The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

Chapter 1463 Special Treatment
Almost at the same time that Chang Haonan saw off the Russian delegation.

Petten, Netherlands.

In the slowly brightening morning light, a slender Falcon 8Z business jet slowly landed on the runway of the airport affiliated with the Petenpalas Nuclear Energy Research Center.

This small town in the north of the Netherlands was originally unknown until the Netherlands Nuclear Regulatory Authority built a high-flux nuclear reactor (HFR) for research purposes here. It has gradually developed into one of the important bases for nuclear energy technology research in Europe and the world's largest producer of medical isotopes, bringing with it a lot of infrastructure that is disproportionately large compared to its population size.

Pallas Airport is one of them.

In order to support the takeoff and landing of Il-76 transport aircraft that transport nuclear fuel and radioactive isotopes under ICAO rules, the runway specifications here even reach the second-tier 4E level, which also facilitates the officials and scholars coming and going.

Peng Juexian, who was sitting at the front of the cabin, looked out through the porthole and saw about a dozen figures waiting on the apron not far away.

Although the distance was too far to see their faces clearly, he could still recognize from their clothes and posture that several of them were his Chinese colleagues who had arrived here more than a month ago.

He gently patted the briefcase on his knees, which contained some small gifts and, of course, more importantly, the latest research plan that Academician Chang Haonan handed to him personally before leaving.

Even for HFR, which hosts most of the world's cutting-edge technology research, many parts of it are quite shocking.

On the way here, he was even a little worried whether this plan could pass the relatively strict security review of the Dutch.

According to the agreement signed in Karadashe, the Netherlands will not participate in the specific testing procedures of various countries, nor will it retain relevant experimental data. However, before the test begins, the part involving reactor operation safety needs to be submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority for review and filing.

"Heat pipe cooling, no external neutron source activated..."

He sighed softly and said to himself:
"You really dare to think..."

"Academician Peng, you can prepare to get off the plane."

The accompanying assistant Lu Wenhuan reminded Peng Juexian softly, pulling him out of his thoughts.

The latter nodded and adjusted the small national flag badge on the collar of his dark blue suit.

Half a month ago, he stood on the viewing platform on the east side of Tiananmen Square and witnessed with his own eyes the military parade that shocked the world. This badge is a souvenir left over from that time. If you look closely, you will find that the words "2009.10.01" are engraved on the golden strip under the national flag.

After that, he could have enjoyed a few more days of leisure, but the call of the ITER project made him end his domestic trip early without hesitation.

The hatch opened and the cool autumn breeze of the Netherlands blew in his face. Peng Juexian took a deep breath and immediately shifted his gaze to the familiar figures next to the gangway car - the deputy leader of the delegation, Fang Jianming, was waiting in line with several core members of the team, including the young man standing on tiptoe at the edge, Huang Zhitao.

Although he was just an ordinary doctoral student who came to broaden his horizons a year ago, he seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Karadashe, which successfully promoted him from a small unknown to a key member of the team, and at the same time obtained a ticket to come to the Netherlands to complete his doctoral thesis.

This triple jump experience inevitably reminded Peng Juexian of the legendary stories he had heard about Chang Haonan.

Although he knew clearly that there was still some gap between his disciple and Academician Chang in terms of ability, as a mentor, it was difficult not to have some illusions in this situation.

At his age, he is already a senior academician and has reached the pinnacle of academic achievement.

But in the education sector, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Think about Chang Haonan’s mentor, Academician Du Yishan, who is still often singled out for honors in the field of postgraduate training.

"Academician Peng, we've finally got you here!"

Fang Jianming took two steps at a time and came forward, holding Peng Juexian's hand and shaking it vigorously.

The deputy, who was five years younger than him, looked much more haggard than the last time they met, but fortunately he was still in good spirits.

"Thank you for your hard work." Peng Juexian patted Fang Jianming on the shoulder and turned to the other team members:
"Especially Xiao Huang. I heard when I was in China that you volunteered to participate in a lot of extra work tasks?" "It is my honor to participate in the launch test of HFR."

Huang Zhitao pushed his glasses up, his cheeks slightly red with excitement:

"Rather than saying that I took on extra work tasks, it's more like my seniors were willing to give me extra training opportunities..."

Obviously, this person is also a typical example of someone with high emotional intelligence.

While expressing his humility, he also mentioned everyone in the team.

Even Peng Juexian, a veteran of many battles, couldn't help feeling happy when he heard this answer.

After a brief greeting, the group began to walk towards the parking lot not far away. On the way, Fang Jianming began to report on the progress of the work:
"We have completed the preparation and characterization of three lithium ceramic tritium breeders as planned, and samples of lithium orthosilicate, lithium alumina and lithium oxide have all passed preliminary testing."

As he spoke, he handed over a domestic PDA. The 7-inch screen displayed densely packed data charts:
"The biggest breakthrough was getting familiar with HFR's latest electron spin magnetic resonance spectroscopy test equipment, which is 15% more sensitive than we expected. I suggest that if conditions permit, we can also purchase a set in China."

Compared with the above data, it was the PDA itself that attracted Peng Juexian's attention earlier, and he turned his head and looked at it for a long time.

"It was led by the Institute of Computing Technology and the Institute of Optics and Electronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Konka."

Fang Jianming explained:

"Except for a few computing chips, it is completely domestically made. Unfortunately, its performance is average and it can't do anything too complicated. It can only look at documents. It is not very likely to open up the consumer market, so they simply cancelled the wireless networking function and sent it to us as a work device."

After China's semiconductor industry was restarted in the late 90s, it has maintained a bumpy but sustainable development, especially in the industrial control and terminal fields, where it has occupied a considerable market share. However, due to technical and compatibility issues, it has never been able to open up the desktop market.

Peng Juexian slid the screen quickly, but it didn't follow his hand and seemed a little stuck.

However, his frown gradually relaxed:
"No matter what the situation is at this stage, this kind of attempt should still be supported within our capabilities... As long as it is not completely unusable, we can consider purchasing another batch through internal channels."

Every profession has its own expertise. Peng Juexian certainly doesn't understand the technical details of the semiconductor field very well, but as a senior academician who participated in the two bombs and one satellite project, he has an extraordinary sensitivity to independence in key technology fields.

After a short episode, his attention quickly returned to the data in front of him:

"Where are the data from the high lithium burn-up experiment?"

"Three initialization tests have been conducted." Fang Jianming pointed to a set of fluctuation curves. "The state of HFR is much more stable than the critical value, and the neutron flux fluctuation is controlled within ±0.3%."

Peng Juexian suddenly stopped:
"Preparation method? I remember that a report published by Germany last year mentioned the thermal stress problem of the melt spray method."

Huang Zhitao, who had been following quietly, spoke up at this time:
"We adopted the freeze-forming-programmed sintering process suggested by Academician Chang." The young man's voice was a little sharp due to nervousness, but soon stabilized. "Beryllium is used as a neutron multiplier, with a solid-liquid ratio of 70:30. Although the density is only 88%, slightly lower than the 93% of German products, the mechanical properties have been improved by more than 40%, and..."

He showed a set of electron microscope images:

“The particle size distribution uniformity reaches 93.7%, which is very suitable for packing the ball bed.”

Peng Juexian stared at those perfectly spherical microscopic images, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

This was much better than he had expected - Chang Haonan had made the right bet again.

"Good, very good." He glanced at each team member:
“You have done better than expected this month. But the real challenge is next. How much beam time will HFR agree to give us?”

Fang Jianming smiled slightly complacently:
"11 hours a day. The person in charge, Dr. Yulia Shulting, said this was an exception, and other teams could only get 8 hours."

(End of this chapter)