Chapter 256 A Letter

"This is already very strong!"

Listening to the sigh of the old man in front of him, and looking at the admiring and approving eyes of others in the observation laboratory, Xu Chuan smiled and said nothing more.

Strong and weak are just definitions based on one's own cognition.

But people are different.

And for him, the definition of strong and weak from others' mouths actually doesn't have much meaning.

In his opinion, only by defining from oneself and breaking through oneself can one be considered strong.

Just like he has been learning mathematics after his rebirth, and constantly mastering new mathematical knowledge, and applying them to physics, astronomy, materials and other fields to do things that were originally impossible.

Based on one's own breakthrough, this is called strong.

But obviously, this kind of reproduction of the results that have already been made is not called strong in his own opinion.

If he can find a way to use the alpha rays and neutron streams that were previously unusable in this life, this is called strong.

As for now, this simple replication does not meet the standard of "strong" in his mind.

Of course, if you want to say that this technology is already very strong based on reality or something.

That's true, it is.

Compared with current real technology, the technology for reusing nuclear waste is not only very powerful, but also ridiculously powerful.

And some of the basic principles of this technology can be used for more than just nuclear waste.

Think about it, where else can the technology that can absorb radiation be used?

For some purposes, it is definitely the most powerful technology at present.

The first test in the laboratory lasted for fifteen minutes.

When the test time arrived, the staff in the laboratory quickly controlled the equipment to take out the nuclear waste in the radiation power converter and re-seal it in the lead protective box.

The equipment used to convert radiation power needs a comprehensive inspection.

From the inside to the outside, every part needs to be thoroughly inspected, and every data detected by every detector deployed on the equipment needs to be processed and analyzed.

This is very time-consuming, but fortunately, there is a small supercomputer in the center of the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Magic City Academy of Sciences that can help speed up this process.

It took a full day for the researchers of the Nuclear Energy Research Institute to complete the inspection of the radiation power conversion equipment and the collation of some experimental data.

Xu Chuan took the sorted data from Han Jin and flipped through it.

Judging from the test report, the results of the first round of tests were quite perfect.

Whether it was the damage state of the internal semiconductor materials, the degree of nuclear radiation leakage, or whether the neutron flux radiation penetrated the double protection, etc. All the values ​​were within the standard range.

It was time to start the second round of tests.

"Start the second round of tests!"

In the observation room, Xu Chuan held the black communicator in his right hand and watched the staff in the laboratory calmly give instructions.

"Received!"

After receiving this order, the staff in the laboratory immediately started the second round of tests through thick protective clothing.

Compared with the first round, the second round of tests was not much different.

The only difference was time.

The first round of tests lasted only fifteen minutes, while the second round of tests needed to be pushed to more than an hour, the third round for twenty-four hours, the fourth round for a week, and the fifth round for continuous.

However, before the New Year, there was only enough time to complete the first four rounds of tests, and someone had to stay in the institute to work overtime.

But this was enough.

The first four rounds of testing were enough for Xu Chuan to obtain a large amount of experimental data and write a report to announce the good news.

When the staff manipulated the radioactive nuclear waste to be loaded into the radiation power conversion equipment again, the instruments in the observation room flashed and jumped again.

If you simply look at it with your naked eyes, the equipment placed in the laboratory does not move except for the continuous output of electricity.

But if you have a pair of eyes that can see through the microscopic, you will definitely see from a long distance that in the box on the central platform of the laboratory, a piece of silver-gray material is continuously releasing various powerful particle beams.

That is extremely terrifying for human beings, creatures, and even all things in the world.

But for the special materials tightly wrapped around, these particle beams are nutrients.

After being magnified thousands of times, the interstitial lattice constructed by nanotechnology and vapor deposition means, like the chloroplasts in leaves, constantly devours particles one by one, and finally converts them into weak electrical energy, gathers together and releases them.

These are the easiest to handle beta rays and gamma rays.

Among these particle beams, some were directly intercepted in the outermost layer without any effect.

This is the alpha ray that is most easily blocked.

In addition, another part of them directly penetrated these interstitial lattices without paying attention to anyone, and was finally captured and stopped by the gadolinium oxide with high heat absorption and high neutron absorption cross section in the outermost protective material.

This is the most difficult neutron beam to intercept.

The wonders of the microscopic world are far better than the world that can be seen by the naked eye.

The intensive multiple rounds of testing continued until the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.

On the day of the Little New Year, Xu Chuan finally got the results of the third round of tests.

Under the 24-hour strong radiation, the semiconductor conversion material manufactured by special means maintained its nearly perfect structure.

Looking at the people in the conference room, he smiled and said: "Our experiment was quite successful. From the various tests of the material, it is almost the same as new. The grain boundary integrity sampling is maintained at 99.9985%, 99.9981%, and 99.9982%"

"What this means, I believe everyone here knows very well!"

In the conference room, everyone attending the meeting cheered after hearing Xu Chuan's words.

"Ura!"

"Hahahahaha, I knew there would be no problem!"

"Congratulations, professor!"

"Beautiful!"

In the conference room, all the researchers clenched their fists and cheered excitedly.

Although there are still the fourth and fifth rounds of tests to be done, the third round of tests is representative enough.

In one day, the grain boundary integrity only lost less than 0.002%. Theoretically, it can maintain a stable time of at least ten years before it needs to be replaced.

Of course, it may not be that long in reality, after all, the atomic grain boundary recycling technology is also limited.

What's more, the material used this time is not

Ten years, compared with the previously developed protective materials, whether it is 'crystalline erbium zirconate' or lead-free nanocomposite reconstructed nuclear protective materials, the short time is almost negligible.

After all, the former two can stably maintain their own protection and radiation for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

But ten years is enough for commercialization.

In ten years, a nuclear waste power plant can produce almost 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.

And the only cost is to replace special semiconductor materials.

Although these special semiconductors are a bit troublesome to manufacture, their raw materials are quite cheap, and they only use common materials such as silicon, germanium, selenium, and carbon.

Perhaps in the laboratory, another researcher mentioned before that using chromium semiconductor materials as conversion materials can last longer, perhaps fifty years, or even a hundred years.

But there is no doubt that in terms of cost performance, this cheap material is more suitable.

Xu Chuan smiled and knocked on the table, drawing everyone's attention back, and then said: "Today, our work this year has come to a successful conclusion."

"Starting tomorrow, the laboratory will arrange annual leave, and colleagues who want to take a vacation can leave tomorrow."

Hearing this, cheers broke out in the conference room again.

After a pause, Xu Chuan continued: "In addition, the test of the radiation power converter has not been completed. Two or three people are needed to stay during the New Year to complete the fourth round of testing."

"The staff who stay behind will be calculated according to five times the salary, and there will be subsidies."

"In addition, the staff who stay behind can bring their immediate family members to the institute for the New Year reunion. The institute can reimburse the relatives' visit expenses of the immediate family members of the staff who stay behind. There are corresponding standards for travel expenses, housing expenses and food expenses. You can consult Director Han Jin later."

"Is there anyone who voluntarily stays?"

For the benefits and subsidies during the New Year, Xu Chuan's side is considered to be the top, almost in accordance with the highest standards allowed by the country.

Five times the salary + subsidies, plus the detection expenses of immediate family members, I believe this condition should be able to attract some people to stay voluntarily.

Of course, for these postdoctoral fellows in the Institute of Nuclear Energy, who are senior researchers, they deserve this treatment.

However, he seemed to underestimate the conditions he put forward.

When he said this tempting condition, the people in the conference room looked at each other with wide eyes and saw each other's throat moving.

"Me! Professor, I choose to stay!"

"Me, I will stay too, professor!"

"I will stay, professor, I am alone, without a wife, the most suitable!"

"Wang Yuan, didn't you say you wanted to go back for a blind date two days ago? Why did you suddenly change your mind!"

"Five times the salary + subsidies, he can get 40,000 or 50,000 yuan for the New Year, blind dates are nothing! Don't fight for it, I will definitely stay!"

"Fuck, don't fight for it, isn't it good to go back for the New Year? Isn't it good to be with your family?"

In the conference room, the quiet atmosphere was instantly broken, and it was as noisy as a vegetable market, and almost everyone was scrambling for these two or three places.

Starting from the New Year's Eve, until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Nuclear Energy Research Institute will take a 15-day annual leave.

The current salary of these researchers is basically not very high, with an average monthly salary of about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

Five times the salary + subsidies, a 15-day annual leave can get at least 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, which is very tempting for most people.

Not to mention that the institute can also reimburse relatives' travel expenses, so you can bring your parents, wife and children here to celebrate the New Year.

In this way, it is no different from going back to celebrate the New Year.

Faced with such conditions, if you don't grab it, you will regret it for a few months.

Looking at the mixed meeting room, Xu Chuan coughed twice to draw everyone's attention back.

"It only takes two or three people to stay behind, among which Supervisor Han Jin occupies one place. For the remaining two people, you submit your application and Supervisor Han Jin will select them."

"Today's meeting ends here. A year is about to pass. I wish you all a happy New Year."

After saying that, he stood up and left the conference room, with other researchers wailing behind him.

"No, Professor, we can all work overtime!"

After leaving these daily trivial matters to Han Jin, Xu Chuan stopped caring about the Nuclear Energy Research Institute.

Today is the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, a small year, and tomorrow happens to be his birthday.

Now I rush back to write a phased results report, and the time is perfect to report it to the superiors tomorrow. Not only will I report the results, but I will also ask for a second scientific research grant.

After all, the radiation-to-electrical energy conversion equipment has been completed, and all it needs to do is wait for all five rounds of testing to be completed before the experimental nuclear waste power station can be started.

This is no small project. Putting aside the Nuclear Energy Research Institute currently under construction in Qidong, the construction of a nuclear power plant requires more than one billion in funds.

Not only that, but there is also the production of protective materials and special conversion semiconductor materials, etc., which require a huge amount of money, manpower and material resources.

After returning to Jinling from the magical capital, Xu Chuan took a shower in the newly bought villa, and then sat at his desk.

After pondering for a while, the ballpoint pen in his hand sketched out characters one by one on the white letter paper:

"Dear"

"Hello, in the past few months, the "Nuclear Energy Beta Radiation Energy Concentration and Conversion Electric Energy Mechanism Project" has completed the development of 'crystalline erbium zirconate', 'lead-free nanocomposite reconstructed nuclear protection materials' and other materials. R&D.”

"Of course, I believe you already know these things."

"Today, I will report to you another good news. With the efforts of all the staff of the institute day and night, we have successfully found materials that can convert the radiation energy of nuclear waste into electrical energy. And a few days ago, we Successfully developed it and conducted radiation-electric energy conversion experiments."

"The experimental results are quite good. According to the current test results, this new material can maintain stable power generation for about ten years. I believe this time is enough for commercial use."

"According to my calculations, a nuclear waste power station covering an area of ​​​​2,000 acres requires 500 tons of high-level radioactive nuclear waste as energy to provide radiation. Theoretically, it can provide us with 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year , and can last for at least fifty years.”

"This research result allows us to see that next year, nuclear waste will become a new and important energy source for us to utilize. At the same time, when nuclear waste can be processed, nuclear energy resources all over the world will also be We provide endless power.”

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