Chapter 353: A Trip to Switzerland 1

After the business was set and the details were completed, Duke returned to the experimental reactor base and completed the dynamic upgrade from 10MW to 100MW output in one go, and the whole process was basically consistent with expectations, proving that after the improvement, the Lotus reactor entered a stable state, and through this series of tests, a large number of actual operating data were obtained.

Based on this valuable practical data, Duke perfected the design of the commercial Lotus reactor, and the first generation of the Lotus reactor was divided into two models: the D-30 300MW reactor and the D-60 600MW reactor, which are two models with a fairly conservative design output, and for safety reasons, the Duke-designed Lotus commercial reactor has a higher degree of redundancy than the experimental reactor.

The cost of these new designs for safety redundancy is about $20 million per reactor, in exchange for the rapid recovery of nuclear material from the plant into a confined space in the event of a variety of extreme disasters.

Relying on a highly intelligent management and control system, this redundant nuclear material recovery system ensures that no nuclear material leakage occurs at the nuclear power plant in the event of extreme disasters.

This design takes the already high safety factor to a whole new level.

After completing this work, Duke will bring the first-generation research and development work of the Lotus reactor in his hand to an end, and the launch of the second generation will need to wait for the stable operation of the Lotus experimental reactor for a period of time, and only after verifying the stability can new adjustments be made on the basis of this reactor type, and even the second-generation experimental research will be carried out again after replacing the new core.

These things are trivial things, there are a large number of people in the base to assist Duke to complete, in the development of the second generation of reactors, the most important link is the introduction of supercomputers, but after Duke issued a purchase application, he found that the supercomputer he needed was still on Uncle Sam's embargoed list. Even a relatively outdated product, the Titan II, was not banned.

At that time, the domestic Tianhe-2 supercomputer had come out, and Duke had optimized this system, which had already surpassed Titan II in terms of computing performance, but Duke felt that in terms of architectural scalability, Tianhe-2 was weaker than Titan II, which was not conducive to his transformation and upgrading, and for the Tianhe-2 system used in the No. 7 project, the improvement of Duke's transformation and improvement was only 50 percent, which was of course a surprise for the people of the No. 7 project team.

However, Duke was not satisfied, and Kerry was relatively thorough in his structural analysis of Titan II, and simulated a virtual Titan II that far surpassed the performance of the original version. If the Titan II can be purchased, Duke will soon be able to adjust the GPU and CPU configuration on this basis, and realize the performance upgrade of his own unique professional applications by several times, which is suitable for Duke's research needs.

Of course, Duke will not ×be stupid enough to directly come up with a complete MIT nuclear reaction simulation application, but on this new system, there is no problem in developing some professional simulation research programs, such as material strength, corrosion resistance, radiation resistance and many other important topics, with the existing data has been able to establish a series of simulation models, research these things, can lay a solid foundation for the next larger reactors, such as 1000MW, 1200MW reactors.

Duke couldn't help but be a little frustrated that he couldn't help but be a little frustrated that without this thing, the plan for transparent research in China would be in vain, and the research progress of the second-generation lotus pile would be delayed again.

"Nana, you can help me think of a way to do this, I urgently need this thing, see if there is any workaround to procure the Titan II supercomputer." Duke, who returned to Rongcheng, solemnly handed over the matter to Cai Siqiang.

Cai Siqiang smiled bitterly and formed this hot potato, there is no way in China, even in the name of the Hong Kong company, it is impossible to buy it, and more importantly, Cray company made it clear that this thing cannot be shipped into embargoed countries for installation, otherwise Cray company will be sanctioned by Uncle Sam's strict policy, so it is impossible for Cray company to violate this policy and secretly do this.

Without Cray's installation support, it would not have been easy to get the system up and running, not to mention that Duke would have to improve the system, let alone Cray's support.

So, it's quite a tricky thing to do. Internationally, Cai Siqiang actually does not have a strong connection, and it is very difficult to operate the curve.

After handing over the problem at hand to give Cai Siqiang a headache, Duke was relaxed, he rarely had a vacation, and now he happened to take his family to travel together, to be honest, although Duke is now worth hundreds of millions, but he has been quite nervous in terms of time, and has been pushed away by things, and it is difficult to find a time to stay with his family for a long time.

So taking advantage of this rare opportunity now, he put aside all the things that were not particularly important, and the Duke family flew straight to Switzerland. They are a family of six, Duke and Shu Ya, plus their parents, plus Sovalz and Lex, two old American bodyguards, Shi Qiang and Zhong Haiyang, two domestic bodyguards, and the group is also lively.

Flying directly from Chengdu to Geneva, Switzerland, Duke flew directly from the famous Swiss city of Geneva on a new Gulfstream business jet purchased by SAL. The professional customs clearance service in Geneva made Duke feel that the efficiency and professionalism of this international city are like heaven and earth compared with the customs in Gabon, Africa.

Although Geneva is not the largest city in Switzerland, it is indeed the most international city in Switzerland and even in the whole of Europe, with a high reputation, it is a well-known international city, and almost all the news in different countries around the world will mention this beautiful city every day, because Geneva is the place where international institutions gather in the world.

Famous international organizations stationed in Geneva, including the United Nations European Headquarters, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization and other well-known and important international institutions.

Almost every day, Geneva is home to a number of important international conferences. Many well-known international dispute mediations are also done in this city.

"Mom and Dad, how do you feel about your health, are you going to rest in the hotel today? Or do you want to rest for a while and then go out for a walk? After settling into the hotel, Duke asked the four old men who were in good spirits. Compared with taking a flight, the spacious position of their own business jet can spend a long journey half-lying down, so although the distance is long, the four elderly people are well rested.

"I just woke up, let's go out for a walk in a while, I've been on the plane for so long, it's weird, isn't it, in-laws?" Duke's dad said with a smile. "I see the city on TV all day, and now I have the opportunity to see it with my own eyes, but I have to watch it well."