Seeing the huge device in front of him, he could see that it was the result of the hard work of generations of predecessors. This was another progressive innovation in China after the Oriental Ring. Wu Tong paid tribute to the perseverance and hard work of the pioneers in the field of fusion.
The staff who were walking back and forth and doing the final verification were attaching the materials brought by Wu Tong to the first wall during this final process, waiting for the ignition test and the neutron radiation and heat resistance tests. Wu Tong was also waiting for the real fusion data. Although the ignition time this time was still measured in seconds, it was still of reference significance for Wu Tong and Lu Xiao's constraint research.
Inside and outside the observation room, Academician He, who was in charge of the overall control, and all the staff of the institute were on high alert.
"Track sealing test is normal!"
"Filling with shielding gas!"
"Shielding gas filling completed, pressure measurement procedure begins!"
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"The superconducting critical temperature has been reached, and the circuit is fully charged!"
"Magnetic field operation confirmed to be normal!"
"All processes have been completed, requesting ignition!"
After listening to the reports from each research group, Academician He immediately gave the order to start the experiment.
"Ready, fire!"
At the moment the magnet current reaches 15kA, the thyristor is quickly switched off, and the magnet current is transferred to the first-stage energy-dissipating resistor, generating a voltage of 2400V, which breaks down the gas in the vacuum chamber and generates plasma.
Through the monitoring equipment, they could see on the screen a pale red color spreading like a spiderweb, roughly confined to a circular area. Starting at a million degrees Celsius, it gradually rose towards 100 million degrees Celsius under Academician He's command. Currently, few, both domestically and internationally, could achieve reaction temperatures exceeding this level.
Although this temperature was maintained for only a few seconds, as if within a few breaths, the alarms sounded one after another, and the staff who had taken early warning measures then prepared for cooling and stopped operations.
"There is still a limit to what we can do. If our SST-1 can be replaced with the superconducting wire that you, Mr. Wu, have just developed, I am confident that we can double this time!" If even the inner wall material can be replaced, he will be even more confident!
Ever since joining the Jinwu Project and gaining a deeper understanding of Wu Tong's breakthroughs in materials, Academician He has been fascinated by groundbreaking material achievements. If their previous fusion efforts had been aided by such materials, they wouldn't have worried about making significant progress year after year. Materials are truly the primary issue hindering their progress.
Mr. Wu's talent for materials is truly a blessing for the fusion team. However, now that Mr. Wu has the Golden Crow Project, if it truly succeeds, their alternative projects will undoubtedly have to scale back their efforts! While they might become abandoned, they will undoubtedly feel a sense of pride at witnessing the remarkable progress of China's fusion project!
"It's already very good. You are all pioneers. At the very least, when facing the international community, your efforts are the foundation of our country, the confidence to not fall behind or be passive!" Wu Tong praised sincerely.
The international sharks are not kindhearted saints. They allowed China to join because they were forced to do so by China's rise and rapid economic growth. As one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, no one can ignore it.
Secondly, they want to deduct money from China, but they also want to use the money and don't want China to have too much say. In the beginning, China must have been very passive. But now, with the efforts of domestic scientific researchers, China's voice in the international arena is very strong!
Because they had strong backing, they no longer needed to be overly humble; they had a trump card to turn the tables. Scientific research progress will always be the primary productive force for domestic development. Wu Tong now deeply understood this guiding principle from the first lesson in the political textbook, which began the semester.
"Haha... Thank you Mr. Wu for your recognition. However, as for the future fusion projects, it will depend on Mr. Wu to create miracles!" Academician He smiled warmly, his eyes showing relaxation and relief.
Their abilities are limited and they can only do this much, but that doesn't mean the country will be restricted by them. They are grateful to God for blessing them with such an outstanding and talented scholar like Wu Tong. In just a short period of time, they have made breakthroughs in two or three difficult problems that have plagued the world, and have also developed a clear idea of fusion. They are now working on projects with Wu Tong, and their hopes are much greater than if they had developed them on their own back then!
He is real, and I hope I can see the miracle happen smoothly!
"It will take some time to cool down. Once the device has cooled down enough, we will immediately take out the material samples for testing. The monitoring instruments here are also complete, and the test results should not be much different from those in Mr. Wu's laboratory!" Academician He whispered to Wu Tong. Some of the instruments in Mr. Wu's research institute can almost be said to be top-notch in the country, and they certainly cannot be completely compared here.
If it were in the past, they would have been envious and wanted to be equipped with it. There is no good researcher who doesn't want to have better equipment!
However, now, after witnessing Wu Tong's true strength, Academician He deeply felt that the best was the best. He had an outstanding vision and invested money early on to keep Wu Tong in the country and provide him with sufficient basic configuration so that Wu Tong could give full play to his talents!
Only then did they have the possibility to follow Wu Tong and witness miracles!
"Okay, Academician Wu, I'll follow your instructions!" Wu Tong nodded. With such high temperatures, it would take some time to cool down. Otherwise, any person or material would have to be prepared to vaporize near the core temperature of nuclear fusion. Currently, no material or object can withstand the temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius at the core of a fusion reactor.
Protecting the safety of frontline researchers is imperative. Wu Tong, there is no demand for researchers to burn their own lives to contribute, and there won't be such unreasonable demands in the future.
After the device has finished cooling down, the staff wearing protective clothing will take out the samples that were previously placed in one by one, seal them, and send them to a special testing laboratory.
While awaiting the final test results, Academician He was concerned about the current status of the equipment in his institute. Now that the cooling process was complete, they could also perform flaw detection on the entire device.
"How's SST-1 doing now?" Their previous experiments hadn't often directly challenged the 100 million degree temperature limit. The obvious problem was that the current materials used in the first wall couldn't withstand such high temperatures and neutron radiation. It wasn't that they didn't want to experiment with higher temperatures, but reality showed they couldn't do it often.
This time, SST-1 challenged the extreme temperature right from the start. He estimated that the damage would be considerable.
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