Chapter 395: Race Against Time

With the announcement by the Sichuan Institute of Materials that it would no longer provide high-temperature superconducting materials to ITER and related member countries, the field of controlled nuclear fusion has once again sparked a heated discussion.

Many scholars and researchers said that Professor Xu is really tough.

CERN canceled the order for high-temperature superconducting materials because of the ITER incident, and then Professor Xu directly canceled the supply of materials to ITER and ITER member countries.

It seems like "If you don't want it, then I won't provide it."

He is probably the first person to ban sales to several major countries on his own.

The United States may not care much about this news, but for Europe, which wants to achieve energy independence, this news is like a fire in the city gate that affects the fish in the pond.

After all, the importance of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials in controlled nuclear fusion technology has been verified by Helicon 7X.

Even if there is no perfect plasma turbulence control solution, the excellent superconducting properties of this superconducting material alone can provide a strong confining magnetic field to suppress the violent plasma in the reactor chamber.

At present, this is the most suitable superconducting material for controlled nuclear fusion.

Without it, even if other high-temperature superconducting materials can be used instead, it is probably difficult to catch up with China.

On the other side, Jinling.

At the Qixia Controlled Nuclear Fusion Engineering Base, Xu Chuan came to the institute with his research results on magnetic surface tearing, twisted touch, plasma magnetic islands and other problems that appeared in the deuterium-tritium fusion ignition operation experiment.

It has been nearly a month since the second experimental operation of the Dawn Fusion Device.

20 years, it is the end of the year again.

However, the good news is that with the overtime efforts of engineers and researchers, the Dawn Fusion Device, which suffered a small range of damage during the second deuterium-tritium fusion ignition operation, has been repaired.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, Xu Chuan plans to do several more high-density plasma operation experiments and a deuterium-tritium fusion ignition operation experiment, and take a New Year holiday after collecting more data.

As for himself, he probably won't go back for the Chinese New Year this year.

It is most important to take advantage of this period to improve the work related to magnetic surface tearing.

After all, there are still problems such as neutron irradiation waiting for him.

After they withdrew from ITER, a targeted competition in the field of controlled nuclear fusion began.

This time, they are competing independently with the entire Western countries to see who can develop controlled nuclear fusion first.

This is an important competition related to the country's destiny and the new world pattern.

All he can do is to seize the time and move forward.

At the same time, Luyang, Science Island.

The EAST controlled nuclear fusion engineering base, which was relatively cold and quiet at ordinary times, is now a lot more lively.

In the pavilion on the central island of Science Lake, two researchers who returned from ITER were chatting boredly.

"Lao Zhou, do you have any new work arrangements in your institute?"

In the pavilion, a researcher wearing black-framed glasses and a black down jacket looked at his colleague sitting next to him and asked.

Across from him, the researcher named Lao Zhou, who looked a little dull, shook his head and said, "I haven't received the notice yet. What about you?"

Hearing this, Wu Pingle sighed and shook his head.

Last month, China took the initiative to withdraw from ITER, which meant not only withdrawing its investment in ITER, but also withdrawing the researchers who originally worked there.

EAST project, HL-2A project, HT-7 project In short, the researchers and engineers who were originally arranged by major domestic research institutes to study and work in ITER have returned to their original units.

But the problem lies here.

In China, a country with a large population and many talents, once a person is transferred out, new people will inevitably be transferred in to fill the vacancy.

And if the personnel who were originally transferred out return to the old unit, a rather embarrassing situation will arise.

That is, there is only one position, but there are two people.

When China withdrew from ITER, many researchers and engineers from major domestic research institutes were sent back at once, and many people needed to be re-arranged.

As a result, this group of people are currently idle in the institute or at home, and have been idle for more than a month.

Although the institute is still paying salaries, this is not a good thing for a researcher.

On the one hand, the brain will be wasted if it is idle for a long time; on the other hand, if the institute does not need so many people, these researchers may be fired.

If they are researchers or engineers in other fields, it may be easier to find a job.

But for these scholars who are engaged in controlled nuclear fusion, it is really too difficult to find a suitable job in China.

After all, there are only a few companies doing this.

With so many people withdrawn from ITER at once, these well-known institutes should be thankful that they are not fired, let alone recruiting people.

As for private research institutes, there are still several privately invested controlled nuclear fusion laboratories in the United States, but in China, there is no private research institute in the field of controlled nuclear fusion.

These domestic capitalists are too lazy to invest money in this bottomless black hole.

If you have the time and energy, wouldn't it be more profitable to do some group buying of groceries and plunder the people's wealth?

Just as Wu Pingle was staring at the lake in silence, thinking about what to do next, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

He took out his cell phone and took a look. The caller was an unfamiliar number starting with 010. After hesitating for a moment, he answered the call.

Before he could speak, a steady voice came over the phone.

"Are you Researcher Wu Pingle from the EAST Research Institute?"

Wu Pingle nodded and asked doubtfully: "I am, who are you?"

"It's like this. Through the recommendation and investigation by your mentor, Professor Weng Yongchang, we have a job here that is suitable for you. Are you willing to leave the EAST Institute and join a new job?"

Hearing this, Wu Pingle looked confused: "New job position? What position?"

"Sorry, position-related information cannot be disclosed before you accept this invitation."

Hearing this, Wu Pingle couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Will my mentor come over too?"

"This question is beyond the scope of the answer."

Wu Pingle twitched the corner of his mouth, took a deep breath and said, "Even if it is recommended by my mentor, I should be able to know some information related to the position, right?"

"For example, where to work, which company, what kind of research, what is the salary and so on. It's hard for me to make a choice for a position like yours where I don't know anything."

On the other side, the man on the other end of the phone replied: "The only thing I can disclose here is the work address in Sujiang Province. The other information is currently confidential. The job salary and other information will be interviewed after you accept the invitation. Are you willing to leave? EAST Institute, new job?”

After a pause, the other person added: "You have one hour to think about it, and I will call again in one hour."

After saying that, the call was hung up, leaving a confused Wu Pingle looking at the phone blankly.

What the hell is going on?

"What's wrong?" In the pavilion, colleague Zhou Xu turned around and asked.

Wu Pingle came back to his senses, shook his head and said: "It's nothing, it has something to do with my mentor."

He didn't talk about work. Although the phone call just now was short, he was vaguely aware of something in his heart.

Is it a job in Jiangsu Province?

Could it be related to that person?

After all, his and his mentor's careers are related to controllable nuclear fusion, and it seems that the only project that is engaged in controlled nuclear fusion in Su Province is that one, right?

Just as he was thinking about it, the phone of his colleague Zhou Xu also vibrated.

After waiting for a few minutes, the two looked at each other after ending the call. After a few seconds of silence, the two said in unison:

"go?"

After a pause, the two said in unison:

"go!"

Although they did not hear the content of the other party's phone call, both of them understood something at this moment.

This kind of opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. If you miss it, you will never have it again.

Instead of dawdling in the declining EAST, it is better to give it a try again!

After all, they who are engaged in scientific research still have dreams in their hearts.

If they didn't have dreams, they wouldn't have entered this almost endless field.

An hour was not a long time. When the other party called again, the two of them quickly gave accurate replies.

At the same time, after receiving the answer, the other end of the phone said: "Okay, acceptance of the invitation has been confirmed. I will arrange high-speed rail tickets for your trip tomorrow, please be prepared. Relevant text messages will be sent to your Please pay attention to your itinerary on your mobile phone and don’t miss the ride.”

After saying that, the phone was hung up.

Looking at the phone with a black screen, Wu Pingle glanced at his colleagues across the pavilion.

Sure enough, after a while, colleague Zhou Xu also received a call.

After hanging up, the two looked at each other again, with a strange expression on their faces.

I called them today, and it seems that the background may not be simple.

Fortunately, they passed the review and got this opportunity.

PS: In the past two days, I have been accompanying my father for examination at Xiangya Hospital. I am really sorry about the update. There should be double updates tomorrow and weekend, but I still need to accompany him to the hospital for follow-up examinations on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week (I am a rural person, and my father is not very good at it) (Speaking Mandarin, I can only accompany you to deal with it)), I will definitely update everyone after this matter is dealt with. I'm sorry, dear readers.

After I finish it, I will create a group and everyone is welcome to come to the group to urge for updates (I can then send Xiangya’s checklist to the group to certify it to all the bosses. It is true that there is something wrong that cannot be updated. It is not the eight-tailed delay or anything like that. .)