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"I think you're finally willing to come back. Without you as our backbone, we have been under a lot of pressure to build the world's first nuclear fusion power station."

"I'm afraid something might go wrong and bring shame to our Hyperloop-3."

Inside the world's only nuclear fusion power station in Luyang, Li Guojian spoke to Xu Yuan with a happy look on his face.

Although Xu Yuan had successfully completed the manufacture of Hyperloop 3, its installation and passed the long-term stable operation test before leaving the artificial sun project to be responsible for the research and development of aerospace fighters and aerospace motherships.

But there is still a difference between a simple controlled nuclear fusion device and a nuclear fusion power plant with complex functions.

There are still many technical problems that need to be solved.

When this important task fell on Li Guojian and others, they had no choice but to strengthen their faith and go all out.

Even if difficulties are encountered during the construction of a nuclear fusion power plant.

Priority is given to discussions within the team.

Didn't bother Xu Yuan.

Because they all know very well that Xu Yuan's contribution to the research on controlled nuclear fusion devices is unmatched by anyone else.

Without Xu Yuan, Hyperion-3 would not have been possible.

However, they cannot rely on Xu Yuan for everything. They must also grow and become stronger.

What's more, Xu Yuan is in charge of the country's major strategic projects, which even affect the future global pattern. How can he influence such an important situation?

And it turns out.

Working on a research project with Xu Yuan really allows one to learn a lot.

Both thinking and level have been improved.

So in the end, with everyone's joint efforts, we successfully overcame the difficulties that stood in our way.

Successfully completed the construction of a nuclear fusion power plant.

Therefore, even Li Guojian was very happy when he saw Xu Yuan coming again.

At the same time, there is a similar feeling as a student who gets good grades and wants to be praised by the teacher.

Accompanied by Li Guojian, Shen Peng and others, Xu Yuan walked briskly towards the core of the fusion power station.

This is where the Hyperloop-3 Tokamak device is located.

Listening to Li Guojian's words, the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly rise as he replied with a smile:

"I have great confidence in you. There will definitely be no problem with just a nuclear fusion power station."

“Now it’s done very well.”

Although it is the world's first controlled nuclear fusion power station, there has been no similar construction experience before.

So no reference is possible.

But we have to know that there are quite a few nuclear power plants in the country, so during the construction of fusion power plants, it is not like we are completely like a headless fly.

At least there are goals and directions.

For a nuclear power plant, the most important thing is the nuclear reactor.

Hyperloop 3 has already solved this problem.

In addition, the production of room-temperature superconducting materials is gradually increasing, and they can also be used in the construction of nuclear fusion power plants.

All we can say is that building the first nuclear fusion power plant is indeed difficult, but it is not impossible.

As Xu Yuan finished speaking, Shen Peng, who had already been a fan of the movie, could no longer hold back.

He immediately took over the conversation and echoed:
"The main reason is that Hyperloop 3 is mature enough to ensure a continuous and stable fusion reaction. Otherwise, this fusion power station would be nothing more than an empty shell."

"That's absolutely right." Li Guojian nodded in agreement.

Not long after.

They successfully arrived at the core area and could see the Hyperloop-3 Tokamak device behind it.

The visual impact is very sci-fi.

Under the huge real-time information detection screen in front, you can see more than a dozen engineers.

All of them sit in front of the operating table and strictly monitor the reaction status.

As long as there is any abnormality in the data of Hyperloop 3, they will respond immediately and investigate and solve the problem as quickly as possible.

Even when necessary, actively shut down Hyperloop 3.

Stop the fusion reaction.

At this time, Li Guojian did not delay and immediately instructed Shen Peng beside him.

"Xiao Shen."

"Come and report to Director Xu on the current situation of our power station."

"Okay, Dean Li." Shen Peng responded after hearing this, then turned around and let his eyes fall on Xu Yuan and said, "As of today, Hyperloop 3 has been running stably for seven days and has provided electricity to one-fifth of the city. This range will be further expanded in the future."

Since the existence of nuclear fusion is still kept secret, everything is business as usual to the outside world.

I don’t know that the electricity I use is nuclear fusion electricity.

Once more fusion power stations are successfully built, the price of electricity will become extremely low.

After Shen Peng reported these situations, he did not stop and took out a detailed document.

He handed it to Xu Yuan with both hands and asked him to take a look.

Xu Yuan took the document directly, opened it and looked at it.

Compared with the first test of Hyperloop 3, which only ran stably for twelve hours before stopping, it has now been running for seven days, which once again proves the maturity of Hyperloop 3.

With this data, it can be basically confirmed that controlled nuclear fusion has indeed been successful.

Now I can finally rest assured.

After all, if Hyperloop 3 encounters problems after running for a period of time, it means that there is a problem, and it cannot be used as a power source for the operation of the aerospace carrier.

If this is true, then the big moves that were previously launched will lose their original meaning.

Fortunately, the final result is satisfactory.

"Hyperloop 3 is performing well and the data are normal. It looks like we can consider promoting it nationwide in the future."

"The emergence of Hyperloop 3 will definitely completely replace traditional power generation methods in the future. However, the construction of nuclear fusion power plants at the same time may cause a big stir in China." Li Guojian naturally agreed with Xu Yuan's proposal, but still expressed his concerns: "It would be bad if it attracted the attention of overseas forces."

"Once our aerospace fighters and aerospace carriers are successfully manufactured, we won't have to worry about these problems anymore." Shen Peng took over the conversation and suddenly added.

After saying that, he thought of something and looked at Xu Yuan again and asked:
"By the way, Dean Xu, how long will it take for our aerospace fighters and aerospace carriers to be able to fly into deep space?"

"I really can't wait any longer."

When he spoke, he did not hide the expectation in his eyes at all.

The unmanned air and space fighters and air and space motherships that can only be seen in science fiction movies and TV dramas are about to appear in reality. If ordinary people knew about this, they would probably go completely crazy.

What's more, he is a national scientific researcher.

This kind of romance is unimaginable to others.

However, when Shen Peng asked this question, before Xu Yuan could answer, Li Guojian next to him spoke.

"Xiao Shen."

"The aerospace fighter and aerospace carrier are top-secret projects. After all, we are not the core personnel of this project, so we should not ask Director Xu too much about it."

Li Guojian felt that given the level of confidentiality of aerospace fighters and aerospace carriers, even Xu Yuan needed to abide by the regulations.

It would be terrible if telling them the project progress caused any negative impact.

After being reminded by Li Guojian, Shen Peng finally reacted belatedly.

He quickly tried to make up for it:
"I didn't think it through. I didn't expect this."

But Xu Yuan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Who said you are not core members of the project?"

After setting the tone for the matter, he paused for two seconds and then began to explain in detail.

"In fact, the reason I came from Yanjing this time is not only to celebrate your successful construction of the world's first nuclear fusion power station, but also for the aerospace carrier project that is currently under development in our country."

"At present, the induction force field drive device required by aerospace fighters and aerospace carriers has been successfully developed and tested."

"But nuclear fusion reactors used to provide energy still face some serious problems."

"Based on the controlled nuclear fusion technology we currently have, the size of the Hyperloop 3 Tokamak device is not suitable for installation on the aerospace carrier. We must develop the smaller Hyperloop 4."

"Your help is indispensable in this."

After listening to Xu Yuan's words, Li Guojian, Shen Peng and others finally understood the whole situation.

The whole mood also seems to be more excited.

It is definitely a rare opportunity to be able to participate in the research and development of Hyperloop 4.

Because under normal circumstances, they have just developed a real controlled nuclear fusion device and achieved great success in the field of controlled nuclear fusion. Under this situation, they basically optimize the existing scientific research results to make their technology more mature.

We will never start research and development of new technologies immediately.

But now because of unmanned aerospace fighters and aerospace motherships, this special project exists.

Research on the miniaturization of nuclear-controlled nuclear fusion devices will soon be carried out.

If we can participate in it, our level in the field of nuclear fusion will undoubtedly be effectively improved.

You know, in some cases, the difficulty of researching the miniaturization of controlled nuclear fusion devices may be greater than the manufacture of Hyperion 3.

Well known.

Relying on the tokamak device, artificial nuclear fusion reactions are carried out.

There are extremely high requirements for all data.

Maintaining the magnetic field and high temperature environment would be almost impossible if the tokamak device is very small.

After all, from the original large-scale Hyperion II to the Hyperion III that can carry out stable fusion reactions for a long time, there has indeed been a considerable reduction in size.

But it mainly relies on the characteristics of room-temperature superconducting materials.

And a brand new installation structure designed by Xu Yuan.

Now we need to reduce the size of Hyperion III to the size that can be placed inside the aerospace mothership for energy supply.

It can indeed be called a challenging task.

But for Li Guojian, Shen Peng and others, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Not to mention that they finally have the opportunity to fight side by side with Xu Yuan again, the inspection of the nuclear fusion power station during this period has also made them grow a lot compared to before, and they are more confident that they can help Xu Yuan complete the project.

Especially when he thought about the fact that the Hyperloop IV he developed in the future would help the aerospace carrier to truly demonstrate its powerful force, he felt even more proud.

So before anyone else could react, Shen Peng had already patted his chest and made a promise.

"Xu Yuan."

"Just arrange whatever you need me to do."

Then Li Guojian barely suppressed his inner excitement and said with a slightly trembling voice.

"If we can really miniaturize the controlled nuclear fusion device, then the application range will be very wide. It will not only accelerate the development of aerospace, but also make it easier to build a base on the moon."

Li Guojian's vision for the future is absolutely realistic.

Although the construction of the International Lunar Research Station is still in progress, its efficiency is still relatively low relying on the Long March 10 carrier rocket, even if the idea of ​​manufacturing lunar bricks on the moon has been successfully completed.

But if the controlled nuclear fusion device is miniaturized, it will become more convenient.

That would be a completely different situation.

First of all, we can build a nuclear fusion reactor directly on the moon to increase the production efficiency of lunar bricks.

In addition, if supplies are transported by an aerospace carrier, the amount required each time would be something that the Long March 10 cannot even imagine.

It is even possible to build a spaceship powered by nuclear fusion like in science fiction movies.

By that time, traveling to Mars will become extremely simple.

It is worth mentioning that Li Guojian had imagined these situations in his mind more than once when the artificial sun project began to be developed, and he even dreamed about those scenes at night.

But in reality, he didn't even think that he could really see it.

After all, judging from the results of the artificial sun project at the time, it seemed like a long way off to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.

Not to mention the more difficult miniaturization of nuclear fusion devices.

That is a newer technology that will be further studied after the controlled nuclear fusion technology matures.

However, he never expected that because of Xu Yuan's appearance, Hyperloop 3 was completed in a very short time with the help of room-temperature superconducting materials, making China the first country in the world to master nuclear fusion.

Now that the first fusion power station has been built, we are moving towards the miniaturization of nuclear fusion devices.

This is simply unimaginable.

But when it comes to Xu Yuan, it seems very reasonable.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment Li Guojian felt as if he were many years younger.

The passion of a scientific researcher is burning in my chest, and I can't wait to start researching Hyperloop 4.

Put all your passion into the project.

However, although he was excited, as an old academician, his thinking was still relatively rational.

Since the research on the miniaturization of controlled nuclear fusion devices has become a must now, the most important thing next is to determine the specific research direction as soon as possible.

Otherwise, you will just be running around like a headless fly and wasting your time.

His thought stayed here, and he no longer hesitated, and immediately took the initiative to ask Xu Yuan beside him.

"We have been able to reduce the volume of the Hyperloop III to its current size by relying on room-temperature superconducting materials. If we want to apply it to an aerospace carrier, I'm afraid the volume will have to be reduced several times."

“This is quite difficult.”

"Xu Yuan."

"Since you came back specifically for this matter, I wonder if you have a general research direction and ideas at the moment."

As Li Guojian finished speaking, it was not just Shen Peng next to him.

The other people around also focused their attention, all eyes on Xu Yuan, waiting for an answer.

As such a good learning opportunity, of course everyone will not miss it.

After listening to the questions raised by Li Guojian, Xu Yuan knew that the other party was considering researching the miniaturization of controlled nuclear fusion devices.

Hopefully, research results will emerge soon.

Since he had made up his mind, he returned to Luyang specifically to realize the miniaturization of the controlled nuclear fusion device.

Of course I wouldn't be unprepared.

Therefore, when faced with Li Guojian's question, he answered immediately without any delay.

"It is indeed very rare to reduce the size of the Tokamak to the current level of the Hyperloop 3 by taking advantage of the characteristics of room-temperature superconducting materials and ensuring that the Tokamak device can operate stably for a long time."

"If it is further reduced in size, the device may become unstable or even extinguished."

“These are things we don’t want to see.”

"So the most appropriate approach at present is to start from the structural design of the tokamak device."

“Try to achieve miniaturization through special structural design.”

"And now we have this stable fusion power plant that's giving us a lot of data that we didn't have in previous projects."

"Dean Xu is right. We have better conditions now." Shen Peng nodded vigorously in agreement.

Compared to when they first started developing the artificial sun project, the conditions are much better now.

After listening carefully to Xu Yuan's words, Li Guojian also expressed his agreement with this idea.

Considering the performance of Hyperloop 3 in all aspects, achieving the goal of miniaturization through the special tokamak device structure design is indeed the most appropriate research direction.

Otherwise, the miniaturization of the device will sacrifice the original stability, and it will undoubtedly be a failure.

After all, the miniaturized Hyperion IV will be used on a powerful aerospace carrier.

If a problem occurs in the nuclear fusion reactor when the aerospace mothership is operating in low-Earth orbit, causing the energy source to be completely cut off, it would be absolutely fatal to the entire mothership.

"I agree with this idea, and I propose that the research on Hyperloop 4 be officially launched starting today."

Finally, as Li Guojian finished speaking, Xu Yuan also struck while the iron was hot and determined the members of the Hyperloop 4 research team.

Li Guojian and Shen Peng were naturally included.

As for the specific location of the project research, it is still at the previous location of Hyperloop 3.

However, there is a difference that compared to the artificial sun project, there are fewer scientific researchers involved in Hyperion 4.

The main thing is that now the first nuclear fusion power station has been built, and its maintenance and servicing also require professional personnel. It can only be said that compared with other popular industries, there are too few talents in the field of nuclear fusion.

Of course, there is nothing we can do about it.

Who could have thought that domestic nuclear fusion research would make such rapid progress?

Leaving other overseas countries far behind.

Fortunately, this situation is unlikely to last too long. It is even completely foreseeable how many people will devote themselves to the field of nuclear fusion after the country officially announces the existence of Hyperion 3.

Because this represents the future.

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With the official launch of the Hyperloop 4 project, detailed research team members have been determined.

In the following period of time, the Institute of Plasma Physics on Science Island became lively again.

In the near future, the place where the artificial sun was originally placed will be home to a truly miniaturized controlled nuclear fusion device.

It is also worth mentioning that Xu Yuan, Li Guojian and others did not start building the tokamak device right from the beginning, but instead held discussion meetings from time to time.

Analyze and study the structural design of the Tokamak device.

Now that the general research direction has been determined, we need to start from the structural design of the tokamak device.

Then we must first determine the new structural design.

Then, the Tokamak device will be manufactured based on this new structural design.

And optimize and improve through experiments.

It is not easy for others to find the right design solution, and it may even take a lot of time for trial and error.

But for Xu Yuan, it seems relatively easy.

Relying on the progress bar on the virtual panel, the correct solution can be determined by the growth changes of the progress.

that's it.

After several months, the new tokamak device structural design was finally completed.

According to the device parameters in the design plan, its volume will be only one-fourth the size of Hyperion III, which can basically meet the needs of the aerospace carrier.

So after the plan was collectively approved by everyone, we finally entered the stage of building the tokamak device.

Because everyone is familiar with the construction process of the Tokamak device, the speed and efficiency are relatively fast.

Although a new special structural design was used this time, the entire construction process took a slightly shorter time than that of Hyperion 3.

However, completing the new design of the device does not mean that Hyperloop 4 has been successfully conquered.

Subsequent reaction experiments will be required for further optimization.

Only when the experiment achieves the same effect as Hyperloop 3 can it be truly considered a success.

at the same time.

Just when Science Island was making every effort to develop Hyperion 4 at the fastest speed.

The inductive force field drive device research team has also successfully produced the device group of the Xuanniao unmanned air and space fighter. Together with the Jincheng Aircraft Design Institute, the manufacturing completion rate of the Xuanniao unmanned air and space fighter is getting closer and closer to 100%.

Both sides are becoming more and more excited, looking forward to the day when the induction force field drive device group will be officially combined with Xuanniao.

Because by that time, Xuanniao will truly have the potential to be the most advanced power in this world.

In addition, the more important point is that after the Xuanniao is equipped with the induction force field drive device set, it can officially start relevant tests.

This is also a necessary process before each new fighter jet enters service.

After completing these, the Xuanniao unmanned aerospace fighter will be able to conduct its real first flight test.

For all the researchers participating in this project, this will be the most anticipated day.

Compared with the Xuanniao unmanned aerospace fighter, the progress of the aerospace mothership is undoubtedly much slower.

Even though its huge body is gradually taking shape and does look like an enlarged version of an aircraft carrier, it is actually empty inside.

Not only is the most important nuclear fusion reactor missing, but even the large-scale induction force field drive device is not in place. It will probably take some time before it can actually take off from the sea.

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(End of this chapter)