Chapter 381 US Investigation

After chatting with Peng Hongxi about issues related to controlled nuclear fusion, Xu Chuan did not stay in Qixia Mountain for long.

The subsequent transformation of the Dawn Fusion Device and related experiments will take some time.

Including the optimization of the water-cooled divertor hardware and the numerical control model software of plasma turbulence, these can be handed over to others to handle.

With part of the experimental data, Xu Chuan returned to the villa.

After taking a hot bath in the bathroom to wash off the cold, he made a cup of tea and brought it to the study.

In front of the computer, Xu Chuan sorted out the data and information first, and then began to write a paper.

The Dawn Fusion Device achieved 45 minutes of high-density plasma magnetic confinement operation, breaking history in one fell swoop and creating a new world record. This is naturally worthy of publication.

As a phased achievement, its achievements are fully enough to be published in top journals such as "Science" and "Nature".

This is not only his own credit, but also the credit of all the people in the entire Qixia controlled nuclear fusion project.

For those who have made significant contributions to the Dawn Fusion Operation Project, a paper signed in a top journal such as Science or Nature is also a reward they should reap.

With complete data and information, it is not difficult for Xu Chuan to write a paper.

The only thing to note is that some things that need to be kept confidential should not be written, such as key methods, transformation technologies and the like.

As for the data, there is nothing wrong with publishing the experimental data of controlled nuclear fusion.

This thing is not like materials or other things. It is published, and you can only watch it helplessly, not knowing how the other party made it.

After checking the paper and confirming that there is no problem and that the names of researchers and engineers who can be signed after consultation are not missed, Xu Chuan thought about it, clicked on the mailbox, submitted it to Science, and uploaded it to the Arxiv preprint website.

For other scholars, especially for Chinese scholars, submitting to the world's top journals such as Science is not an easy thing, but for Xu Chuan, it couldn't be simpler.

Apart from other things, his name is a guarantee. The honor brought by the Nobel Prize + Fields Medal winner makes him submit to any journal, which is enough for the review editor to take it seriously.

As for posting to Arxiv, it is a personal habit.

Compared with professional journals, preprint websites such as Arxiv do not have a long review time and threshold, and can let others see their papers and ideas at the first time to avoid problems such as plagiarism.

After processing the paper, Xu Chuan clicked on the webpage.

During this period, because of the busy work of Dawn Fusion, he did not go online much, nor did he accept interviews from news media reporters. Even when the Dawn Fusion Reactor achieved a 45-minute operating time, it was not him who accepted the interview from the outside world, but Peng Hongxi.

However, his absence does not mean that the media reporters are not interested in him.

Since he won the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize in 2018, both domestic and foreign media have been very interested in him and have been following his footsteps.

And he did not disappoint everyone. In recent years, he has done something almost every year.

From the reuse of nuclear waste, to the lithium dendrite problem and high-temperature superconducting materials, to the NS equation, for more than three years, his achievements every year have attracted the attention of many media reporters.

Especially this time, the Dawn Fusion Device broke through the high-density plasma magnetic confinement operation for 45 minutes, which caused heated discussions in the field of nuclear fusion and on the Internet.

[45 minutes! Hiss~ Chuan Shen is awesome! ]

[Suddenly I remembered the 450 seconds reported a few days ago! Converted to seven and a half minutes, a full six times difference! Laughing to death, the old man said that Chuan Shen's fusion reactor would be considered successful if it ran for more than 20 seconds. Isn't that a slap in the face? ]

[Awesome! 45 minutes! How far are we from controlled nuclear fusion? ]

[What's important is not how far it is. It must be ignited first. Hydrogen fusion, helium fusion, and even the final silicon fusion, all need to be ignited here! The first degree of fusion power generation must be emitted on this red land! ! 】

【Throw cold water, the 45 minutes is the high-density plasma magnetic confinement operation simulated by helium-3 and hydrogen, not the real deuterium-tritium fusion ignition operation, and there are still many problems to be solved later. 】

【The Tokamak device is a dead end! The problem of magnetic surface tearing during deuterium-tritium fusion cannot be solved at all! If it can be solved, the United States will not give up magnetic confinement to study inertial confinement, and Europe will not give up tokamaks to study stellarators. 】

【May I ask what your education level is? You know more than Chuan Shen, right? Why don’t you make it yourself? 】

【Le, when I saw the first sentence about magnetic surface tearing, I thought you were knowledgeable, after all, tokamaks do have this problem, but after reading the second sentence, I know what kind of person you are. 】

After simply reading a few domestic news reports, Xu Chuan turned his attention to the international media.

There is actually nothing good about domestic reports. Most media, as usual, only report good news and not bad news.

Of course, this time it is indeed good news.

As for foreign news, it may be different.

The 45-minute operation of the Dawn Fusion Device is a blockbuster for the field of controlled nuclear fusion. It will comprehensively enhance the world's confidence and expectations for controlled nuclear fusion technology.

Especially at this point in time, it should be the darkest moment for controlled nuclear fusion technology.

Both magnetic confinement and inertial confinement are currently in a dilemma.

Even the international thermonuclear fusion ITER, which is an international cooperation, has been continuously postponing its construction and ignition time due to funding issues.

Not only that, some time ago, there was news that the United States would withdraw from ITER.

The person who made this decision was naturally the president with cool hair.

For him, withdrawing from ITER is not a big deal, because he has been withdrawing from various group chats since he took office.

In 2017, the first year he took office, he withdrew from the four major group chats of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the Paris Climate Change Agreement, UNESCO, and the Global Migration Agreement.

Up to now, he has withdrawn from more than a dozen different international group chats one after another, and it is not a big deal to withdraw from ITER again now.

However, this is not a good thing for the field of controlled nuclear fusion and the international cooperation ITER.

After all, the United States is still one of the countries that has gone the furthest in the field of controlled nuclear fusion. If even it withdraws, ITER may soon fall apart.

However, just when the future of the entire controlled fusion industry is bleak, the 45-minute operation results of the Dawn Fusion Device have brought new hope to the industry.

Of course, this will definitely stimulate the sensitive nerves of some countries.

Especially when this result first appeared on the land under our feet, rather than in those Western countries that consider themselves more advanced, the attitude of the entire Western countries is worth watching.

It is not impossible to take some targeted actions.

So compared with these discussions on the Internet, Xu Chuan wants to know more about the practices and views of those Western countries after the announcement of this incident.

Here, while Xu Chuan was browsing the news reports

On the other side of the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

A targeted investigation is also underway.

Dan Brouillette, the new US Energy Secretary, was flipping through a paper he had just printed from the arxiv preprint site in his office.

That was the manuscript that Xu Chuan had uploaded less than half an hour ago.

In addition, there was a thick stack of letters and various investigation reports on his desk.

Compared to the paper in his hand, these letters and investigation reports had been piled on his desk for several days.

It must be said that the 45-minute operation time of the Dawn Fusion Device did touch the nerves of some people.

In the field of controlled nuclear fusion, although the United States is not the founder, they have always been the country at the forefront after the fall of Red Su.

However, in this field, their path forward is not as smooth as in other fields.

Whether it is inertial confinement or magnetic confinement, there is no major breakthrough.

Especially in 2012, after the laser ignition of the US National Ignition Facility NIF failed, the budget that could be applied for the controlled nuclear fusion project fell all the way to the bottom.

If NIF had not played a role in the development of nuclear weapons, the relevant scientific research funds would have been stopped long ago.

After flipping through the paper in his hand, the new Minister of Energy, who had been in office for less than a year, threw the paper on the table, pinched his nose with a headache, and muttered a curse.

"What a bunch of trash!"

Bruyette knew the importance of the technology of controlled nuclear fusion.

Of course, he also knew how bad this technology was.

Whether it was the United States, the former Red Soviet Union, or their superficial ally the European Union, they had all fallen into the abyss on this road, stumbling all the way forward and still trying to maintain a dozen or twenty seconds of operation.

However, at this moment, the country opposite to his feet suddenly broke out a 45-minute operation time, which was a headache.

This was a full 45 minutes, not 45 seconds!

And more importantly, these 45 minutes were achieved on the Tokamak line.

Does this mean that the red Eastern country is not far from this technology now?

If so, how can they counterattack?

Didn't they say that the so-called dawn was difficult to achieve even 20 seconds?

How did it suddenly become 45 minutes?

Thinking of this, Bruyette couldn't help but curse again.

"A bunch of liars!"

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