Chapter 467: 3-word answer

Lu Zhou's speech was unexpected by Academician Wu.
During a previous meeting with Ambassador Zhang, Lu Zhou once revealed that he intends to talk about new energy issues in this meeting.
But everyone didn't think much about it, only when he was going to talk about the future development direction of lithium-sulfur battery-related technology, and what kind of national support his own research needs.
It is for this reason that Wu Shigang was invited as the consultant for this meeting, the so-called "academic translation".
However, nuclear fusion is a systematic research project ...
There is no doubt that this is beyond his area of ​​expertise.
Noting that the old man looked at his gaze, Academician Wu hesitated and looked at Lu Zhou seriously and asked.
"Can you elaborate?"
Lu Zhou nodded: "The source of all energy on the planet, whether it is fossil fuel, wind energy, geothermal energy, water potential energy ... ultimately comes from the sun, and the energy of the sun comes from fusion.
"As I said before, from the technical perspective, summing up the experience of several industrial revolutions, the key to liberating all productive forces and factors of production is ultimately energy."
"If we can master the energy of fusion, it means that we master the sun, as well as the future!"
The room was quiet for a minute or so.
Lu Zhou also quietly waited for a minute.
He believes that the people sitting here have heard hundreds of exciting speeches and learned enough lessons from them.
But he also believes in the weight of the Nobel Prize itself and the energy of the word controlled fusion.
It is cleaner than fission power generation and consumes a wider range of raw materials.
The mass of plutonium in one liter of seawater has reached 0.03g, and nuclear fusion can provide the equivalent of the energy released after 300 liters of gasoline is completely burned.
There is an abundance of deuterium resources on the earth, with more than 45 trillion tons of deuterium in seawater alone, which can be said to be inexhaustible. As for the expensive plutonium, it can also be solved by the method of "plutonium retention".
If controllable fusion technology is mastered, all energy-related issues facing modern industry will no longer be a problem.
And what does it mean once the energy problem is resolved?
This means that if you want to, you can build high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete, even in the barren desert. Even on the bottom of the sun, you can spread a vast field of farmland ... at least in theory.
Because then.
Electricity is no longer valuable ...
Of course, only Lu Zhou can see these things, or he believes he can see them.
Compared with these unrealized fantasies, what leaders need to consider is more realistic.
After thinking for a long time, Academician Wu exchanged sight with the old man, then looked at Lu Zhou, and slowly spoke.
"Controllable fusion engineering has a long history, but so far there has been no significant progress. In fact, our country has played a very important role in the ITER project. We know the value of this technology and are willing to invest more in it. More. But the key question is, how much do you have confidence in it? And is it worth it? "
Lu Zhou shook his head: "Unless it is an already implemented technology, no technology can know that it can be done before starting experiments. Science itself is trial and error, and science in any field is the same. You are an academician and you should understand Right. "
"But the cost of trial and error in controllable fusion technology is probably a bit large."
When saying this, Wu Shigang felt that his palms were sweating.
Whether it's because of this amazing topic itself, or because of the appetite of the young man right now.
To say the least, that is also a project worth hundreds of millions.
More often than not, that is not capped.
Before it is actually made, no one knows how much money it will burn apart from the visible funding black hole ...
Regarding the question raised by Academician Wu, Lu Zhou nodded and nodded.
"Yes, it's expensive, but for the moment, it's good."
Maybe it's thoughtful, or it's moved by the last word.
The old man thought for about half a minute, and slowly said, "What support do you need?"
Lu Zhou said affirmatively: "Funds, people, and the cooperation of relevant departments."
The old man nodded, and didn't even ask for specific numbers, and answered only three words.
"no problem."
...
While the conversation inside the compound was ongoing, Academician Pan Changhong, who was far away from the Southwest Institute of Physics of the Nuclear Industry, was chairing an important working conference.
The core issue discussed at the meeting was the breakthrough progress made by Spiral 7-X in plasma confinement time a month ago.
Reporting at the meeting was Professor Sheng Xianfu who returned from an exchange visit in Germany. In the report, he mentioned the problems of the stellar device on the water-cooled deflector, the problem of how the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics solved the problem, and also mentioned the paper by Lu Zhou.
"In the stellar research, Professor Lu's calculations played a vital role, and this is specifically reflected in the updated control scheme of the Spiral 7-X Institute ..."
In the PPT, Professor Sheng showed the relevant technical details and quickly passed the data on the picture.
At the end, he put his hands on the table and said in a positive tone.
"We must pay attention to this issue. Our research on stellarators started too late, but if we don't pay attention to it, we will stay late."
At this time, a researcher raised objections.
"But even so, Tokamak is more concise in engineering and is still the mainstream of international nuclear fusion energy research directions."
Professor Sheng nodded and argued reasonably.
"I know that Tokamak is still mainstream, but that doesn't mean it must be correct. Before this technology was born, any possibility should be considered!"
At this time, another researcher made his own point.
"Tokamak's technical difficulty lies in the constraints on the plasma? Why not ask Professor Lu to help us also design a control scheme?"
Professor Sheng shook his head: "Tokamak's constraint on plasma is more than one order of magnitude higher than a stellar. Even if such a control scheme exists in theory ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The matching hardware works. "
The researcher continued: "How can you tell if you don't let him try?"
Professor Sheng was annoyed: "Why don't you write to him yourself?"
Stuck by this sentence, the researcher grinned and stopped talking.
Let the Nobel Prize boss do things for himself, he is not so big-faced.
Due to time constraints, the meeting entered a half-time break.
Walking to the corridor, remembering what Professor Sheng had said in the report, Academician Pan lit a cigarette.
"I faintly feel that Tokamak may not be able to go this way."
Compared to the media cheering every achievement of the EAST system, Academician Pan who is really engaged in this field is relatively cautious.
Because of many things, it may be an exciting thing to the layman, but for the layman, even the staged results are not enough.
Standing next to Academician Pan, Professor Zheng Gaoming asked, "Why do you say that?"
"There is no special reason," Academician Pan just shook his head and flicked the cigarette clipped on his finger. "It was just an intuition."
Just then, the phone in his pocket rang.
After extinguishing the cigarette butt, Academician Pan reached out his hand and touched the mobile phone, and reached into his ear.
"Hey?"
After listening for a while in silence, Academician Pan never spoke, but nodded at the end.
"okay, I get it."
He had been observing the expression on Academician Pan's face. Zheng Gaoming was a little puzzled, and he tempted to ask.
"……what's up?"
Putting the phone back in his pocket, Academician Pan looked at Professor Zheng.
"The person we just talked to is now in Beijing."
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