When Academician Li Hao and Academician Zhu Bingwen heard the news, they immediately walked towards the laboratory.

When I came to the laboratory, I saw a one with a diameter of one meter and a length of two meters. A hollow cylindrical device gradually enclosed by silicon gold transistors.

At the outermost edge of it, a silicon-gold crystal extends out.

And the head of the extended silicon gold crystal has a special bayonet device.

Li Hao said to Academician Zhu Bingwen who was standing next to him: "Academician Zhu, you go over and check this equipment."

You care so much about the purpose of this device that you even want to use silicon gold crystals to make it. It should be important to you. ”

"It's really important to me, this equipment is one of the most important pieces of equipment in the thorium-based molten salt reactor.

All other equipment has already been manufactured, as long as it meets the requirements.

Thorium-based molten salt stacks that can be used industrially are manufactured. Academician Zhu Bingwen said with emotion.

While he was talking to Li Hao, he had already trotted towards the device.

Coming to the side of this equipment, Academician Zhu Bingwen carefully inspected this equipment.

He is most concerned about the manufacture of the mount of the equipment, and carefully inspects the equipment.

Academician Zhu Bingwen nodded and said with satisfaction: "From the outside, this equipment perfectly meets my requirements.

You only need to take it to the laboratory and conduct a detailed test. to know if he meets the requirements. ”

"This equipment weighs a ton, and we send a vehicle to get it to the lab. Whether the thorium-based molten salt reactor you designed can handle this weight. Li Hao asked Academician Zhu Bingwen.

"Thanks to Mr. Li, the weight of this device is completely fine. I designed the equipment to have a maximum load capacity of 5 tons. Academician Zhu Bingwen replied in a relaxed tone.

Li Hao began to greet the staff of the scientific research building, carefully packing the equipment.

A truck drove in, loaded the equipment, and prepared to leave with Academician Zhu Bingwen.

Academician Zhu Bingwen saw that the equipment had been loaded, and he invited Li Hao.

"Mr. Li, you also invested in a thorium-based molten salt pile. If the properties of the silicon gold crystal material are exactly the same as the ones you tested.

The thorium-based molten salt reactor will be officially activated today, if you have time. Also go back to the lab with me to see if the thorium-based molten salt reactor can be successfully started. ”

Li Hao is also very concerned about the situation of the thorium-based molten salt pile. Looking forward to its early success.

Now they shuttle back and forth between the Earth and the Moon.

The limit-weight iron-graphene battery carried by the space shuttle can only go back and forth once, and the power is exhausted.

Every time the shuttle returns, it needs to be charged at the smart research station through a solar charging device.

To replenish it with a certain amount of electricity is to worry about unexpected situations in space, and the energy storage is not enough to react.

The thorium-based molten salt reactor designed by Academician Zhu Bingwen is a miniature nuclear reactor.

Such a nuclear reactor could be fitted to the space shuttle.

This way, the shuttle does not have to carry a huge iron-graphene battery pack. Enough space to transport supplies.

After Li Hao heard Zhu Bingwen's invitation, he immediately agreed: "I also want to see the progress of the thorium-based molten salt reactor." Now that I have some free time, I'll go with you to the lab to have a look. ”

Li Hao and Zhu Bingwen arrived at the nuclear physics laboratory in a vehicle carrying equipment.

When he got out of the car, the first sign he saw was a radioactive sign. At the same time, the words "Radiation danger, please stay away" are written in red letters.

Li Hao asked with some concern: "Academician Zhu, can you ensure safety when you are doing your work?" ”

Academician Zhu Bingwen said with a smile: "Don't worry, you can guarantee absolute safety." If there is radioactive material in it, we researchers will not dare to enter it.

Now is not the time when we were poor and white, and the protection of the laboratory is extremely good. There are radiation intensity detectors everywhere in the laboratory.

I can say that in some parts of the laboratory, the radiation intensity is lower than that of the outside world. ”

Li Hao thought that his cells optimized by the fortification solution had a strong bearing capacity.

They are not afraid of ordinary people, and they have nothing to fear.

He walked into the laboratory with Academician Zhu Bingwen.

Zhu Bingwen came to the laboratory and immediately instructed the staff: "I have completed the manufacture of the core machine pipeline through Qingci Technology. You go and check if the metal pipe meets the design requirements. ”

After Academician Zhu Bingwen finished speaking, he took Li Hao to a cylindrical device.

The device has a diameter of 3 meters and a height of 2.5 meters.

Underneath it, there is also a ring of metal sheets, I don't know what it is used for?

Zhu Bingwen said proudly: "This is the thorium-based molten salt pile.

It's not a core machine, the whole reactor is that big.

If the silicon gold crystal can work. It works immediately when connected to peripherals, and is a veritable miniature nuclear reactor. ”

Li Hao was also surprised when he saw this reactor. This reactor is surprisingly small.

You must know that the normal reactors are very large now.

It is a nuclear reactor with little power on a nuclear submarine, and its volume is much larger than this nuclear reactor.

Zhu Bingwen briefly introduced the principle of thorium-based molten salt pile to Li Hao.

"I won't talk about the nuclear reaction process, everyone understands this.

A nuclear reaction occurs when a nuclear rod is immersed in molten salt containing flamed gold.

The hot molten salt immediately flowed to the silicon gold crystalline, and outside the silicon gold crystal was also a molten salt containing hot gold.

It's just that the molten salt inside the silicon-gold crystal tube contains radioactivity, and the molten salt outside is not radioactive. ”

He pointed to the circle of metal on the outside of the miniature reactor. Introduce to Li Hao the principle of power generation of miniature nuclear reactors.

"This is a thermoelectric power generation device consisting of bismuth telluride and lead telluride.

These two materials are also made in your research building.

Through metamaterial technology, the internal crystal structure of these two materials is rearranged.

It now has a heat conversion rate of 90%.

Thermoelectric power generation devices generate electricity according to the Thomson effect.

When the temperature in the metal is uneven, the kinetic energy of the free electrons at the high temperature is greater than that at the low temperature.

Like gases, thermal diffusion occurs when the temperature is not uniform, so free electrons diffuse from the high end of the temperature to the low end of the temperature.

It is stacked at the low end, creating an electric field in the conductor and creating a potential difference at both ends of the rod.

One of the key reasons why I chose this type of power generation is that the Thomson effect allows the nuclear power plant to operate safely.

The diffusion of free electrons proceeds until the action of the electric field force on the electrons is balanced by the thermal diffusion of the electrons.

This characteristic indicates that the thermal equilibrium of the two systems has not been reached. The power generation process does not stop. ”

After listening to this, Li Hao said with emotion: "Most of the Thomson effect, which had little effect in the past, used this principle to make metal thermometers.

I didn't expect it to be used by you for a miniature nuclear power plant. Nuclear power plants applying this principle are indeed very safe.

As long as there is a temperature difference, it will generate electricity continuously.

The heat is transferred quickly by the hot gold, and the heat inside the nuclear reactor does not accumulate. The core melting accident is avoided, and the safety is greatly guaranteed. ”

At this time, the staff came over and reported to Academician Zhu Bingwen: "Academician Zhu, the equipment you brought over fully meets the requirements. ”