Chapter 354: A Trip to Switzerland 2
Although Switzerland is a small country, there are quite a lot of attractions in its country, although for people like Duke, many historical legends are very nonsense, but Shu Ya is very interested, on the one hand, it is rare to have such an opportunity to travel together, on the other hand, there is a strong curiosity about those legends.
Therefore, it took nearly an hour for the two to negotiate an itinerary, which was densely packed with dozens of domestic attractions in Switzerland, and if you want to play them all, Duke will be able to choke even if it takes half a month. Fortunately, I came out this time just to have fun.
Duke doesn't have to worry about anything in the company, he and Shu Ya have entrusted the management of the company, and Shu Ya has long resigned as the general manager of Feihong Co., Ltd., and the two of them are now unofficial and light.
Of course, the four old men obeyed the arrangements of these two young people, although Shu Ya's parents had seen more of the world, and they would not dictate the arrangements of the young couple on this occasion. For them, it doesn't really matter where they go to play, it's what matters when they play with their family.
It's a pity that the plan is beautiful, but life is messy. Duke had just completed the itinerary here, and before he had time to go out, Duke's mobile phone rang, looking at the unfamiliar phone number, or a local number in Geneva, Duke couldn't help but be a little confused, could it be that in Switzerland, the five-star hotel he lived in also had a special door-to-door service?
But it still looks early. And my phone number has not been registered in the hotel, how did the other party get it?
However, Duke's confusion was immediately solved as soon as the phone was answered.
On the phone was the English greeting of a man with a German accent.
"Dr. Duke, forgive me for taking the liberty of interrupting. I'm Jeff Hertz from the European Hertz Institute Central Communications Office. I am calling you today because I have received a message from Professor Zhu Yunqian from your country that you have arrived in Switzerland. After the visitor confirmed Duke's identity, he introduced himself straight to the point, although Duke knew the cause of the call, but he was still a little puzzled by the consequences of the other party's call.
Professor Zhu didn't seem to have told himself about this, nor did he say that he wanted to contact anyone here, so why did this matter suddenly come out.
Duke, who spent some time at MIT, is no stranger to the most authoritative organization in European nuclear research, in fact, it is the center of high-energy physics research in Europe and even in the world, and the headquarters of CERN is located in the Mehan area near Geneva.
The center has the world's most advanced research infrastructure for high-energy physics, including particle accelerators, supercomputers for analyzing data, and more. About 6,500 scientists and engineers from 80 nationalities are conducting experimental research throughout the year, and many world-class results have been obtained, and several scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics alone since its inception.
It can be said that this is the paradise of the world's particle physics research circles.
But Duke had never dealt with the research center, and to be honest, it was so far away for him that Duke didn't know what it had to do with him.
"Hello, Dr. Hertz, is there anything I can do to help you?" Anyway, the other party was also introduced by Professor Zhu, so Duke still politely asked what was the matter.
"That's right, Dr. Duke, after receiving a call from Professor Zhu, we know that Dr. Duke's research results in natural nuclear reactions have now been verified and applied on actual reactors, and there is no doubt that this is a major breakthrough in the physics community, and we want to know more about this breakthrough achievement, so we would like to ask Dr. Duke to take the time to come to the Nuclear Research Center to give a special report and exchange the experimental results you have achieved on the lotus pile."
"Make an academic report on the lotus pile?" When Duke heard this request, he was really a little confused, could it be that this was the result of Professor Zhu's promotion behind the scenes?
The research of the first generation of lotus piles has basically come to an end, and the relevant research results have not yet been published, so it stands to reason that it is a little inappropriate for Duke to make a report now, because those things can be talked about, those things cannot be said, and there is no overall consideration yet.
CERN is also home to top scientists in the field of physics, and if something is accidentally said casually, it may save others years or even decades of effort, which is tantamount to handing over the results of scientific research to others in vain.
Duke is not a master waiting to publish a paper and mix titles, so he definitely doesn't do this kind of thing.
So Duke hesitated, and he instinctively wanted to refuse.
"Yes, in your exploration of the principles of natural nuclear reactions, we know that it is now possible to trigger fission reactions directly with natural uranium ore in a safe way close to nature, and many experts want to know, how safe and efficient is the lotus pile built using this principle? I don't think Dr. Duke will turn down the opportunity to promote the lotus pile to the world, right? ”
Dr. Hertz seemed to have seen through Duke's psychology, and quickly added in the face of Duke's hesitation.
"CERN has a large number of outstanding physicists in Europe, and there are also many heavyweight experts in nuclear energy research, and it has considerable advice on the development of nuclear energy in Europe and many countries around the world.
If Dr. Duque had been willing to engage with them earlier, it would have been useful in the future to pass the review of the various national nuclear energy decision-making committees. Dr. Hertz said. It seems that Professor Zhu has revealed a lot of information about him. That's why Dr. Hertz is so interested in the lotus pile.
And the information that the lotus pile is going to be commercialized is probably also Professor Zhu's release, so it seems that it is also a good thing to talk to CERN experts?
Duke couldn't help but be a little moved, he launched this lotus pile, and the commercialization considerations were also relatively large, and even did not hesitate to set up the Duke Heavy Industries Group to produce things supporting the nuclear power plant, if he couldn't make money, he would not be able to implement the huge seawater deuterium refining plan at all.
That's why Duke agreed to work with the Li family to promote this lotus pile. Because it cannot be operated commercially, Duke will not be able to build a huge nuclear power project on Earth in the future.
"Well, Dr. Hertz, thanks to the gracious invitation, what do you think tomorrow morning will be? If there are no problems, how about I share with you some of the results of this lotus pile tomorrow? Don't know how long I need to prepare the right amount of film? Duke agreed.
"Thank you, Dr. Duke, we don't have any requirements regarding the time, everything is up to you." Dr. Hertz replied with a hearty smile. "Then it's decided, tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, our center will send a car to the hotel to pick you up? What hotel are you staying in? ”
"OK, I'm staying at 1903 Red Maple Hotel." Duke replied.
"Okay, I've made a note of it, Red Maple Hotel 1903." Hertz repeated, signaling that he had really memorized Duke's room number.
After answering the phone, Duke smiled apologetically at Shu Ya, "I'm sorry, I still can't get rid of my job here." ”
"It's not your fault," Shu Ya waved her hand, indicating that she really didn't have any dissatisfaction, "It's a good thing, and I think you'll definitely gain something from being able to communicate with so many excellent top scientists." ”
Shu Ya could see it, "It's just that I think there are some things, and you may need to coordinate with Professor Zhu to see how to do this academic exchange." When she answered the phone, Shu Ya sat next to Duke, and Shu Ya listened to the cause and effect of this incident.
"That's right, this thing is a bit sudden, I guess Professor Zhu made a decision when we were on the plane, let me ask Professor Zhu what the general situation is?" Duke listened to Shu Ya's suggestion, picked up the phone and began to dial Professor Zhu's number.
Soon the phone was connected, and sure enough, after Duke got on the plane, Professor Zhu called Duke to ask about something, and found that he couldn't get through to Duke's phone, so he called Cai Siqiang of SAL to know Duke's whereabouts.
Professor Zhu was a visiting scholar at CERN for a period of time, and he was a leader in this field, where he achieved many outstanding results, and because of his humility, he had good friendships with many famous physics scientists in the center.
Professor Zhu is of course aware of the enormous influence of these experts on the use of nuclear energy in Europe, so on second thought, he wanted to take this opportunity to officially introduce the lotus pile to the world, and the best way to promote it is to obtain the approval of these top experts. After all, nuclear energy is a very special energy source.
Professor Zhu said just do it, he contacted Dr. Hertz, who was familiar with him, and said what he meant, of course, Dr. Hertz had read Duke's sensational physics paper, and he was very surprised that Duke was so quick to verify the principles in the paper through the experimental stack.
Compared with other discoveries based on the principles of physics, which often take decades or even decades to be translated into practical applications, Duke's conversion speed is astonishing.
It is of course an honor for CERN to be able to make public this kind of heavyweight achievement for the first time at CERN, so Dr. Hertz not only agreed, but also asked Professor Zhu for some basic information about the lotus pile, and after he saw some parameters of the lotus pile, he became even more interested in this pile.
If the Lotus reactor can really meet the parameters provided by Professor Zhu, with Hertz's academic ability, it can certainly be judged that the world's nuclear power development will enter a new stage, and how to improve the safety of nuclear power plants has always been the top priority in nuclear power research, and the safety of nuclear power plants has been gradually improving over the years.
But an experimental reactor like the Lotus stack, which claims that there is almost no risk of radiation leakage, has never been developed. So this is indeed a milestone in nuclear safety research, not to mention other nuclear physicists, even Hertz himself is full of expectations.
That's why Hertz called Duke, shortly after he arrived in Geneva, and graciously invited Duke to give an academic presentation on the lotus pile.
The cause and effect behind this, Professor Zhu quickly made it clear, and when Duke heard that it was really Professor Zhu's rumor, he couldn't help but cry and laugh. This elder is too good at reading the time. I don't want to let go of this little leisure time.
I can't say that Duke can only admit it, and then Duke humbly asked Professor Zhu what can be said and what cannot be said, this degree is actually not very easy to grasp, if nothing is revealed, Lotus Dui does not want to get the approval of these experts, but if too much information is revealed, it is easy to leak secrets.
Fortunately, Professor Zhu is very familiar with this and carefully imparts relevant principled skills to Duke. Some of these principles, how to make a presentation film of this exchange, Duke knew it by heart.
(I'm very sorry, there are a lot of things in the unit today, and I didn't catch up at noon, and more than 3,000 words were presented)