Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The ITER Board is the highest decision-making body of ITER's plan and organization. It consists of seven representatives of the four member governments, which are authorized by their respective foreign ministries to represent them, and nominated experts based on the needs of the meeting. Very similar.

Unlike companies, however, there is no "company law" that can bind ITER council decisions.

The decision of the major shareholders' right to speak is not entirely based on their respective technical levels in this field and the proportion of capital contribution. It depends more on the diplomatic strength of each country.

I have to admit that the United States does have the ability to play tricks at this point. The initial question from the US representative to the Chinese representative did indeed make the Chinese representative very passive at the meeting.

At this meeting, however, the situation changed.

After changing the previous silence, at the council meeting, Deputy Director Luo Zhanyuan, re-assigned by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made a clear and strong response to the request made by the US personnel.

"... We have fulfilled our obligations to disclose the details of controlled fusion experiments and research progress to ITER member states. If only because a STAR device is applied to a certain technology, we must disclose all its technical details, then I can be very responsible Remind you that the main control computer in the STAR device uses the INTER chip. Should you show your sincerity before asking the other party to give generously? "

After listening to the repetition of the translation, Minister Adam Cohen, as the representative of the US side, stared sharply at Luo Zhanyuan and said seriously: "This is an unreasonable request. Intel is not an ITER partner. Chip technology is Intel's private property. And it's completely different from what we're talking about! "

Facing the aggressive tone of Minister Cohen, Luo Zhanyuan rebutted without hesitation.

"The STAR Imaging Research Institute and its cooperating companies are also not ITER's cooperating units. The SG-1 superconducting magnet technology and the STAR device control scheme belong to the private property of each unit. In my opinion, this is the same as the ITER project. "

Adam Cohen: "You are stealing concepts!"

Luo Zhanyuan asked politely, "Are you talking about yourself?"

"..."

The entire meeting has basically become the "battlefield" of the Chinese and American representatives. The two sides have come and gone with each other, and they can't argue over intellectual property issues.

The representatives of the remaining Member States did not seem interested in participating, but it was clear that they were not indifferent to this.

Suddenly, the director-general, Motoshima, sitting at the meeting seat, sighed softly.

"This meeting seems to have broken up."

The Japanese representative sitting next to him, Ishida Keiichi, heard this sentence and looked at him slightly and asked.

"Mr. Island, don't you wonder how Professor Lu did it?"

Last year, the Cray-XC50 supercomputer was officially commissioned at the Liusuo Village Nuclear Fusion Research Institute to provide computational support for the country's controlled fusion research and the ITER program. Although the computing power of this computer is only about 15th on the supercomputing list, the supercomputing is designed for controlled nuclear fusion research by design, so it cannot be simply compared with other general-purpose computers.

Just as Anton is in computational chemistry, the Cray-XC50 is equivalent to a large combine harvester for the study of plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion.

As it happens, they still lack a proven control plan. If Huaguo agrees to disclose the control plan of the STAR Institute, they are confident that they can do better.

However, this possibility is too low.

Staring at the representatives of the two sides confronting each other in the early meeting, Motoshima was silent for a while and answered Tanaka's question.

"I want to be curious, but I have to say that this is not a euphemism. The United States hopes to show its strength in the ITER project, but the possibility of the Chinese side being willing to compromise on this issue is very low. If Mr. Cohen continues to show himself The final result is very likely that the Chinese side will completely withdraw from the ITER project. "

Ishida Keiichi asked, "Isn't this what Americans want?"

"Not necessarily," this island shook his head. "At least, it is not in the interest of Americans to force China to withdraw from ITER before China releases this part of the research results."

On the other side, Zhou Chengfu, sitting in the expert seat, felt the attention from other countries' representatives from time to time. At this moment, he had a complicated expression on his face.

The meeting was full of gunpowder from the beginning, and he even smelled the buds before it even started.

First at the internal conference in China, and then at the airborne representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the toughness of Director Hu's performance at the conference was beyond his expectations.

Various signs are showing that the senior seems to have given up on ITER's fantasies. And it is almost foreseeable that in the face of the risk of being kicked out, the next funding will probably not arrive on schedule.

As the country ’s attitude towards the ITER project has plummeted, as the director of the Huaguo International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Executive Center, he is obviously caught in a dilemma.

It is logical that he does not want to quit ITER.

At first it cost so much to join in. Now if it really exits, it not only means that those efforts are wasted, but it also means that the cooperation between many domestic research institutions and ITER member states will face the possibility of being terminated.

The most critical point is that if China finally decides to withdraw from ITER, then the International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Implementation Center will naturally not be necessary. Even if it is unlikely to be dissolved in situ, reorganization is inevitable.

And it is almost foreseeable that research in related fields in China will likely turn to star simulators in an all-round way.

And his hard work for more than ten years ...

Thinking of this, Zhou Chengfu's look became more and more complicated.

Until now, he himself is not clear. What he is worried about is the future of domestic controllable nuclear fusion or his future ...

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For Lu Zhou, the upheaval of ITER is also not a pleasant thing.

Originally in his plan, there would still be a lot of cooperation with the Max Planck Society, but now it seems that he and the Spiral Stone 7-X laboratory have changed from potential partners to potential competitors.

I have to say that such changes still made him a little more complicated.

However, it is encouraging that, at the same time that he finally completed the plan for the liquid lithium neutron hand-in-hand system, good news came from Hua Guo Nuclear Industry Group.

Chief engineer Wang who came to Jinling again not only brought the hope of applying the magnetic fluid generator to the fusion reactor, but also brought a more detailed sketch.

Although it is still a sketch, the basic structure of the entire magnetic fluid generator set has been designed except for the connection port.

Taking this drawing and glancing briefly, Lu Zhou said.

"Basically no problem ... yes, what is the expected energy conversion efficiency?"

Academician Wang: "It is initially estimated that 50% is not a problem, and it may still be higher. But the specific material has not come out, and it is too early to say these."

Lu Zhou unexpectedly said: "50%? Is it so high?"

Academician Wang smiled and said, "This is just a conservative estimate. We have discussed with the experts of the Institute of Electrical Engineering. As you said, the use of magnetic fluid power technology for thermal power is not convincing, but it is still feasible for nuclear fusion power generation. Quite high. Without discussing the heating of the plasma, and the impact of coal **** and coke on the efficiency of the engine, these problems that we are difficult to solve in thermal power do not exist. "

Lu Zhou: "How long will it take to make a concrete object?"

Academician Wang thought for a while and replied: "Probably next year, except for the part of the connection port, the design problem is actually not big, and it is not very troublesome to make it."

Having said that, Academician Wang smiled and continued, "Generators are actually trivial matters, which are problems that can be solved in time. I heard that you plan to use a magnetic fluid generator for nuclear fusion. The teachers and masters who have passed the 863 Program have already flexed their muscles. As long as you can build the reactor, our generator set will definitely be ready for you. "

"It's yours, but I'm a bit worried now ~ www.readwn.com ~ I heard that the United States intends to kick us out of the ITER project. This is the prelude to the technical blockade. Can you still do it? "

After hearing Academician Wang's joke, Lu Zhou smiled slightly.

"You don't need to worry about this issue anymore. There is no use to talk about it too much. About me, you will know when the time comes."

"It seems you are quite confident," looking at the confident expression on Lu Zhou's face, Academician Wang said with a smile. "Speaking of it, you were born in the 1990s, do you know what the technology blockade means?"

Lu Zhou said calmly: "It means that the relevant visits and exchanges between more than 20 domestic research institutes and foreign controllable fusion research units may be suspended, and about hundreds of ongoing research projects may not be possible or even cancelled. "

In addition, it will probably affect billions of orders and the graduation of hundreds of masters and doctoral students ...

These are things that can happen, or must happen.

But even then?

Can compromise yield equality and dignity?

At least, Lu Zhou didn't think so.

"Looks like you know."

Looking at Lu Zhou with no change in expression on his face, Academician Wang gradually brought a hint of approval.

Abilities and abilities are different. An outstanding researcher does not necessarily become an outstanding academic leader. Among them, there is a distinction between general and handsome.

If there were some doubts in the mind of the young responsible person before, this doubt has been diluted a lot.

Facing his joking expression, looking at Lu Zhou, the old man said solemnly.

"Please, please!"