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Chapter 247 Do You Really Think We Can Achieve Nuclear Fusion?
ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project, is headquartered in Caladache, France.

At the beginning, there was some controversy about the location of the headquarters, which was also an important reason why the ITER project could not be advanced in the beginning.

There were two pre-selected locations, one in Japan and one in France.

The reason given by Japan was that the construction site was close to the port and very close to a US military base. Naturally, the United States agreed to this, and South Korea also supported it.

France said that it has ready-made research facilities in Karadasha and better climatic conditions, so it also received support from the European Union, China and Russia.

Ultimately, the United States considered its cooperative relationship with Europe to be more important than that with Japan, so the plan was implemented in France.

Of course, from the original perspective, this scientific plan undoubtedly had a good starting point, to carry out international scientific cooperation and jointly develop nuclear fusion.

If this can be achieved, it will benefit all countries.

But unfortunately, such organizations are always subject to political interference, which always hinders the organization's research and development plans.

In addition, over time, the changes in government leaders in various countries have further led to changes in the policies of leaders of various countries towards this organization.

As a result, this organization, which originally had the same scientific goal, inevitably became an extension of politics.

However, for various international organizations, this can probably be considered a general trend.

In the headquarters conference room.

“Hello, distinguished representatives of member states and directors.”

"Today is November 11th. This weekly meeting is numbered 15-2025."

In the first seat, Pietro Barabasi, the current president of ITER, read out the agenda of the meeting.

"First, I will report to the directors on the progress of the current Tokamak host installation as usual."

"The installation of the Tokamak main engine has been completed more than halfway. At present, the installation of subsystems such as magnets, vacuum chambers, blankets and divertors has been successfully completed. The remaining power supply system is being installed and is expected to be completed next month."

"That is to say, we have basically achieved our scientific goals for this year. As the Chairman of the Council, I would like to express my sincere gratitude once again to all the member states that have contributed to the project."

“I hope that our International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor will eventually achieve satisfactory success.”

Then, Barabasi was the first to applaud, and then everyone else followed suit, but their applause was a little sloppy.

Soon, the applause stopped.

The conference room became quiet again.

It seems that everyone knows that what is going to happen next is not going to be simple.
Barabasi said, "Now we will move on to the second topic, which was raised by Director Shigeru Yamamoto. Please start, Mr. Yamamoto."

Finally, everyone looked in the direction of the Japanese member state.

Then the Japanese director representative, Shigeru Yamamoto, stood up, bowed, and sat back down, saying into the microphone: "First of all, on behalf of Japan, I would like to congratulate ITER on its success today. I hope that we can eventually successfully ignite the fire of nuclear fusion and provide unlimited energy to the world."

"Of course, this is also the primary goal of our ITER Organization since its establishment. Each of our member states is playing their respective roles and working towards this goal."

At this point, Yamamoto paused, then changed the subject and said, "However, unfortunately, among our member states, some have acted dishonestly in the process of working together to achieve this goal. They have not truthfully introduced their current research progress to other member states, and have not been transparent and open about their achievements."

"I think this is not good. According to the ITER Agreement, each member state has an obligation to share scientific research results with the ITER Organization and promote the development of fusion technology on a global scale."

"And some member states have not fully complied with their obligations in this matter. I think this member state should be punished."

At this time, Yamamoto Shigeru turned his gaze to where the Chinese delegation was sitting and said, "As for the individual member country I mentioned, it refers to China."

"China has been hiding the relevant experiments of their latest nuclear fusion experiment project UOmini for some time. This matter has been raised in many meetings in the past, but the Chinese representatives always shirk it with various reasons, and have never really released the specific data from their original experiments until now, and have not been able to share the results with us."

"This happened several months ago, and now, according to some reports, China has started another major project near the previous UOmini project. According to analysis, the purpose of this project should be to build the nuclear fusion device in the EAST-S plan they announced earlier."

"However, based on the known area of ​​the project, it is estimated that if a new magnetic confinement nuclear fusion project is built here, whether it is a tokamak device or a UO device, the final volume will be estimated to be about 500 to 1500 times that of UOmini. In this regard, this volume is even several times that of ITER! If the plasma volume is taken into account, it will be more than ten times!"

"We really want to know what the purpose of China's move is?"

"I also invite everyone to discuss this matter together. If China has made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, it should be shared with everyone at ITER. I believe all the directors agree with this."

“That’s what I want to bring up today.”

After bowing again, Yamamoto Shigeru sat back down.

Immediately afterwards, the American representative on the board, Dorov McLennan, also spoke up and expressed support for Yamamoto's proposal. Of course, everyone present basically knew that the Japanese brought up this matter because it was actually closely related to the United States.

"I fully agree with Mr. Yamamoto's opinion. Controlled nuclear fusion is of great significance to mankind and can guide us towards a true future. Every country should contribute to this common goal instead of keeping it to themselves. I hope our Chinese friends can also recognize this spirit."

Later, the South Korean representative also echoed the sentiment.

It can be said that the lead singer follows the lead, and his words are more intense and aggressive.

"If China cannot provide relevant data and technology truthfully, I propose to initiate a vote to kick China out of ITER!"

Afterwards, representatives from several other member states also made speeches, including India, the European Union, and Russia. Russia, for the sake of its alliance, expressed a neutral stance. Representatives from India and the European Union basically agreed with Yamamoto's proposal and asked China to disclose detailed information.

Soon, several major member states finished their speeches, and everyone's eyes turned to the Chinese director's face, waiting for him to speak.

Chinese director Zong Chengping smiled, turned to the other three vice directors and said, "Here we go again."

The three deputy directors also smiled.

During this period of time, they have experienced enough of this kind of thing and basically don't have much reaction.

Zong Chengping then turned his head and glanced at the people present, and then said, "Mr. Yamamoto's words are so certain, as if this is true, but the whole speech is just speculation."

"Could it be that just because we dug a slightly larger foundation, we have made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology? Then there are major projects under construction in China all the time. Could it be that these are all because we have made breakthroughs in some important technologies?"

"In other words, we see major construction going on in certain parts of Japan. Could it be that Japan is planning to build a nuclear bomb?"

"This is really ridiculous. I suggest that Mr. Yamamoto should not make any speculations before there is substantial evidence."

"As for why the area we are working on is relatively large, it is only because we are going to build a comprehensive research institute around UOmini there to provide research and living conveniences for related researchers. China has an area of ​​960 million square kilometers, so we still have this amount of land. How come you are talking about a super-large nuclear fusion device that is even a thousand times the size of UOmini?"

“We don’t even know about this!”

"Also, I always feel like you guys think China has already achieved nuclear fusion. Don't you all think this way?"

"They say nuclear fusion is still fifty years away from being an experimental technology. How come it's just a breeze here?"

"I hope this is true. Then I would be happy to withdraw from ITER. After all, we have succeeded, right?"

At this point, Zong Chengping burst into laughter, causing Yamamoto Shigeru and the other four Japanese representatives to blush, as if Zong Chengping was mocking them.

"Okay, that's all I have to say."

After laughing, Zong Chengping turned to the Koreans and said, "As for the proposal by the Korean representative, Director Kim, to vote to kick us out of the board of directors, haha, Director Kim can try it. China pays dues on time every year to share the costs, but the Korean government seems to have not paid dues regularly for several years, and the proportion of technology sharing is also very low. I think it is appropriate for you to withdraw from ITER on your own."

Several Koreans' faces turned red with anger.

Several other member states nearby began to speak up, comforting Zong Chengping, and then reminded the Japanese side not to raise such issues without evidence in the future. In addition, they also persuaded the South Korean side not to mention kicking China out in the future.

As for what Zong Chengping said, they all believed it.

Of course, the most important thing is that they really don't think China can achieve nuclear fusion. They had previously only speculated that there was a certain breakthrough. After all, UOmini's public results were there, and no one would believe that there was no breakthrough.

Now, we should appease China first. Even if they don’t admit it now, some information will be exposed sooner or later after the big project is completed. It’s just a matter of waiting for one more year.

In the end, the Korean directors agreed not to casually propose kicking out members, and the Japanese directors apologized and said they would no longer make random guesses without providing substantial evidence.

Although the US representatives seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the result, they could not find any reason to refute what Zong Chengping said.

You can't just start a project and then say there will be some huge results. That would be a bit nonsense.

Thus, this discussion on China ends here.

After that, the meeting returned to its normal stage and no longer discussed the current status of China's nuclear fusion development.

This topic was not discussed in other subsequent meetings.

The situation with ITER has been temporarily alleviated.

However, as the development of the solar reactor project grew more and more intense, intelligence organizations in various countries began to pay closer attention. At this time, whether at the ITER conference or at the United Nations, people often asked China related questions.

They became more and more eager to know what was going on in this place that made such a big fuss.
Is it really just a comprehensive research institute, rather than a nuclear fusion reactor that can directly supply power to an entire city once it is built?

All of a sudden, all kinds of problems were thrown at China, and various foreign media began to use their imagination, and all kinds of outrageous headlines appeared on various news headlines.

"China discovered a UFO and sent Xiao Yi to conduct research, and he developed a controlled nuclear fusion technology!"

"Chinese super genius Xiao Yi is working hard on nuclear fusion, and a huge project is gradually taking shape. Could it be that he has discovered the secret of nuclear fusion and will build the first commercial fusion reactor for mankind?"

"Xiao Yi, the Chinese genius known as the contemporary Einstein, has not published any results for a long time, but he may have made a breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion!"

"If China builds the first controlled nuclear fusion reactor, what kind of harm will it bring to the world? Or will it be the advent of both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain?"

……

Various news began to spread, including some exaggeration of the China threat theory.

However, these news did not affect the country at all. Some related news and comments were even "imported" into the country by netizens who surfed the Internet scientifically, and then other netizens laughed on related video websites, saying:
[Yes, we are about to achieve nuclear fusion! ]

[Yes, God Xiao went to study UFOs]

[If we don't achieve nuclear fusion, they will just eat a ton of it, right? ]

[I am dying of laughter. How come we don’t know that we are going to achieve nuclear fusion? ]

Of course, some netizens also said: [Shh, maybe we will really achieve nuclear fusion? ]

[@萧易, 萧神, foreigners have said so, why don’t you show them one?]

……

Of course, no matter how noisy the situation is outside, it will not have much impact on China.

After all, it has come to this day and age, and there is basically only one country left that dares to confront China. Other countries can only stir up trouble secretly. As for really causing trouble for China, they are really too bold.

Especially now, with the successful emergence of lithium-sulfur solid-state batteries, they have begun to demonstrate their terrifying dominance in the battery market.

With the emergence of related electronic products, electric vehicles and other products equipped with lithium-sulfur solid-state batteries, and their terrible battery life, consumers naturally gave up those products that are still equipped with lithium-ion batteries and chose these more powerful products instead.

It is almost beyond everyone's imagination. The market share of lithium-sulfur solid-state batteries has directly reached 40%, directly accounting for nearly half of the lithium battery market.

I believe that as time goes by, its market share will inevitably reach a higher level.

Of course, this also means that the share of China's major battery companies has once again reached a new high, and the total share has reached nearly 80%.

This means that China already has the ability to monopolize batteries. Batteries are a very important material. Once China imposes sanctions in this regard, not many countries will be able to withstand it.

For example, after the Philippines made a fuss, it was sanctioned on batteries, causing domestic battery prices to soar. After suffering for several months, it finally gave in.

Although it is unknown how long they will remember this lesson, it still demonstrates China's dominance in the battery market.

In this way, more than half a year passed.

……

Institute of Controlled Nuclear Fusion.

The current Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute is no longer as simple as it was a year ago. It has truly become a research institute with accommodation, a canteen, and all kinds of supporting facilities.

The most important thing is that there is a huge white building in the middle. Although it has not been fully built, if you go inside and take a look, you will find how complex the interior of this white building is.

And this place will become the core of the sun-making reactor.

“The overall project has been completely completed.”

Standing on a commanding height, Xiao Yi and several other senior executives of the Sun-Making Project looked at the scenery in front of them, and Zhao Zhanyou sighed.

"Yes." Li Jiangan also nodded and said, "Starting tomorrow, we will officially start the construction of the reactor."

"At that time, it would probably be really difficult to hide it."

Starting from tomorrow, various parts of the reactor will be shipped from various places. Some of the devices used to generate electricity will certainly not be kept completely secret. Sooner or later, people abroad will find out that they are really building a super-large nuclear fusion reactor and are also planning to generate electricity.

By that time, even if they say it is purely for experimentation, I am afraid they will not be believed.

If it was really just for experiments, how could they transport so many power generation equipment here?

However, Xiao Yi just smiled and said, "If we can't hide it, then we can't hide it. Anyway, they still dare not guess our real purpose. It's like boiling a frog in warm water. The frog will always think: Are we really boiling it?"

"Haha, that makes sense." Li Jiangan and the others all laughed.

Indeed, in recent times, whenever someone asks them about this, they would simply ask back: "Do you really think we can achieve controlled nuclear fusion?"

Then people basically won’t ask anymore.

Because apart from them, no one really thinks that controlled nuclear fusion is so close.

The way to fight the sudden attack lies in it.

"Okay, we can notify those factories and start transporting the major parts here."

"Looking at the time, it will be assembled by the end of the year."

Xiao Yi said.

"it is good!"

Everyone else nodded.

Then, as several phone calls were made from here, starting from the next day, spare parts transported from all directions entered the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute.

The main project of the Japanese nuclear reactor has officially started construction!
(End of this chapter)