"Four generations of heaps?!"

The people involved in the industry at the scene spoke out in surprise after hearing this term.

"We can now build four generations of reactors?"

According to public information, no country in the world has successfully developed a fourth-generation reactor.

In particular, China started relatively late in nuclear power.

Even many people think that the existence of the domestic three-generation reactor is a problem.

Zhang Xingyang said quietly: "I can't disclose the specific content, but I can tell you that we are currently making rapid progress on the fourth-generation reactor." ”

"In less than two years, the first experimental reactor will be completed."

Zhang Xingyang used some verbal means slightly.

The development of the fourth-generation reactor is far faster than everyone imagined.

Over the past few months, many of these technical hurdles have been overcome.

The construction of the experimental reactor has been completed, and it is only waiting to start testing.

After the actual measurement is passed, it means that the development of the fourth-generation reactor has been successful.

It can be used in real life.

The audience was caught up in a small discussion.

Everyone is debating whether this is true or not.

Most people believed what Zhang Xingyang said.

Because he has no reason to deceive.

"If there are any questions, if there are any, just say them."

Zhang Xingyang looked at everyone present and said.

After a minute or two, no one continued to ask questions.

Zhang Xingyang continued:

"Then you'll have a day to take care of your personal affairs."

"After tomorrow, you will have to be trained in more detail and detail."

Xue Feng raised his hand and asked, "Is the next training still closed?" ”

Zhang Xingyang nodded: "For all reasons, you must stay in the training base during this time. ”

"There are some secrecy considerations, but more of a reason for your foundation."

There are not too many things that need to be kept secret in the daily training of astronauts.

There are countries in the world that are capable of astronaut training, and basically there is no need to steal.

If you buy it directly, you can participate in the relevant astronaut training programs.

For a specific example, refer to the astronaut training program of the camel country.

After spending tens of billions of dollars, they were directly taken over by the Dragon Kingdom from space launch center planning to astronaut training, and even a series of training and training for manned aviation.

So they need to do closed training, more because the foundation is too poor.

If ordinary training methods are used, it is difficult for them to reach the level of entering the space station for internship in a short time.

Xu Ying looked at Xue Feng beside him with sympathetic eyes, and patted him on the shoulder.

Xue Feng's son had just been born, just two months before he came to the training base.

Originally, I thought that I would just endure the three-month training period.

But I didn't expect this kind of life to last for another year.

Maybe when he comes home, his son will call his father.

It's just that it's not him.

Xue Feng leaned crookedly on the back of the chair, looking depressed.

"Look at it, at least you don't have to be annoyed by children for a year."

Xu Ying comforted:

"Children under one year old are the most annoying."

"When my daughter was less than a year old, she would cry every night, and my daughter-in-law and I couldn't sleep well all night."

Xue Feng seemed to be comforted and regained some of his spirit.

"Can we talk to my family while we are training?"

Zhang Xingyang nodded, "Yes, but you have to abide by the relevant regulations." ”

Although they were kept at the base, secrecy was only a small part of the reason.

But that doesn't mean they can tell these secrets at will.

When Xue Feng heard the affirmative answer, his originally bad mood was much better.

Today's video call technology is also developed.

It's not hard to meet your family.

I just can't be there for them.

Xue Feng gave himself psychological comfort.

"I hope you can study and train well in the coming year."

Zhang Xingyang then said:

"Whether or not you can get on the space station, the first batch to get on the space station will depend on the progress of your training."

The Tiangong space station is capable of accommodating a limited number of crews.

At present, it can only accommodate up to 8 people.

If there are more than one circulating system, it will enter an overload state.

It will have an irreversible effect on the state of the space station.

Significantly reduce the service life of the space station.

And it is impossible for every group of crew members to be all these people.

There are also people from other quarters, waiting to board the space station.

They can get a place for 3 people at a time.

It is already the result of Zhang Xingyang's efforts to use his influence in the aerospace system.

Use the results to evaluate and plan the smooth landing on the space station.

It inspires a competitive spirit in everyone's hearts.

In fact, none of the people who were able to walk into this room were simple.

Either one of them is the mainstay of their respective industries.

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The stars in the desert night sky seem to be far more than the night in the northern capital.

Zhang Xingyang gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, forming a white air stream in the icy air.

In distant cities, people still wear short-sleeved shorts and various skirts.

At night in the desert, it is already necessary to put on cotton clothes.

"Director Zhang, Director Su, they are already waiting for you in the conference room."

The assistant said while flipping through the minutes of the meeting when Zhang Xingyang was away.

Zhang Xingyang came back overnight, and naturally had a very urgent reason.

Today's nuclear test institute already has two third-generation reactors in operation.

In addition, through long-range wireless power transmission technology, electricity is transmitted to surrounding towns.

The application of wireless power transmission technology on the ground is not as broad as imagined.

This is mainly due to the characteristics of the microwave itself.

Microwaves are actually high-frequency electromagnetic waves that have a high degree of directionality.

This is conditioned by the curvature of the earth itself.

At a distance of tens of kilometers, there will be a certain deviation.

Once the distance rises to a distance of hundreds of kilometers, the deviation will reach a point where it will be difficult to solve.

This is also an important reason why microwave transmission can only be used between space and the ground.

The nuclear power plant, which is the output end of the wireless transmission, has maintained stable operation during this time.

Bringing clean and cheap energy to many local families.

"How ready are our experimental reactors?"

Zhang Xingyang took the minutes of the meeting and looked through them himself.

The assistant dictated at a much faster pace than he had thought.

"Originally, we were able to start experimenting, but now the problem has not been solved, and we have stopped."

Assistant quick debriefing guide.

"The dam has been temporarily blocked by our engineering construction team."

"It won't have much impact in the short term, but it's hard to say what the follow-up impact will be."

The reason why Zhang Xingyang came back overnight was that there was a problem with the reservoir that was only a few kilometers away from them.

Strictly speaking, this matter also has a certain relationship with Zhang Xingyang.

Some time ago, because of the increase in the amount of water used by the nuclear power plant, the water level of the reservoir even dropped significantly.

To this end, two heavy rains were rained over the local reservoir with weather weapons.

The reservoir, which had been reduced by the water used by the nuclear power plant, has been greatly replenished.

But it has also led to a series of consequences today.

Reservoirs in the desert are far more fragile than reservoirs in plains and other areas.

Two downpours but didn't show much power.

It took a few days to discover that a section of the reservoir's embankment, which was built on the basis of a primitive waterway, had been damaged.

If that's all there is, it's nothing.

However, the water soon collects sediment, creating a very rare mudslide in the desert.

They even stormed their camp.

Fortunately, it is already some distance from the reservoir.

The power of the mudslide has been greatly diminished.

There were no casualties.

However, some of the engineering equipment was damaged.

"There's no room for delay, we have to start experimenting in a day!"

"For the sake of the safety of the experiment, we had to re-evaluate."

"Blindly pursuing the progress of experiments will only cause disaster!"

Before Zhang Xingyang entered the conference room, he heard the sound of a group of people arguing.

Push open the door and walk into the conference room.

Although they didn't speak, everyone in the room couldn't help but stop arguing.

seems to regard Zhang Xingyang as their backbone.

"I've read the accident report that was handed in, and now I want to know what each of you thinks."

Zhang Xingyang did not directly judge them as they thought.

Instead, ask them what they think.

The first to stand up was Su Xiao.

"I don't think the accident is big at the moment, and it has neither caused casualties nor caused any damage to the experimental equipment."

"We don't have any reason to stop the reactor."

After Su Xiao finished speaking, he didn't wait for her to sit down.

Someone couldn't wait to stand up and say.

"Although there was no damage to the experimental equipment, we have not yet determined whether the mudslide has affected the formation."

"The first experiments of the reactor must be foolproof and error-free."

"And we have only temporarily plugged the gap in the reservoir, and we still don't know whether there will continue to be cracks in the future."

The people in the conference room can be roughly divided into two groups.

On the one hand, there is a radical faction that believes that the first experiments with the reactor should begin immediately.

The other group is more conservative, believing that the impact of the mudslide should be confirmed first and corresponding preventive measures should be taken.

After the two factions finished speaking, they both looked at Zhang Xingyang, who was sitting in the middle.

Zhang Xingyang also fell into thinking.

This accident was actually unexpected by everyone.

No one could have imagined that two heavy rains would be able to cause such consequences.

"The mudslide should not happen again, this time because of the heavy rain."

Zhang Xingyang thought for a while and then said:

"However, the impact of the mudslide cannot be ignored, and we need to conduct a detailed survey of the bottom layer first."

The stratigraphy of the desert is actually very problematic and is on the periphery of the various seismic zones.

Basically, no major earthquakes will occur.

This is also an important reason for the construction of nuclear power plants here.

If it is a traditional third-generation reactor, the impact of debris flow on the formation should not be considered at all.

The two third-generation reactors in the nuclear power plant have not stopped operating during this time.

It has been continuously exporting a huge amount of electrical energy.

But the fourth-generation molten salt reactor is different.

Because it's built underground!

The slightest misalignment of the bottom layer may have a greater impact on the internal operating equipment.

Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

Nuclear power plant experiments, everything needs to be done carefully.

"Xingyang, our time is very tight, and if we waste it again, it is likely to delay the development progress of the fourth-generation reactor."

Su Xiao was anxious and said a little anxiously.

Zhang Xingyang touched her head, as if he was petting an angry kitten.

"It's okay, we can afford to wait for so many days, there is no need to rush the progress for a while."

After Su Xiao felt the tenderness on the top of his head, the anxiety in his heart was also soothed.

It was quiet and gentle again.

The other people in the conference room looked at the two people who were close to each other with twinkling eyes.

I almost took out a handful of melon seeds and a watermelon on the spot.

Someone even began to make eye contact, is there something special between the two people.

Especially before this, there were rumors within the institute.

Legend has it that there is a leg between the head and the head of the dragon and the leader of their gentle and beautiful material group.

In fact, in the outside world, Su Xiao's appearance is not ordinary.

But in the research institute where the average ratio of men to women is 10 to 1.

That's the peerless beauty level.

Although Zhang Xingyang is also in his thirties, the years have not left many traces on his body.

Compared to when I was younger, there was almost no difference.

"Go get busy, let the comrades of the geological team do a sampling survey."

Zhang Xingyang didn't think much about it, and said to everyone present in a blink of an eye.

The easiest and best way to explore the bottom layer is to drill the rock layer directly to extract the core.

The core is used to observe whether there is a change in the formation.

Because there has been construction around the institute.

There are also geological teams stationed near them all the time.

The sampling time is much shorter than everyone thinks.

In the afternoon of the next day, the exploration of the rock formations was completed.

Several cores more than ten meters long are placed on the ground.

"This is the core we mined overnight yesterday."

The members of the geological team introduced to the people in the research institute.

"We went down to 60 meters of rock and compared it to the previous rock layer and found that there was no major change compared to the previous rock layer."

Zhang Xingyang asked directly: "Will there be a problem if we conduct underground experiments?" ”

"As things stand, as long as we don't conduct explosive experiments, it's not too much of a problem."

The geology team member said slightly conservatively.

They are not very clear about the specific research content of the institute, but they are well aware that their level of secrecy is not low.

"Then it looks like we can continue our experiments."

Zhang Xingyang turned around and said to the people behind him.

After hundreds of days and nights of struggle, they are finally about to see the true face of the four generations of molten salt piles! (End of chapter)