Chapter 520 Science
With Lin Wen's good news, Qin Luoshuang worked all night. Although she was the director of security and intelligence, Changshan County had too many affairs, so she also participated in many decision-making tasks.
After the fall of the Council of Advocates, Changshan County's defense pressure was greatly reduced, many previous obstacles disappeared, all business operations returned to normal, and the people of Changshan County as a whole were getting better.
Qin Luoshuang also had more time to assist the county government office, which was short of staff and had a heavy workload.
After receiving the artillery shell order for the next two months from the Imperial Logistics Headquarters, Changshan County had a transition period of two to three months.
But it is not an easy task to build 500 large enterprises and factories with more than 10,000 employees within this period of time.
Just what these 500 companies do is enough to make people rack their brains.
Lin Wen offered a suggestion that the artillery factory could retain the most essential parts and leave 700,000 workers in the main factory area.
They used part of the production to produce artillery shells, and part of it to use the original smelting equipment to re-smelt scrap steel. Overall, if the output of artillery shells was reduced to one twentieth, the new plant would be able to operate normally.
Needless to say, steel is the foundation of modern industry.
The Changshan County Army can purchase part of the produced artillery shells, and the rest can be sold retail inside and outside the empire.
And the 4.3 million workers who assemble artillery shells in the open air can get better and more regular jobs.
This is equivalent to the optimization and upgrading of the industry, turning a bad thing into a good thing.
The number of enterprises was reduced from 500 to 430, and the pressure was greatly reduced.
But it still cannot be accomplished by one person.
Tomorrow, Qin Luoshuang will take the draft to discuss with everyone in the county government office.
Lin Wen went to deal with other issues.
The next morning, Lin Wen, accompanied by Yang Shaohu, went to solve the "simplest" problem.
Construction of the Changshan Nuclear Power Plant.
The nuclear power plant was located in the most uninhabited valley in the southwest, and the foundation had been laid when Lin Wen hammered the earth.
Therefore, the nuclear power plant's related supporting facilities were built extremely quickly. The engineering team carried forward Changshan County's light speed spirit and completed most of the plant construction in less than three months.
Of course, the main reason is that Changshan County always pays the full amount and never defaults on payment.
Anyone who has worked on a project knows that the speed of Party B's construction depends on the speed at which Party A makes payments. Changshan County is so generous, why can't they work hard?
The key issue now is the nuclear reactor.
The person in charge of the nuclear power plant project is Mr. Fei, who was originally the chief nuclear weapons expert of the Qin Group, but was strongly excluded by Mr. Li and was replaced as the chief expert.
When the third nuclear test explosion led by Mr. Li still failed to produce satisfactory results, he put all the blame on Mr. Fei.
In his report to the Southwest Region Supreme Command, he exaggerated the situation, believing that the nuclear test project had been maliciously sabotaged by spies or disgruntled individuals, who had replaced the nuclear materials with unqualified or substandard ones in order to interfere with the Qin Group's nuclear weapons research and development.
Fermi, who was assigned to manage the centrifuge, became the main suspect.
Although no evidence was found, Fermi was stripped of all his positions and placed under house arrest at his residence.
Wang Ya saw an opportunity and took the opportunity to infiltrate the Qin Group and contact Fermi himself.
Fermi, who had completely failed in the scientific research struggle, was almost desperate. He really couldn't understand how a scientist who talked about politics all the time could hold a high position.
Is this also science?
In desperation, Wang Ya found him and told him that Changshan County wanted to invite him to build a nuclear power plant.
This invitation shocked Fermi, but also eventually moved him, causing Fermi, who would never have rebelled, to betray the Qin Group.
Due to the great victory of the imperial faction, Changshan County became more powerful, and the eldest lady's faction became much more influential, which gave Wang Ya the capital to rescue him.
In the end, Wang Ya went through a lot of trouble and successfully brought Fermi back to Changshan County.
This is a famous scientist who is well-known far and wide. Although he has repeatedly claimed that he would never develop nuclear weapons for Changshan County, Wang Ya does not care. As long as he is on the territory of Changshan County, isn't it County Chief Lin who has the final say?
When Fermi arrived, the basic construction of the nuclear power plant had been completed. Lin Wen left only a blueprint and went to the front line to participate in the battle.
After seeing the blueprint, Fermi was immediately shocked. He then believed that Changshan County had not deceived him. They were really a peace-loving group, and County Chief Lin was a modest gentleman who never hurt anyone.
Changshan County is the only region that truly respects science.
However, this step is still too big.
Lin Wen gave the drawings of a fourth-generation nuclear power plant. To him, the principle and design of this thing were no secret; the difficulty lay in the craftsmanship.
But it doesn’t matter. For the part he couldn’t remember, Lin Wen used [Asking the Heaven] and quickly got the answer.
For this world, this is a true science fiction creation. There is no Einstein in this world, and the development of the branch of nuclear reaction is extremely low. Even a simple atomic bomb has not been developed.
Even with a blueprint and a super scientist like Fermi, building a nuclear reactor is fraught with difficulties.
Until today when Lin Wen arrived.
The Changshan County Nuclear Power Plant looks unremarkable from the outside, just a big cement coffin. The plant area has basically been completed, and the construction team is installing the steel components inside.
A steam turbine as big as a house is being transported to the factory area on a long flatbed truck under the direction of construction workers.
There is no essential difference between nuclear power plants and thermal power plants. Both boil water, use steam to drive turbines, and generate electricity by cutting magnetic fields.
The difference is that one heat source is a coal-fired boiler, and the other heat source is a nuclear reactor core.
The efficiency of nuclear power plants far exceeds that of thermal power plants. The energy density of nuclear fuel is a million times higher than that of chemical fuel. A 10 million kilowatt nuclear power plant only needs dozens of tons of nuclear fuel to be used for a whole year.
The disadvantage is that it will produce nuclear waste, which must be properly disposed of, and may cause nuclear accidents, posing a huge safety hazard.
But for Lin Wen, these are not problems. The probability of accidents in mature nuclear power plants is extremely small.
Nuclear waste occupies very little space. As long as we don't use cement coffins to seal the nuclear waste like we do in Japan, there will be no problem.
The most important thing is that in addition to generating electricity, the nuclear power plant can greatly improve the level of civilization in Changshan County and provide at least several thousand points of good karma.
This is the fundamental purpose of Lin Wen’s construction.
Yang Shaohu had been working very hard recently, and some white hair had grown on his temples. He told Lin Wen:
"County Governor Lin, our nuclear power plant has an installed capacity of 20 million kilowatts. Once completed, it will significantly reduce our electricity consumption. Sixteen engineering teams are responsible for its construction. We have already invested over 8 billion yuan, which has caused some difficulties in our capital operations. I hope it can be connected to the grid and generate electricity as soon as possible to reduce the burden on Changshan County."
Lin Wen nodded: "Don't worry, it will be able to generate electricity soon."
As we were talking, Mr. Fei, the project manager, arrived. He was tall and thin, and looked exhausted. He looked more like a technician on the construction site than a top scientist.
Mr. Fei extended his hand: "Hello, County Chief Lin, it's our second meeting."
Lin Wen shook his hand warmly. He always had great goodwill towards such kind workers. He smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Fei."
Mr. Fei's eyes were fixed on Lin Wen.
"Headmaster Lin, you should have heard from Wang Ya that I will not manufacture nuclear weapons for you. No matter how you force me, it will be useless. I have now figured out that it is better not to produce such weapons."
Lin Wen said casually, "No, no, your nuclear weapons are as bad as shit. You'll never be able to make a bomb. If I wanted to produce nuclear weapons, I would have done it long ago."
Mr. Fei said calmly, "Chief Lin, don't bother trying to get anything out of me. I won't reveal a single word."
Lin Wen smiled and said, "Mr. Fei, let's focus on building the nuclear power plant. I have no interest in your rubbish theories... Uranium can be wrapped in three layers, like strawberry ice cream. If the abundance is not high enough, the critical point cannot be exceeded."
Upon hearing Lin Wen's words, Mr. Fei's face flushed red, and intense emotions rose from the bottom of his heart, making him unable to help but blurt out a rebuttal:
"That's Li Sen's theory! I've always insisted that we need enough weapons-grade enriched uranium to make nuclear materials! I've figured it out now. As long as we use a powerful explosion to aggregate the split uranium, ignite it with a strong neutron source, and add a neutron reflector, we can create a super weapon with a bomb power exceeding tens of thousands of tons..."
Mr. Fei's assistant was stabbing his teacher wildly. Mr. Fei suddenly woke up and his face turned pale.
But Lin Wen only responded calmly: "Oh, how is the reactor now?"
Mr. Fei took a deep breath and said, "Okay, County Chief Lin, you succeeded and tricked me into telling the truth. But don't be too happy too soon. You don't know the key technology of uranium separation."
Lin Wen said impatiently, "Isn't it just gas centrifugation? They compress uranium hexafluoride gas, then use a centrifuge to separate it, taking advantage of the fact that uranium-238 is heavier than uranium-235. Do you want me to explain it in more detail, Mr. Fei?"
Mr. Fei's face was pale and his lips were trembling.
His assistant's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost - this was the Qin Group's unique separation method, the most advanced weapons-grade uranium enrichment separation method in the world, and even the Empire didn't know about it.
"No, that's not right." Mr. Fei suddenly shouted, "You definitely don't know what a neutron source is used for? Haha, without a neutron source, it's like a cigarette without a lighter. You..."
Lin Wen sighed, knowing that if he didn't explain clearly, this guy would always live in paranoia.
"Using beryllium as the target nucleus, radioactive isotopes such as radium, polonium, or plutonium are used to emit alpha particles that interact with the beryllium target nucleus to produce neutrons. This neutron source is small in size and long in life, but it's too expensive. A more advanced spontaneous fission neutron source could be used..."
As he was speaking, there was suddenly no sound around him. Lin Wen turned around and saw Mr. Fei and his assistant standing there. Judging from their expressions, it seemed as if the hydrocephalus had relapsed.
"You, you, you...how, how did you know?" Mr. Fei took great pains to get the words out.
Lin Wen curled his lips and said, "It's something that's everywhere, even elementary school students know it."
Everywhere?
Mr. Fei strongly suspected that he and County Governor Lin were not in the same world. He was confident that this knowledge was only in his head and no one else in the world knew it.
But the young man in front of him said it all without any care.
It's said that Changshan County is very technologically advanced, and County Governor Lin himself is very skilled in using science to create miracles. Could it be that they have already developed it? That's why they dared to build such an advanced nuclear power plant?
Mr. Fei was really unbelievable.
"Headmaster Lin, who are you?"
Lin Wen smiled and said, "I am the representative of science."
Mr. Fei's assistant yelled, "I don't believe it! You're not scientific at all!"
Lin Wen's face darkened in an instant. "How am I unscientific?"
The assistant yelled, "You're telling us something we know! Tell us something we don't know!"
"Oh?" Lin Wen thought for a moment and said, "Then let's talk about hydrogen bombs. They use the high temperature of an atomic bomb to ignite fuel made of light atomic nuclei such as deuterium or supertritium, triggering a fusion reaction to unleash a powerful superbomb. The equivalent is generally more than several hundred atomic bombs..."
Lin Wen only briefly explained the principle and used Big Ivan to briefly introduce its power, such as the mushroom cloud of dozens of kilometers, the shock wave of hundreds of kilometers, the displacement of continental plates, etc.
Mr. Fei and his assistant were petrified.
Yang Shaohu said admiringly, "Chief Lin knows so much. Is this the power of science?"
Lin Wen smiled and said, "That's right. This is the ultimate weapon created by human science. If we go further, it will become an antimatter bomb..."
Mr. Fei seemed to think he was about to explain the principle of the antimatter bomb. He jumped up and shouted, "Stop it!"
Lin Wen smiled and said, "Okay, enough talking, let's go build the nuclear reactor. I can't wait to rub the nuclear fuel rods with my hands."
Mr. Fei automatically ignored this and asked anxiously, "Chief Lin, is this the result of the Empire's research?"
Lin Wen shook his head: "Of course not."
"Imperial faction?"
"no."
"Does anyone else know?"
“The people who were there knew.”
“It’s okay…it’s okay…”
Mr. Fei breathed a sigh of relief. "Headmaster Lin, are you planning to use this to conquer the world? Was the bomb that exploded on the battlefield of the Papal States some time ago yours?"
Lin Wen smiled and said, "I don't plan to. This thing was created with bad karma. The explosion in the Papal States was obviously not a nuclear explosion. You should know that."
Mr. Fei sighed, "I knew it wasn't that. Its thermal radiation is too high, while its shockwaves are surprisingly low, and its magnetic field is terrifyingly strong. The Empire's technology is truly unfathomable. I thought I represented the Empire's highest weapons technology, but it seems I was too arrogant."
Lin Wen smiled and said, "You're almost there."
"No, no," Mr. Fei said fiercely. "I'm far behind. Scientists must seek truth from facts. You're much better than me!"
"You are indeed different from what the outside world has said. Wang Ya is right. You are a peace-loving person. Although you have developed the principle of this weapon, you have not put it into practice. I suggest that you keep it strictly confidential and do not let anyone know. Otherwise, countless people will die in this world."
Lin Wen nodded: "Yes, I will."
Mr. Fei's expression showed gratitude and admiration.
"Head of County Lin, I truly regret not meeting you sooner. It would be wonderful if we could explore science together and use this destructive power to benefit humanity."
Lin Wen smiled and said, "Aren't we going again?"
“That’s right!”
Mr. Fei said excitedly: "Let's build nuclear reactors quickly."
Along the way, Mr. Fei, who became enthusiastic, introduced in detail the difficulties encountered in building a nuclear reactor.
The drawing Lin Wen gave was of a light water nuclear reactor, which is to put low-concentration nuclear fuel in pure water, and use control rods to control the number of neutrons so that the nuclear reactor only releases heat slowly instead of exploding.
The problem now is that the sealing ring of the light water nuclear reactor is completely unqualified, the core is difficult to place, and the control rods cannot be inserted.
"Look, that's our reactor. Now the grid of the core frame has collapsed for some reason, and the nuclear fuel is scattered on the bottom of the water. We have no way to repair it..."
Lin Wen crossed the protective line and looked down. The light water nuclear reactor was like a large swimming pool, surrounded by cement, steel bars and borax walls, with light water in the middle acting as a coolant and moderator for the nuclear reaction.
It’s very deep and you can’t see the bottom at a glance.
The nuclear fuel is soaked at the bottom of the water.
"Headmaster Lin, don't stand here. It's very dangerous... Let's quickly discuss a scientific way to deal with this matter..."
Lin Wen smiled slightly.
"I've already thought of a scientific solution."
Mr. Fei asked happily, "What is it?"
Lin Wen jumped into the light water nuclear reactor.
(End of this chapter)
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