A week is not a long time.

On October 10, in the Great Hall in Beijing, the commendation meeting for the successful ignition of the Qixia controllable fusion demonstration pile was held on time.

In the speech of the host of the conference and a warm applause, the commendation conference kicked off.

In the venue, Xu Chuan sat in the first row, on the left was Academician Peng Hongxi, the scientific research director of the project, on the right was Gao Hongming, who was in charge of daily affairs, and in the front row, there were familiar figures such as Wang Yongnian, Hou Chengping, Qi Zhongxing, and Han Jin.

As the familiar old man walked onto the stage, the auditorium suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

All the researchers and scholars who were able to participate in today's commendation meeting were flushed with excitement, and their eyes were full of hope, expectation, and satisfaction.

The old man first expressed his sincere congratulations and congratulations on the successful ignition of the "Qixia Controllable Nuclear Fusion Project - Dawn Demonstration Reactor Project", and then praised and encouraged everyone's efforts and efforts, saying that they are the mainstay of the country, and expressed his high gratitude to these scientific research workers and engineers who have made outstanding contributions to the front line of scientific research.

In 1958, China's nuclear industry system was initially established. After the successful test of the hydrogen bomb, the Chinese nuclear industry began to turn its attention to the study of controlled nuclear fusion.

In the context of the peaceful application of atomic energy, the Institute of Atomic Energy and the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have simultaneously launched a nuclear fusion research project.

Later, under the slogan of "Moving Atomic Energy for All", it was expanded to several provinces, with several ups and downs and adjustments; Some units withdrew, some joined, and up to now, the research on controlled fusion has gone through nearly 70 years, almost the same age as the motherland.

It seems like yesterday, and after 70 years, this project of the century has finally been completed.

Today, a grand commendation meeting can be regarded as a successful end to this world-renowned super project.

After paying tribute to everyone, the old man personally awarded 21 unique gold "958 medals" and bright red certificates to Xu Chuan, Peng Hongxi, Gao Hongming, Qi Zhongxing, Wang Yongnian and other scientific researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the project.

Eight outstanding group medals and 98 outstanding individual medals were also awarded to the team that made outstanding contributions to the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion project. To pay tribute and thank you to the great scholars who all participated in the cause of controlled fusion engineering.

In addition to these medals, there is also a special medal that is unique and belongs to Xu Chuan alone.

The name of this medal is directly after the name of the Daybreak Demonstration Heap, called the 'Medal of Daybreak'.

It means that it is like the dawn of dawn, bringing new hope, a new era and a new era to the motherland and the world.

In fact, when designing this medal, I thought of many names, such as 'Pangu', 'Star of Hope', 'Dawn', 'Sun' and so on.

But in the end, the name 'Dawn' was finalized.

This is a gold medal made of 24K pure gold, the main pattern is composed of five-pointed stars, Tiananmen Square, sky, rays, stars and other elements, with colorful ribbons. It weighs 195.8 grams, which corresponds to the successful conclusion of 1958 to the present.

In the auditorium, with his head down, Peng Hongxi clutched the golden medal on his chest tightly with his hand, and tears were already surging out of the corners of his eyes.

He vaguely remembers how energetic he was when he followed his mentor and joined the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics with other colleagues in 1971, when he was just 30 years old.

At that time, he also put aside his lofty ambition to learn from his mentor and great man, and used 12 years to realize two bombs and one satellite to achieve controllable nuclear fusion technology, and sent the most precious gift to the motherland.

Yet twelve years and twelve years, he is now in his eighties, and he has spent a full fifty-two years on the almost endless road of controlled nuclear fusion.

In the past 50 years, he has been confident, hopeful, confused, lazy, and even sometimes thought about giving up, but the only thing he didn't had was regret. He has never regretted that he embarked on the path of research on controlled nuclear fusion, even if there was no end of hope in the first fifty years.

And now, he has no regrets. Even if he leaves now to meet his mentor, he can proudly say that he has achieved his dream!

I believe that the Guru has a spirit in heaven and will be proud of him.

On the other side, Wang Yongnian and Hou Chengping, two academicians of the nuclear industry group, sat together and chatted quietly.

Touching the heavy 958 medal on his chest, Wang Yongnian said with some emotion: "I always feel that I am not qualified to carry this medal." ”

On the side, Hou Chengping said with a smile: "Don't say that, the demonstration reactor project we led the team to build, the optimized design of the generator set, is still very good." ”

Wang Yongnian shook his head and did not speak.

Although they did make a great contribution to the construction of the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Demonstration Reactor project, it was a team. As for the combined generator, the core idea of its optimization was also given by Professor Xu, although they optimized some details in the future, but these things, to be honest, can be done by others.

Of course, what made him feel a little emotional today was not only the medal he wore on his chest, but also the witness to the rise of controlled nuclear fusion and the retirement of controlled nuclear fission power stations.

The ignition of the Daybreak demonstration reactor is successful, and it is estimated that no more nuclear fission power stations will be built in China in the future, right?

In other words, even if it is built, it will only be used for one or two scientific research directions, and will not be used for large-scale power generation.

After all, the construction of every nuclear power plant needs to cost billions or even tens of billions of dollars. In contrast, controlled fusion power plants can generate dozens of times as much fission power at the same price.

It is self-evident which is better and which is inferior.

However, for him, who has been engaged in the construction of nuclear power plants for decades, the familiar field suddenly came to an end, and it is impossible to say that he does not feel the slightest feeling in his heart.

Perhaps, after completing this commendation meeting, it is time for him to consider retirement.

On the side, Hou Chengping, a colleague for more than ten years, seemed to see what he was thinking, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Lao Wang, it's not okay to think about retirement now." ”

"The spark of controlled nuclear fusion has just been lit, and we, as the first batch of builders and witnesses, must pass it on."

Wang Yongnian glanced at him and said softly, "That one is still there." ”

Hearing this, Hou Chengping laughed and said, "Just count on him." His energy should not and cannot be wasted on this. Even if he wanted to, I'd have to drive him back to work on something else. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Yongnian put a smile on his face, nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

On the other side, compared to the excitement and excitement of others, Chen Mingji, who was also sitting in the front row, was a little complicated.

Although he is also one of the founders of controlled nuclear fusion in China, sitting here today, with this medal symbolizing the top honor in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, I always feel very uncomfortable.

Looking at the young man who was giving a speech on the stage, Chen Mingji sighed, let him go through the past.

For Xu Chuan, he didn't think about it that much.

To be honest, although he and Chen Mingji had some troubles because of some 'butt' problems, everything disappeared when that set of top-of-the-line ICFR heating antennas was sent to the Qixia controllable nuclear fusion engineering base.

Moreover, in Xu Chuan's view, without the shelves built by Peng Hongxi and Chen Mingji of the older generation, it would be impossible for him to complete the controlled nuclear fusion technology in just over two years.

In any case, he has cultivated a large number of talents and made a lot of technologies.

After all, without these talents and technologies, even if he has the ability to solve the various problems of controlled nuclear fusion, he will not be able to find a stove for cooking.

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