Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1082 "Rich Mine"

Teacher Gan quickly helped Gao Zhendong smooth things over: "Chief Engineer Gao also considered this issue at the time. He specifically told us that this matter must be kept confidential."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed even harder. He knew who Gao Zhendong was. It was impossible that he did it on purpose. He probably felt happy after talking to his comrades. And it just so happened that Teacher Gan was a suitable professional, so he just captured some strong men from him.

After conscripting the men, they felt that this was a serious matter, so they casually tried to keep it confidential.

However, he did not intend to restrict Gao Zhendong too much. Comrade Zhendong should have the greatest freedom in his work. He could always come up with a lot of new ideas when he was free to play.

What if there are too many rules and they restrict his thinking, and he can’t produce results? That would be a lot of fun.

As for the rest, the Defense Work Committee and the comrades from the various equipment bureaus of the troops will naturally take care of it, strictly screen those who visit him, and have the corresponding procedures and responses afterwards.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to make up for him, hahaha. He can tell you whatever he wants, we won't restrict him." The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed.

After saying that, he turned to look at Gao Zhendong: "What do you think of the prospects of this technology?"

At this point, Gao Zhendong became serious. The prospect of this thing is really interesting, especially in terms of electricity. Even if this thing is not used to raise little boys or feed fat people, it can still be used to generate electricity.

"This technology still has prospects. Even as a technical reserve, it is a very good thing. According to my analysis, I don't know the upper limit of the chelating amount of chelating resin, but more than 3mg/g is no problem. The upper limit I am optimistic about now is around 7mg/g."

"How many?"

That means it’s a 0.7% “rich mine”!

But Gao Zhendong was very sure that this was not yet the limit for public release.

“7mg/g, and I am optimistic about the realization of this theoretical result.”

The leaders of the National Defense Committee have taken it more seriously. To be honest, the current concentration of 1.9 mg/g is acceptable under certain circumstances.

And this "rich mine" made his interest reach its peak.

Gao Zhendong is also optimistic about the prospects of this technology. After all, before he traveled through time, the Japanese had a plan to build a seawater extraction plant with an annual output of 1000 tons.

"We need to do this! We need to do it well!"

When Teacher Gan heard the words from the Defense Work Committee leader, he was extremely excited. At least all the research projects for the next ten years were in hand!

Steady!

"It's a pity that the unusable isotope 238 accounts for the majority of this U. Otherwise it would be much better and we wouldn't have to lack electricity in the future." The leaders of the National Defense Committee actually thought more about power generation rather than weapons.

The 60s was a time when the whole world was crazy about the nuclear field. In those days, anything with the word "nuclear" in its name immediately became high-end and its value doubled.

It even includes the real hardcore toy of the Citigroup guys - the Atomic Enercy LAB, and also includes the "radium supplement" that killed the rich.

As for nuclear power, an energy source that can truly benefit mankind, it is naturally popular and the leaders of the Defense Work Committee are naturally no strangers to it.

Gao Zhendong heard it and laughed: "Actually, theoretically, this 238..."

Alarm bells rang in the leader's head, and he shouted, "Shut up!"

It was a close call. If I hadn't shouted, it would have been difficult for Teacher Gan to carry out his work freely. It was already quite troublesome to do things under the confidentiality framework, and if I heard something else, it would be impossible to do it.

In fact, that is not the case. In fact, many technical principles related to the nuclear field will be everywhere in the world in a few decades. Anyone who is a military fan can say a few words about it.

Gao Zhendong stopped talking awkwardly. This matter was indeed quite big and a bit ill-considered, hehe.

Teacher Gan who was standing next to him wiped a cold sweat in his heart. He knew that Chief Engineer Gao's casual remark almost made him go back to study confidentiality.

It is too dangerous to discuss things with these big guys. Any aftermath can affect you.

"Chief Engineer Gao, I will go back and digest what I have learned this time. By the way, I will also learn about the gallium and indium chelate resins. I will come to you later to continue learning about U chelate resins." Since Chief Engineer Gao just said that the upper limit he can see for this thing is as high as 7mg/g, it means that he may have more ideas in his mind that he has not yet mastered.

"Well, then, you stay here first. As for the next work, the Defense Work Committee will have some specific arrangements to tell you." The leader of the Defense Work Committee also agreed with his work arrangement. Teacher Gan should talk to Gao Zhendong more often, which will be of great benefit.

This is a "rich mine"!
The phrase "rich mine" refers to U chelated resin, but more to this person. After Teacher Gan left with a little trepidation, the leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at Gao Zhendong.

"Hurry up and tell me! What do you mean by what you just said?" He was extremely anxious at this moment.

Looking at his expression, Gao Zhendong felt that he still had to pour some cold water on him. The technology of that thing was too difficult, at least it was impossible to consider in a short time. Apart from anything else, the most mature coolant - a large amount of sodium was enough to hit him on the head, and the real difficulty was not just this little bit.

"What I mean is that, in theory, U-238 can actually be utilized, but the means are more complicated and require a special nuclear reactor. Moreover, I have analyzed that this kind of nuclear reactor is very difficult to build and it is difficult for us to do it now. If you want to study nuclear power at this stage, it is recommended to go the route of pressurized water reactors and graphite reactors burning U-235 or Pu-239." Gao Zhendong frantically lowered his leader's expectations.

"How to use it?" The leader doesn't care about you so much, he will not let go until he gets it.

"Well - let's put it this way, it is to use nuclear reactions to convert U-238 into Pu-239 in the reactor, and then take out the Pu-239 and process it into nuclear fuel. Our nuclear physicists also understand this aspect, and the reason why they haven't considered it is probably because of the technical difficulty." Gao Zhendong said.

"Oh... I see. In other words, this thing can produce Pu-238 from U-239?"

"Well, yes." Gao Zhendong said.

"Hey, this thing is good, this thing is good."

Gao Zhendong felt that the situation was not good. It was a trap to consider these things now.

"This thing is good, but it is very difficult technically. If you really want to develop a reactor, I still suggest going with the pressurized water reactor and graphite reactor."

Although Gao Zhendong has never been involved in related work so far, the leaders have no intention to delve into why he can talk about these things so well. This in-depth information should be public, right?

Even if it's not in the public information, it's normal for him to come up with some ideas on his own, right?
What the leader was most interested in at this moment was Gao Zhendong's words and deeds, which all revealed one problem: this kid had some understanding of nuclear reactors.

You may not really understand it, but at least you understand it.

We first started to get really interested in nuclear power in 1970. Of course, before that, other reactors, such as power reactors, were earlier than power generation reactors.

He hummed and hawed in response to Gao Zhendong: "Yeah, yeah, I get it, I get it."

But looking at his expression, he seemed to be thinking about something.
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Beijing City, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Commission, it is very interesting that agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry are divided into agriculture and animal husbandry and forestry and animal husbandry, which is probably related to the working area and form of the field.

"What? You have discovered a new potato seed?" A comrade from the Seed Bureau of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Commission answered Qianshan's call but did not take it too seriously. New seeds are not uncommon, but good new seeds are rare.

"It wasn't you who discovered it, oh, it was discovered by Gao from the 17th Machinery Department?" Who is this Gao? If the leaders of the Agricultural Machinery Department or even the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Committee were here, they would know who this Gao is, but the comrades from the Seed Industry Department were not very familiar with him.

Just let it be discovered. I guess the comrades below have discovered a new variety and are adding to their performance.

"What's the yield per mu? 3500 kilograms? You have to be realistic. It's not popular to raise it now..."

At this point, the Director of the Seed Industry Bureau stopped talking. It would be better to say less about this matter here.

"What? All the leaders of your province have been there and confirmed it on the spot? Great! That's great! What are the specific indicators?"

Now that everyone from the provincial government has gone, there's little chance that anything unexpected will go wrong.

Then what are you still standing there for? Cheer up!
A new potato variety with a yield of 3500 kilograms per mu is also a major achievement in the seed industry nationwide. Although this thing is not a staple food, it can still be used as a staple food in some areas, which is of great help in alleviating their food problems.

Moreover, this thing can also be used for breeding. Who knows what good things will come out?
3500 kilograms, which is almost three times the current average potato yield per mu.

This thing simply fell from the sky.

The people from the 17th Ministry of Machine Building actually discovered it by accident. What luck!
The comrades from the Seed Bureau immediately ran to the leaders of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Commission with the main indicators they had written down. This was a great event and worth reporting!

"...Great, this thing is good. At least it can solve the food problem in Qianshan to a certain extent. Some areas in the southwest and northwest can also try to introduce and breed it. Comrades, you have done a great job!" The leader of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Committee looked at the indicator records on the paper and laughed as he read.

"I heard that this thing was not bred by them, but was discovered accidentally by a comrade from the Seventeenth Machinery Department while on a business trip."

"Ah? So magical? How can nature naturally produce such a high-yield variety? We really have to thank the magic of nature. Do you know which comrade from the 17th Ministry of Machine Building it is? We should give him a big award certificate!" The word "magic" didn't seem to be appropriate here, but the director of the Seed Industry Bureau was tactful enough not to point it out, as that would have been uncomfortable.

"I only heard that it was Commissioner Gao, but I don't know which commissioner it was."

(End of this chapter)