The Huaguo Atomic Energy Research Institute is located on the outskirts of Shangjing City, after all, everything here is related to nuclear power, so it is certainly not appropriate to do it in the urban area.

Therefore, when Li Mu and Wu Mengyuan arrived by car, it was already night.

It's time to get off work at this time, but there are still a lot of people in the institute who are doing research day and night.

Wu Mengyuan first took Li Mu to put their luggage in the dormitory provided for them by the research institute, and then took Li Mu to a laboratory in the research institute.

Spent Fuel Processing Simulation Laboratory.

"Lao Liu."

Entering the laboratory, Wu Mengyuan smiled and greeted one of the people inside.

The man immediately turned his head to look, then walked up with a smile, and opened his hand to give Wu Mengyuan a bear hug.

"Old Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it very much."

Soon, after they separated, this person looked at Li Mu.

"This is our math genius Li Mu, right? It looks like it's a talent. ”

Wu Mengyuan smiled, and then introduced Li Mu: "This is Liu Encun, a professor of nuclear physics at the School of Physics of Qinghua University, and also the vice president of our Huaguo Institute of Atomic Energy. ”

"Hello Professor Liu!" Li Mu shouted respectfully.

Wu Mengyuan had actually done his homework for him before he came.

Liu En has a deep attainment in domestic nuclear power plant technology, and has made outstanding contributions to the distribution of reactors in third-generation nuclear power plants.

As for the distribution of reactors, it is an important topic in the study of any generation of nuclear power plants.

The reactor of a nuclear power plant is a big project, and a big project requires a lot of layout.

This is especially true for nuclear power plants, such as in the cooling cycle, because a large amount of heat is emitted during the nuclear fission reaction, and if this heat is not quickly sent to the cooling point, there is a high risk of an explosion at the nuclear power plant.

Liu Encun has made great contributions to the distribution of reactors in the third-generation nuclear power plants, and now the vast majority of the third-generation nuclear power plants in China are built according to Liu Encun's theory.

So this is definitely a proper bull-level mission in their country.

"Hey, what's the old calendar, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning, let's talk about it when I really find the perfect plan for the layout of the fourth-generation reactor."

Liu Encun waved his hand and said, then looked at Li Mu again, and said, "But then again, Li Mu, have you developed a new track fixing technology that you used on the roller coaster?" ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Liu Encun to know about this matter, and then nodded and said, "Yes, you also know about this matter?" ”

Liu Encun said with a smile: "I have a friend in the Special Inspection Institute, and that friend happened to receive Changlong's invitation to review the roller coaster you designed for them, and then he talked to me about this thing. ”

"It's very powerful, and although the new structure is specifically for roller coaster tracks, it can actually be used in other places, such as in our case, it can be used to fix nuclear fuel rods, and it can be used to prevent vibrations caused by earthquakes and other situations."

"Of course, the structure we have now is sufficient, otherwise I really plan to pay you a patent fee and let you license it to us."

Li Mu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Why do you need to use patent fees, I still have to be happy that this kind of national project that benefits the country and the people wants to use my patent." ”

"Hahaha, I'll talk about this later!" Liu Encun smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense, let's get down to business." ”

"Lao Wu, and Xiao Li, even if you are in my research group in the future, the main responsibility is that, as you can see, it is the problem of reactor layout."

"Lao Wu, I won't say much about you, Xiao Li, if you don't understand anything, just ask your senior brother, understand what our purpose is as soon as possible, and then give full play to your talents."

Saying that, Liu Encun shouted: "Zhao Heyang, come and take your junior brother to get to know our institute first." ”

Soon, a boy in a white lab coat who didn't look very trim walked over from the next workstation.

"You are that Li Mu? I have admired the daimyo for a long time. Zhao Heyang glanced at Li Mu a few times, just like looking at a giant panda.

Such a genius, who is replaced by someone will probably be very curious.

Of course, he quickly retracted his gaze, and then stretched out his hand: "My name is Zhao Heyang, senior brother doesn't dare to be, you just call me Lao Zhao." ”

"Let's go, I'll give you an introduction to our institute and our mission first."

"Okay."

Li Mu didn't talk nonsense, and then left the laboratory with Zhao Heyang and walked in the research institute.

Zhao Heyang first took Li Mu to get to know various places in the institute, such as the canteen and the rest room.

"If you are in the cafeteria, I will definitely advise you not to eat, I ate cockroaches here last time." Zhao Heyang had palpitations on his face, and then said: "The others are okay, especially the roast duck in the 5 windows, I recommend you to try more." ”

As he spoke, he swallowed again: "Tsk, I want to eat again." ”

Then he walked down again: "There's a small library over there, but the books in it are basically related to our nuclear physics, and if you want to read anything else, you probably won't find it." ”

"And then there'......"

After walking around the way, they were back in the lab.

"I'll take you to get a meal card tomorrow morning, and then you can use the money in the meal card for dinner, and the meal allowance for you every month will also be put into the meal card."

"Okay, the institute has finished telling you, and then I'll tell you about the goals of our group of projects."

Zhao Heyang took Li Mu to sit at his workstation and said, "Before we talk about our goals, we have to tell you about the problems of our fourth-generation nuclear power technology." ”

"The biggest advantages of fourth-generation nuclear power technology over third-generation nuclear power technology are economics, sustainability, and waste minimization."

"For example, the third generation of nuclear power plants mainly use uranium-235, and uranium-235 accounts for only 0.7% of the natural world, and the rest are basically uranium-238, so we often need to extract uranium-235, which is very economical."

"In the fourth generation of nuclear power plants, we can mainly use uranium-238 for fission, which can greatly improve the economics of nuclear power plants."

"The specific way to achieve this is to use polonium-239 as fuel, and bombard uranium-238 through the fast neutrons produced by polonium-239 fission to produce polonium-239, and so on."

"So at this time, the problems of our group come."

"How can the polonium-239 formed after uranium-238 absorb fast neutrons can efficiently participate in the fission, and then realize the cycle of the whole process, and also ensure that the whole process is safe enough."

"That's what we're trying to solve."

(End of chapter)