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"What's going on at the Helanshan No. 1 nuclear power plant?" asked Wen Desi.

Gu Xiaolan replied: "Mr. Wen, the Helanshan No. 1 nuclear power plant is now operating normally, from the start of operation on October 1 last year to the design target of 500 megawatts of power generation on the 3rd, and it has been running steadily for three months. "Since Gu Xiaolu took maternity leave, the current job of the secretary general is Gu Xiaolan's agent.

Wen Deji nodded and said, "Well, after half a year of normal operation, let's start the construction of No. 2 and No. 3." In this way, the electricity consumption of the Helan Mountain base can be completely used ......"

The so-called "Helan Mountain Base" is a black technology base in China, located next to Helan Mountain, on the edge of the Tengger Desert in Suiyuan Province. It is mainly focused on nuclear physics research and practice, and it is also home to the only uranium refinery in the world. For this base, Mr. Wen specially built a special railway and a special highway here, and built a special water pipeline network.

Unlike the United States in the original time and space, in the nuclear program of Wendesi, solving the energy problem is the main purpose, and the mass murder weapon is just a by-product. He was in no hurry to build an atomic bomb at all, on the one hand, because there was no pressure of war, and on the other hand, he did not look down on such a thing as an atomic bomb. Because the side effects of this first-generation nuclear weapon are so great that it cannot be recovered for many years after a single shot in one place, this weapon is really not a good choice for a person whose goal is conquest.

For Wen Desi, such a thing as a big killer is either not used or used well. So in his opinion, the clean version of the big killer, that is, the third and fourth generation of the big killer in later generations, only that kind of thing is the best choice for a conqueror.

If an atomic bomb is used, even if a piece of land is taken down, it will not be used for a long time, so what is the difference between that and not being defeated? When it comes to killing and injuring people, there are too many means, and there is no need to limit our eyes to the atomic bomb at all. What Mr. Wen wants is a piece of land that can be used after being knocked down, not a piece of radioactive wasteland.

Therefore, for him, the atomic bomb is only a technical reserve, at most a deterrent force before the advent of new nuclear weapons, rather than a weapon that is really used in actual combat.

"Clean, reliable, and with minimal side effects" is not only a requirement for nuclear weapons, but also for nuclear power plants. Therefore, the nuclear power plant that was launched last year is the first and second generation nuclear power plants that skipped the original time and space, and went directly to the third generation. You must know that for the 23rd century, fission nuclear power plants have long been eliminated for more than 100 years, and there are a lot of materials on the market. To put it mildly, in Mr. Wen's time, as long as there were enough raw materials and equipment, even high school students could build fission-type nuclear power plants.

Therefore, in his eyes, there is no difficulty in the design of fission-type nuclear power plants, and the only thing that takes time to reproduce is those special materials and equipment. If it weren't for this reason, the nuclear power plant would have been built a few years ago, and it would have been up until last year.

Wen Desi believes that the first-generation (graphite reactor) and second-generation (boiling water reactor) nuclear power plants are completely substandard and immature products, and he will never use them, and he does not want to have a "Chernobyl incident" or "Fuwa incident" in his own country. However, even the third-generation nuclear power plant is only an experimental thing in the eyes of Mr. Wen, and it still cannot be used for commercial operation. In his opinion, if it is to be put into commercial operation for civilian use, it must at least be a fourth-generation closed-cycle breeder nuclear power system.

Of course, it is completely possible for the third-generation nuclear power plant to be used in the current scientific research and military fields, not to mention that a large part of the huge electricity bill for the atomic bomb alone can be saved.

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After dealing with the nuclear project, Wen Desi asked, "How is the progress of the high-energy iron battery?"

"High-energy iron batteries are now theoretically no problem, and samples have been made. The best samples reached an energy density of 800 Wh per kilogram. What needs to be solved now is the process problem of mass production......" Gu Xiaolan flipped through the computer in her palm and replied.

In addition to nuclear power plants, one of the key projects in Moon's energy plan is "batteries". Of course, this is not an ordinary battery, but a high-performance battery with an energy density of more than 600wh/kg. Batteries are a very important thing, but their progress has been slow, and there have been no major breakthroughs in more than 100 years since its inception, and the energy density has only tripled. It was not until the middle of the 21st century that there was a revolutionary development. With the complete information of the later generations, of course, he doesn't want to take any more detours.

The "high-energy iron battery" they are talking about is a new type of battery that appeared in the twenties of the 21st century, with an energy density of 600 watt-hours/kg. The raw materials of batteries are mainly iron, sodium and sulfur, as well as stable additives composed of rare earth elements, which are easy to do and not expensive. However, the process is more complicated, because sodium is a very dangerous metal, and it must be fused with iron and sulfur under vacuum conditions before crystallizing in a certain direction. It is then pressed into thin sheets, and a certain proportion of stable activated groups are formed through processes such as guò magnetization. The higher the proportion of activators, the greater the storage capacity. The more stable the dìng, the more times it can be recharged.

According to the evaluation of the experts, the 600Wh/kg high-energy battery will definitely not have problems in production as long as the material handling and equipment problems are solved. As long as the current problems of materials and equipment are solved, not to mention the manufacture of batteries that reach the level of the 23rd century, there is absolutely no problem in reaching the level of the mid-21st century. Once you have this kind of battery, a lot of problems can be solved.

For example, conventional submarines, for a long time, submarines used lead-acid batteries, and the energy density of this battery is only about 40wh/kg, which causes the underwater endurance of conventional submarines to be too low. The energy density of advanced batteries such as lithium-ion in later generations can reach 200wh/kg, but the price is extremely impressive, and there are also problems such as service life and safety. So we know that at the beginning of the 21st century, conventional submarines were still dominated by lead-acid batteries.

But if high-energy batteries are installed on submarines, then the underwater endurance of conventional submarines can be increased by 15 times. For example, a submarine with a lead-acid battery can travel up to 20 nautical miles at top speed underwater, while a submarine with such a high-energy battery can travel at least 300 nautical miles. This can be an incredible progress.

Then there is the vehicle, once this battery is put into practice, many buses, taxis and other civil vehicles that are mainly engaged in urban transportation and do not run too far can be replaced by electric vehicles. Whether it is in terms of environmental protection or operating costs, it has incomparable advantages of fuel vehicles. As for the many other uses, I will not list them all.

"So, how long will it take to reach mass production now...... Wendeji asked.

"According to the Institute's estimates, it will take about another year to two years. As you know, most of the information in our database is popular information, except in metallurgy and exploration, the information in other fields cannot be too professional. Like this kind of battery, we have a detailed formula and production process, but there are no detailed production equipment drawings, how to achieve it is a little bit real. Gu Xiaolan explained.

"Well, I know that too. Those materials only allow us to climb the technology tree without detours and have the right direction, but the strength to walk still depends on our own ......" Wen Deji also expressed understanding. In this regard, he can't expect too much, after all, Xingke Company before the crossing was only a mining and metallurgical company, and it was not specialized in making batteries, so it was good to have these materials.

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In January this year, the Semiconductor Research Institute came up with a related by-product of silicon wafer research, which is solar cells. In fact, in 1912, they had already made solar cells with a photoelectric conversion efficiency of about 7%. However, Wen Desi was not satisfied, and allocated a large amount of money to let them continue their research. In 1914, they came up with a product with a conversion efficiency of 15% and used it on satellites, but it was only produced in small quantities. This year, they finally came up with a product with an efficiency of 20%, and the actual room product can reach 25%.

Wen Desi knew that this was almost to the limit, and if it went up, it would not be solved by the current technology, so he finalized it and mass-produced. And let them continue to reproduce the second generation of solar cells with gallium arsenide, as well as dye-based solar cells with a little lower efficiency but cheaper.

At present, China still produces monocrystalline silicon solar cells, which have high conversion efficiency, but due to the high cost and price of monocrystalline silicon, it is difficult to greatly reduce its cost, and it can only be used in some relatively high-end occasions, such as satellites, which are difficult to popularize. In order to save silicon materials and reduce costs, it is necessary to develop solar cells with polycrystalline silicon thin films and amorphous silicon thin films.

The use of solar energy is not just about solar cells. There is also a solar water heater that is common in later generations, which also obtained patents in various countries at the beginning of last year and was officially launched. This is a common vacuum tube solar water heater in later generations, which is composed of heat collector tubes, water storage tanks and brackets and other related spare parts, and the conversion of solar energy into heat mainly relies on vacuum collector tubes, which use the principle of hot water floating and cold water sinking, so that the water produces microcirculation and achieves the required hot water.

Now this kind of solar water heater has been sold well in various countries, 800,000 units were exported last year, if it were not for the impact of the European war, the current sales would be even better. The domestic market has also sold 430,000 units, mainly in the south or in areas with long sunshine hours, and now a large number of military, government agencies, enterprises and institutions, hotels, baths and other places have installed this new gadget.

Everyone is very interested in this kind of thing that can have hot water without burning coal and firewood, and in addition to the fact that the national income has increased year by year in recent years, everyone has surplus money in their pockets, and the desire to consume has also increased greatly. It is expected that domestic sales will reach 1 million units this year, and exports will exceed 2 million units.

In addition to these, Wendesi's energy plan also includes various energy uses such as wind, tidal energy, and geothermal energy, which will not be detailed here