A week ago.

In Cyberspace, Lille is digging into his own memories-

In his original world, in 2035, through a series of efforts, a huge breakthrough in nuclear energy technology was achieved.

After this breakthrough was not a breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion, but a waste of paper in environmental agreements, and a tacit agreement not to report or limit illegal emissions, Lille and his research group created a new nuclear fission technology.

The fission reactor created by this revolutionary multi-element nuclear fission technology is known as the Supercritical Fission Reactor, or SCFR for short.

As the name suggests, the supercritical fission reactor is based on a mixture of heavy elements such as uranium-235, plutonium-239, uranium-233 and thorium-232 as the core, which has an energy conversion efficiency of 50%~66% higher than that of traditional fission reactors, and an energy density more than three times that of traditional reactors.

Even better, the research team found a neutron flux control algorithm for controlling the violent and complex multi-stage chain reaction algorithm, which greatly improved fuel efficiency and significantly reduced the probability of the reactor's unfissioned nuclides being converted to radioactive waste when the total amount of energy was the same.

The waste can also be reintroduced into the reaction cycle through the waste conversion module on the SCFR.

With higher energy output, less nuclear waste, and more power, SCFR should have been the most powerful power generation technology before the fusion breakthrough, but alas

[Little Octopus: Big brother, why didn't we deploy such a powerful technology at the beginning? It feels like all the problems are solved. 】

The little octopus is not a scientific AI, but it is not difficult to understand the theoretical data listed by Lille.

To summarize simply, this technology is simply bullish in theory, and the controllable nuclear fusion, which is always a little closer, is not so fragrant in comparison-

Even if controlled fusion is a breakthrough, it is still unknown when it will surpass this technology in terms of energy efficiency.

Lille remembers the basis of every implementation of this technology, but he is not a computer after all.

SCFR is a kind of super-reactor, and the theory, implementation algorithms, technologies used, etc., are simply not fully recorded by the human brain.

All he could do was recall the technology as much as he could, and then, with certainty, with his new research group, once again bring the technology to life.

With the help of the little octopus, the data classification was completed very quickly -

In response to its question, Lille paused to think, only sighed, and reached out to stroke the smooth data surface of the little octopus.

There are some things he can only say to the little octopus in cyberspace: only this accidentally born AI knows his core secrets.

[Lille: That's what I used to think. Many people think like this: if a certain technology completes a breakthrough, everything will be solved, right? 】

[Lille: But as a result, the history of mankind has been breaking through one technology after another, and the shape of society has been changing]

[Lille: The result is that no matter how technology breaks through and how the world changes, there is always one thing that will remain the same. 】

【Little Octopus:(o_O)?】

[Little Octopus: What is it?] 】

Lille copied a large amount of data, which came from the Internet, and when they compiled it and presented it to the cyber modulator, Lille saw a strangely shaped, chaotic city.

It's a city that makes you feel lost, satisfies your curiosity, and inspires you to explore.

Soon, Lille used computing power to build several programs that purposefully cleaned up the data based on some of this data.

These programs search the city for data that they think should be cleared, and then use the defeated data for their own use—

Soon, these programs became powerful enough to devour each other, and in the end the two largest programs remained, triggering a huge confrontation

The whole process is like a chain reaction, once it reaches a certain stage, the reaction accelerates and can no longer be controlled.

All the memory used to store data is programmed to its own use, and it is programmed to charge at the last enemy.

The last two programs ceased to function until they lost their basic logical structure, entangled with each other like a giant distorted mushroom cloud.

All data loses readability, and nothing meaningful exists in this memory sector anymore.

Lille pinched one of the pieces and fed it to the little octopus, who chewed it twice and spit out the data spores in their original form—

[Little Octopus: (×ω×')! 】

Lille smiled and scratched its head, looked at the sector that had completely collapsed, and answered the little octopus's question:

[Lille: Nuclear energy and radiation have developed incredible functions in my world, but in the end, what they still can't solve is war. 】

[Lille: War has never changed. 】

SCFR's excellent data amazes all researchers!

A medium-sized SCFR power station covers an area of 10~20 hectares and can reach 500 MW, which is more than enough to supply some medium-sized cities and industrial areas!

Lille looked at the screen with a little emotion, waiting for the researchers to chew on the contents.

Among them, Dr. Otto, who was already a big man in atomic physics, saw at a glance that this design was feasible.

But feasible does not mean that it is easy to implement, otherwise someone would have done it a long time ago.

The difficulty of SCFR is that the neutron throughput control algorithm needs to be summarized based on a large number of nuclear tests, and this kind of "massive" rough estimate probably requires the world to run into a period of nuclear energy flooding and engage in a nuclear arms race before it is possible to pile up such an effect.

The neutron throughput algorithm requires a complete set of advanced neutron modulation systems to implement, in which the mirror material that acts as a reflected neutron needs to be nanometer-thick, arranged in layers in the reactor, and the neutron throughput rate is controlled based on the algorithm.

Due to the complex and changeable reaction conditions in the reactor, the central control must have supercomputer-level calculation speed, and it must be equipped with a self-learning AI with basic intelligence.

Obviously, this difficulty can be solved: Bloom is an expert in hardware and software in today's computer world.

The second thing that needs to be addressed is the thermal management system: the SCFR power generation module can use steam turbines in the same way as conventional technologies, but then the SCFR performance will not be fully unleashed.

Traditional nuclear power plants need to pass through a heat engine, the heat energy evaporates water, the gas drives the turbine to generate electricity, and the nuclear energy is converted into thermal energy, then into mechanical energy, and finally into electrical energy.

In the finished product technology concept of SCFR, the ferrofluid power generation technology is used, which directly converts the working fluid into high-temperature plasma, and the movement of charged particles in the magnetic field directly generates current, eliminating the part converted into mechanical energy, and the energy conversion rate can easily exceed the limit of traditional thermal power plants.

There are still many difficulties in turning this technology into reality, but it just so happens that Dr. Otto is an authority on this subject.

Before Lille could set it up, Otto took the initiative to say:

[Otto: I'm going to solve the ferrofluid power generation technology, you may not believe it, I designed the octopus arm in the first place in the hope that this kind of arm can help me control some of it. Ultra-high temperature plasma. 】

Dr. Otto is also an authority on nuclear fusion, which produces a plasma similar to the sun in the core, so this has been his subject for a long time.

Even if this hurdle is not completely overcome, it is still possible to use conventional heat engines to generate electricity, which is precisely an area in which Dr. Tumus holds several patents.

The last difficulty is not a technical difficulty, but a practical one.

[Lille: Good.] 】

[Lille: Then let's talk about the final question.] 】

[Lille: All the companies that may have supplied nuclear materials have rejected our purchase requests, and we have to mine them ourselves-]

[Lille: It just so happens that Uranium Ten is going to sell the mining rights of the uranium deposit in the Mkuju River, which is near Tanzania, and we bought it. 】

The crowd nodded, very reasonable advice.

But the question is, why did Lille have to negotiate with them to buy something?

Lille looked at them and slowly added:

[Lille: Roxen Energy is also interested in acquiring the mine. 】

It is in this kind of place that these scientists lack sensitivity.

Giant corporations want to buy things, sometimes it is not financial resources.

It's force.

(End of chapter)

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