Chapter 426 Breakthrough

"Moderate expansion has occurred inside the structural material, and radiation damage detection is being carried out. The first wall has suffered inevitable embrittlement..." The staff member in charge of the report could not help but smile bitterly. They had really made a big mistake this time!

Originally, their SST-1 was not used for high-intensity heating of fusion. The mixed ignition now being carried out raises the temperature to the limit in order to simulate the operating environment of plasma under high temperature and high density conditions.

Therefore, the resistance of the materials in various parts of SST-1 to neutron radiation is not very perfect. This time, there is an overload mission, and they are currently only performing simple detections, but there have been such obvious damages.

"Hu..." Academician He felt deep pain in his heart, liver, spleen and lungs. Although he had anticipated it and the damage was almost inevitable, such damage to his beloved baby, even though he was mentally prepared, at this moment, Academician He could not help but feel a pang of pain in his heart. Their Southwest Research Institute suffered a heavy loss.

"What do the engineers estimate? Can it be repaired?" In the short term, the Southwest Research Institute's eyeballs may not be used again. Although he is already in the Jinwu project, out of his feelings for SSY-1 and the idea of ​​not putting all his eggs in one basket as a backup, Academician He still wants their SST-1 to be restored to its previous state!

"It is estimated that it will require major maintenance, and the internal materials may have to be replaced!" The staff spread his hands. The material of the first wall was in that state and it definitely could not be reused.

"Then let's do the maintenance for now!" Academician He suppressed his distress. For the sake of scientific research progress, the sacrifice and damage of SST-1 are inevitable. The rest depends on the results of General Wu's battle. If it is a positive result, then all their efforts are valuable! With this breakthrough, even if the Jinwu project fails, they can use the two existing materials and many design ideas to upgrade SST-1 significantly. At least, it will easily surpass the Oriental Ring that makes Academician Wan proud. There is no problem with the current data!

As Tao Ran and Ruan Chengxu led the team to conduct tests one by one, various data gradually emerged.

"Mr. Wu, our HC-1 material has held up. It really has held up!" As the test results were confirmed, Tao Ran couldn't help but report the good news to Wu Tong immediately. Although this result had been simply tested in their research institute before, now it was a material that had truly undergone real fusion, and the meaning was completely different.

Their HC-1 has truly overcome the impact of the current fusion reaction. Witnessing this miracle again still makes them cry. They really did it, and they really achieved a breakthrough in the first wall material, a major difficulty that has troubled the world.

"According to the test results, our ceramic-based composite material HC-1 has extremely superior thermal energy conduction performance. The special structure inside it perfectly accommodates the passage of the neutron beam. The material does not transmute, is not destroyed, and has no obvious radiation damage..." Tao Ran reported excitedly with shining eyes.

Their HC-1 composite material is far superior to all the common alloys, tungsten plates, and a series of cladding materials. It is truly a super-energy material that can withstand real fusion reactions! As an experimental assistant for this material, he is really proud.

Even though they did not develop the product, they participated in it. Thinking about the fact that their names would be recorded in the future credit book, they couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was truly too wonderful to describe!

"Really?" Following Tao Ran's report, the most excited person was not Wu Tong, the developer, but Academician He who represented the Southwest Institute. He was certainly looking forward to success, but when the verification results of this material were truly excellent and presented in front of him, Tao Ran's one-by-one reports were no less than divine advice to him.

He couldn't wait to take the statistical summary from Tao Ran and read it carefully over and over again. Although he didn't know much about material research and development, he was very familiar with material performance and what kind of materials were needed for fusion.

Now, when he compared it with others, the more he looked at it, the more excited he became. All of this was true. They really had made an outstanding breakthrough in the first-wall materials, leaving the world far behind. They had also taken a big and solid step forward in the field of controlled nuclear fusion!

The controlled nuclear fusion project that they had dreamed of has now become a real possibility, and the mountaintop is now within their reach. As the first witness and a fusion scientist who has worked for this for most of his life, Academician He could not help but shed tears.

"Mr. Wu, thank you, thank you so much!" Academician He reacted after a long while, turned to Wu Tong and expressed his deep gratitude. If he was not worried about offending Wu Tong, he would have wanted to grab Wu Tong's hand at this moment to express his inner excitement.

The inner wall materials of SST-1 were damaged, and the damage was serious in this battle. At this moment, in the eyes of Academician He, all the damage has gone away. Facing this outstanding achievement, their efforts and sacrifices for SST-1 are very worthwhile!

"Academician He, thank you and everyone at the Southwest Institute for your hard work. It is because of your proper command and cooperation that we have made this successful verification possible!" Wu Tong kept smiling.

Although this result was expected by her inference, she successfully verified it in reality and witnessed the fusion reaction in person, collected enough data, filled in their law theory model, and the confined magnetic field control program is expected to achieve multiple goals at one stroke. Wu Tong was also very happy about this trip. This time, the harvest was very good!

“Academician He, this is the result of our joint efforts. We have now taken the second step. Next, our burden is still heavy, and we still need you to take charge so that our Golden Crow can appear in the world and shine as soon as possible!” Wu Tong smiled and thanked Academician He for the future. This is only a phased result. They have just begun their journey to truly forge the Golden Crow and harness the energy of the sun!

This is a good start! Compared with the current excitement, Wu Tong prefers to listen to the final victory cheers after everything is settled and the project is successfully completed!

"Haha... Mr. Wu, you don't have to take care of my face. If you have any instructions, just treat me as an ordinary researcher. Just give me orders, I will absolutely obey your instructions and follow Mr. Wu in everything!" Academician He gave Wu Tong a thumbs up. He was really convinced and full of hope. He followed Wu Tong's project and witnessed the final miracle!

When the Golden Crow is truly forged in the country and that light is ignited, everything will be different!