The technological empire begins with polymer materials - Chapter 297 Fusion successful! East and West battle for helium-3 on the moon!

When the words “controllable nuclear fusion” were heard, there was no sensation in the audience. Instead, tens of millions of viewers were collectively confused.

The barrage was completely still at this moment, and even the most active viewers disappeared without knowing where they were. The live broadcast room was so quiet that Cao Feiyu, who was responsible for monitoring the background data, even wondered if there was a network outage.

Everyone’s minds were buzzing, and it took them several seconds to react.

Boom~

Immediately, the barrage was like a river bursting its banks, flooding the entire screen.

“Good guy! Controllable fusion!?”

“I couldn’t help but pinch my face just now, and realized that it was not a dream!”

“No wonder Boss Gao dared to put forward the slogan of energy freedom. He secretly came up with this killer weapon!”

“Stop saying anything awesome!”

“Yes, yes, awesome! Awesome!”

…

North America, Washington.

Everyone in the conference room looked pale. As the biggest opponent of the West, every time Gao Yuan broadcast live, it would attract huge attention across the Pacific Ocean. However, this time they never expected that Gao Yuan, who had been holding back for a long time, would actually release a thunder.

After all, it is controllable fusion. Everyone who understands technology and science can clearly realize that controllable fusion has unprecedented super value for the future.

At the same time, they also have many questions: How did China do it? Have all the bottlenecks from theory to realization of fusion been overcome?

What are fusion materials? How to control the core? What is the core temperature? How to capture fusion impurities? How to prevent neutron bombardment? How many layers of radiation-proof shell are used? Is it safe enough?

Musk and others are full of questions. The last time China’s tokamak device EAST achieved stable operation for more than 100 seconds, they were shocked. But now, they have directly achieved perfect operation of controllable fusion?

It’s so efficient and fast! It’s so damn efficient!

…

Gao Yuan stood outside the glass dome of the fusion reactor with a happy and relaxed expression, instructing the photographer to take a good picture of Kunlun 1. After all, when the fusion reaction starts, they must leave here and go to the control center.

As the camera slowly moves and the angle changes, the audience finally gets a glimpse of the whole scene.

Kunlun-1 is like a huge metal ring, with only about one-fifth of the surface exposed, and the rest is sunk underground.

The metal shell of the part exposed above the ground is strong and steady. Although its internal structure cannot be seen clearly, it is conceivable that the underground part must be more complex and mysterious.

“So beautiful!”

“It’s like the ring of the gods, simple yet packed with crazy power!”

“With a core temperature of over 100 million degrees, it’s hard to imagine how the fusion plasma is contained.”

“Whatever, it doesn’t matter how it’s implemented, what’s important is that it runs smoothly! I seem to see a new era of energy freedom waving to us!”

The audience is full of longing and expectations for Kunlun No. 1, and Gao Yuan did not give a lengthy technical explanation, because technologies such as controllable fusion are core competitiveness and will never be handed over to any third party outside China.

But having said that, the world will still gain some benefits from this technological breakthrough. Plateau intends to keep fusion technology while dumping photovoltaic and energy storage technologies outwards.

The export of energy technology has two major benefits. One is of course making money. The total energy demand in the world is an unimaginable astronomical figure.

The second is to strengthen control. Using China’s energy technology is equivalent to being tied to China’s tank. If you are unhappy, your power supply will be cut off.

“Now please come with me to the Fusion Control Center and witness with your own eyes the greatest scene in the history of this century.”

“In some time, this controllable fusion device will be officially connected to the grid to generate electricity.”

“Yes, you heard it right. Kunlun-1 has completed all tests about a week ago and will become the first commercial fusion reactor in human history. From now on, part of the power of Sky City will be It will be provided by Kunlun One.”

Gao Yuan announced another surprising news. It turns out that today is not the technical test of Kunlun 1, but the day when it is officially put into commercial use.

Commercial use is far more meaningful than experimentation, because once any technological product is commercialized, it means that the cost is greatly reduced, there are no hidden dangers in safety, and the technology used is mature.

Commercial use means that fusion reactors will spring up like mushrooms in the south and north of China, in cities and villages, and will quickly become popularized relying on the powerful construction capabilities of the infrastructure madman.

Commercial use means energy freedom, which will be realized in China!

“start!”

As Gao Yuan gave the order and pressed the start button of the fusion device, the numbers on the instrument soared rapidly.

The magnetic restraint is seventy percent operational and ninety percent functional.

The self-test of the fusion purification device is completely normal.

The core temperature is seven thousand degrees Celsius, 120,000 degrees Celsius, 1.38 million degrees Celsius, 24.33 million degrees Celsius, 100 million degrees Celsius! One hundred and fifty million degrees Celsius!

In fact, there is no strict limit on the temperature of nuclear fusion. The core temperature of the sun is only 15 million degrees. Why can it maintain nuclear fusion?

It’s simple, because although the temperature of the sun is not high, the core pressure is astonishing, as high as 2.5 million atmospheres!

Obviously, it is impossible to achieve such high pressure and high temperature on the earth, so the plateau can only choose other methods to wildly increase the core temperature to achieve the effect of super fusion.

So far, the highest temperature record set by nuclear fusion is China’s EAST, which has operated safely at up to 100 million degrees Celsius.

Now this record has been completely broken. Soon after Kunlun-1 was launched, the core temperature exceeded 200 million degrees Celsius! And it continues to climb!

“Awesome! It’s 200 million degrees Celsius!”

“Isn’t it too crazy? Any substance entering the reactor will be gasified on the spot!”

“God knows what kind of technology they used to suppress such astonishing temperatures and the neutron bombardment caused by high-energy fusion?”

“Could it be a carbon material? Boss Gao started his career by studying materials.”

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”

“No physical object can withstand these temperatures, only lasers or magnets.”

“Anyway, today is really awesome!”

“Yes, yes, that’s awesome! We actually mastered nuclear fusion technology!”

“Long live Boss Gao!”

As the core temperature of the fusion reactor soars, the popularity of major live broadcast rooms around the world is also skyrocketing.

For the first time in history, the total number of viewers watching the live broadcast exceeded 200 million, which is equivalent to an average of one in every thirty-five people in the world watching the plateau live broadcast.

And you must know that there may be more than one viewer behind a single terminal, and some families or friends gather together to watch the live broadcast, so the real number of viewers at this moment must be far greater than 200 million.

“Have you heard that China is experimenting with controlled fusion?”

“real or fake?”

“That can still be fake. If you don’t believe it, go watch the YouTube live broadcast. The number one one is China Kunlun No. 1!”

“I’m looking at it now. It needs to be pointed out that Kunlun No. 1 is not an experimental reactor, but a formal commercial reactor with rapid construction capabilities.”

“Commercial reactor!? So you can already generate electricity and sell it for money!?”

“The idea of ​​generating electricity and selling it for money underestimates fusion technology, but you are right, yes, China has mastered fusion, and we are really going to be doomed this time.”

In the west, the mountain roaring tsunami caused by Kunlun-1 has just begun. Westerners who have received the news have turned their attention to the direction of the rising sun.

There, there is a little sun that is burning slowly, and its appearance will inevitably light up the entire world, the future of China and all mankind.

Finally, the core temperature of Kunlun-1 was fixed at 300 million degrees Celsius. A steady stream of electricity was transported to the Sky City hundreds of kilometers away through high-voltage lines, lighting up all the lights in the Sky City.

The drones that had been prepared were hovering over the city, broadcasting this glorious city live to audiences around the world.

This technological city in the desert seemed to be going crazy. All the lights were lit, all the fountains were turned on, and all the flying cars took off, forming huge circles in the sky.

Is this what Plateau calls the era of energy freedom?

Maybe, when saving is no longer a necessity, there are so many things that humans can do.

For example, save water. Why should we save water? There is plenty of water in the sea. With endless energy, you can extract as much fresh water as you want.

The world will be completely changed because of nearly unlimited free energy. What will also be changed is the power structure of the earth.

For the Angsa Group, this is the largest attack in history, and how to deal with this thorny problem is urgent.

…

North America, Washington.

The depressing atmosphere in the conference room almost suffocated everyone.

In addition to representatives of science and technology and academia, all the power organizations that you can imagine belonging to the Angsa Group were present in this conference room.

One day, two days, three days passed.

Just when everyone felt helpless and desperate, genius once again proved his unique value.

“Let’s go to the moon.” Suddenly, Musk said in a deep voice.

“Moon?”

“The space program cannot stop China’s controllable fusion technology.”

“We will go to the moon sooner or later, but not now.”

People questioned and refuted, but Musk stood up, walked to the blackboard in front of the conference room, and wrote down formulas one after another.

Pa~

Musk kept his ink pen still on the table, turned around and said to everyone: “You see, there are many ways to achieve fusion, but there is only one way that can lead mankind to the end, and it is also the lowest-cost option.”

“That’s using deuterium and helium three as fusion materials.”

“As we all know, there is no helium-3 on the earth. If you want to get this precious fusion material, you need to go to the moon.”

“If my guess is correct, no matter which route China takes now to realize the fusion reaction, they will eventually have to go to the moon to mine helium-3, and this will be our last chance!”

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