical research of the fourth-generation fast reactor in the industry is still in progress, and many theoretical foundations have not yet been perfected, let alone actually realized, and Dr. Duke has not published any strong research papers in this regard, so my personal judgment is to prefer this reactor or the three-and-a-half-generation level, otherwise it is difficult to explain why Dr. Duke designed the fourth-generation reactor type.

I've seen Dr. Duke's research paper, and it's a very remarkable achievement, and it's fair to say that there has been nothing more impressive than this achievement in at least the last 30 years of nuclear research, and if this year's Nobel Prize is fair, I think the physics prize will probably go to Dr. Duke's head.

However, in order to turn from this theoretical basis to practical application, this transformation process is generally difficult to see without one or two decades of effort, so I am very puzzled by some of the parameters of the experimental reactor proposed by Dr. Duke.

And Dr. Duke did not disclose the exact composition of the catalyst he used to simulate a natural nuclear reaction, and the uranium utilization efficiency under such a reaction, so I am not sure whether the experimental reactor will be carried out using the new nuclear reaction method he discovered.

Of course, if this experimental reactor is carried out in a way that simulates natural nuclear reactions, then it is indeed much higher and easier to control than in the past, and the cost savings will be very significant, and it is theoretically possible to achieve the construction cost of $1,000 per kilowatt for Dr. Duke.

In the absence of more detailed information, that is all I can say. ”

After listening to the experts' seats, they were full of questions and speculations, and basically there was no positive opinion, and the big guys in the room looked at the head of the army surnamed Liu in confusion, and among these big men were the executive vice premier in charge of the economy, the vice premier in charge of industry, the state councilor, and several people at the helm of the nuclear industry department.

After Qin Tairan's report went up, the head surnamed Liu was very concerned, and specially invited all the bigwigs who could be the masters to discuss the policy possibility of opening up nuclear power production to private enterprises, and open the way for Duke's enterprises to participate in nuclear power production.

In this process, Duke's experimental reactor design is the most important tool in the hands of the head surnamed Liu, but unfortunately, in the mouth of authoritative experts from CNNC, everyone has not heard many positive opinions.

"Lao Liu, I think this matter is enough to choke, and it can even be said that there is no eight words, and it is useless for you to gather everyone over" The executive vice premier spoke first, "I think what you said will not wait until you see some results?" The nuclear industry is a very important matter, and we must be very cautious about opening up to private enterprises. ”

Listening to what he meant, it was obvious that the head surnamed Liu was rejecting the effort of the chief surnamed Liu to win Duke's entry into the production of nuclear power main equipment.

"Lao Li, let's not talk about Dr. Duke, in general, I don't understand why the door to nuclear power production is closed to private enterprises, to be honest, we started much earlier than South Korea in the research and application of nuclear power, but to this day, we have spent countless tuition, and now the core equipment part is still not localized.

However, the South Korean side has put a few enterprises to do it, and today they can already produce a full set of equipment, and export it to the United Arab Emirates and other countries. That's the gap. And what is the only difference, we are a state monopoly to engage in research and construction, and others are to give it to enterprises to do.

Now there are a lot of domestic private enterprises with strength and ability, many enterprises have approached the world's top 500 in terms of scale and technical level, such as Dushi Heavy Industries, although now in the sales scale has not gone up, but people's technology has entered the world's leading level.

Two years ago, who would have thought that domestic enterprises could develop the world's advanced CNC core system? Who would dare to say that the world's leading special steel can be developed? However, Duke Heavy Industries has done it, which shows that domestic enterprises are often close to the door, and it will naturally come naturally when they encounter a rare talent like Dr. Duke.

Numerical control and materials research are the two majors that Dr. Duke studied at MIT, but don't forget that nuclear reaction research is also Dr. Duke's specialty, and judging from the achievements of the paper, experts have just said that this is the most outstanding achievement in nuclear research in the past three decades. Therefore, I am very confident that Duch Heavy Industries can also make outstanding achievements in nuclear power, as long as we give them the right soil for growth. ”

The chief surnamed Liu insisted. When a soldier fights, many times it depends on intuition, and the chief surnamed Liu now has an intuition that he feels that Duke can really make a breakthrough in nuclear power, just like a war, and the fact that Duke has won a hundred battles in scientific and technological research in the past has given the chief surnamed Liu a strong confidence.

"Vice Chairman Liu," the state councilor in charge of the nuclear industry politely interjected, although he is a vice-state-level boss, but compared to the head surnamed Liu, both prestige and real power are much smaller, so he can't speak as casually as the executive vice premier, but he has joined the Great Council of Elders, and he only enjoys the vice-state treatment.

"The adjustment of the country's nuclear industry policy is a very complex system engineering, we have to consider the impact of all aspects, if we rashly open this opening to private enterprises, it will be difficult to close this opening when the time comes.

Nuclear power is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the stakes are significant, and safety affects thousands of households. ”

Although this state councilor said that it is an old way of being even, it is still too conservative. Seeing that the tone of the government's side was basically disagreeable, the head surnamed Liu sighed, and it seems that he doesn't have to expect everyone's support today.

Although he is in a high position, in the end, there is a difference between military and political affairs, people are willing to listen to it to give him face, and if they don't listen, it's the same thing, these people are in the center, who is not the essence of the steel, if you don't expect to continue to climb to the top, you really don't sell the military's account, and the head surnamed Liu has no tricks.

However, those bigwigs who still need to compete for the position of No. 1 chief are more concerned about the military.

Therefore, the head surnamed Liu doesn't want to argue about anything anymore, and at their level, everyone's opinion is not easy to say. Let's wait and see.

"Duke, I'm sorry, the boss hasn't agreed to private enterprises to enter the field of nuclear power production" After receiving the notice, Qin Tairan found Duke and said a little apologetically. "But the chief said that if the experimental reactor can succeed, he will fight for you again when the time comes."

When Duke heard that this was the result, although he was still slightly disappointed in his heart, he quickly left it behind. This matter is originally a bit wishful thinking, and I still have to rely on myself, but in this way, the difficulty of opening the market in the future has increased a lot out of thin air.

This is not an ordinary commodity, to open the first gap to obtain a demonstration in a country, although the difficulty is not to say the sky, it is not much worse, but this is also a thing that has no way, no matter how difficult it is, it has to be done.

"I'm sorry for you, Brother Qin, we'll talk about this later, and we're not in a hurry now. I hope that the general construction of this experimental reactor can be completed this year, and as for the construction cost, all of them will be borne by Dushi Heavy Industries. These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Duke quickly said to Qin Tairan with a smile.

After the successful development of the CNC core control system, the hardware aspect is relatively strong Shenda machine tool, on this basis, it should not take a few months to be able to develop a new processing progress of advanced machine tools, so that Duke's factory has the high-precision machine tools needed to process nuclear power equipment available, although Qin Tairan said that the most advanced part of this batch of machine tools should be used by the military first, but this first batch of advanced CNC machine tools Duke must be requisitioned for their own use.

Xincheng Special Steel, has begun several new alloy materials that have been successfully developed in mass production, although due to the process is still being adjusted, the output is not high, but the quality is not a big problem, basically reached the level of the initial sample, the quantity of support for the production of spare parts for the experimental reactor of Duke is not a problem at all.

For this miniature experimental reactor, Duke is basically ready to stop in all aspects, and there are no major technical problems.

In addition, Duke now has a large net worth, not only has more than $20 billion in cash on hand, but its companies can also contribute more than $10 billion in new revenue every year, which can fully support Duke's current large-scale construction of nuclear power plant capital needs.

So now as long as the experimental reactor is successful, Duke feels that the next step is how to find a way to sell the nuclear power plant, which is the biggest problem.