Chapter 542: News that shocked the world

Throughout this year, the field of controlled nuclear fusion has been less peaceful.
In the past, the little things that were big in the past are worthy of ITER's press conference to explain, but the big news that came next year was that ITER's press spokesman was overwhelmed.
From the earliest model of plasma turbulence, to the completion of the one-hour magnetic confinement experiment by the STAR device, and then the US representative questioned the Chinese side at the ITER meeting, so that the Chinese side chose to withdraw from ITER.
For the entire year of this year, the practitioners of the entire controllable fusion industry are as excited as riding a roller coaster.
Now, the news of Hua Guo's withdrawal from the ITER project is still warm. A piece of news released by the "Renren Daily" has once again triggered the collective shock of the international plasma physics community and the controlled nuclear fusion industry.
On the first day of October, during the Republic's birthday, Hua Guo suddenly announced that the STAR-2 demonstration reactor project would enter the next and final stage.
That is, construction of a demonstration reactor started at the Tianwan Nuclear Power Station.
Once this news was released, it was not only the international plasma physics community and the controlled nuclear fusion industry, it caused a magnitude-eight earthquake in the world.
Demonstration heap!
No one expected that everything came so suddenly.
The BBC, the first to report this news.
In an interview with a BBC reporter, Bundbauer, chairman of Three Alpha Corporation, commented on the news.
"... If China becomes the first country to commercialize fusion technology, its economic, geopolitical, and political advantages will be more obvious, and its presence in the Asia-Pacific region will expand at a rate we cannot imagine."
"This is definitely not alarmist. This new technology is different from all the inventions we have had in the past. To put it plainly, it is the holy grail of the energy field, and it can illuminate the future we cannot see."
"Of course, although the situation is grim, this race has just begun and we have enough confidence to surpass them. Of course, provided that the bureaucrats in Congress no longer invest in us ..."
In addition to Bend Bauer, the BBC reporter also contacted Professor Steven Cowley, Dean of the Christian Eucharist School of Oxford University, former Director of the Carlum Fusion Centre in the United Kingdom, and former Chief Executive Officer of the British Atomic Energy Agency.
In an interview, Professor Steven gave his opinion on the issue of the withdrawal of Hua Guo from the country.
"Although ITER has been discussing kicking China out of the ITER international project team, no one wants to see them withdraw in this way."
Reporter: "Are there any differences between the two?"
Facing the BBC camera, Steven Cowley pushed and said slowly: "This is for sure."
"ITER had the smallest number of Chinese employees in the beginning, but it is now second only to the European Union. Not only that, they bear the third largest funding of all member states, and they always fulfill their financial commitments ..."
"And now, the transfer of work has not been completed normally. All Chinese employees have been evacuated forcibly, and less than one-fifth of them have chosen to stay. Not only that, many key projects have also been trapped. Stagnation. "
"They chose to quit in this way, no doubt in tribute to the pressure the United States has put on them with regard to the STAR installation. The reason for their enthusiasm is largely due to the results of the STAR installation. "
"Every country has its own controllable fusion project and its own technology reserves. ITER is not the only controllable fusion project in progress, and the ITER agreement has never required other countries to disclose research unrelated to the scientific research project of the agreement."
"I have to say that at this point in time, forcing China to leave the ITER project is a stupid choice, and it is also a stupid choice to start a confrontational competition on this future technology."
"If China no longer participates, ITER projects that are seriously troubled by overspending may not be able to continue. We can now only expect the United States to honor its commitments and South Korea, which is second only to the EU, to more funding ... but From a practical perspective, this is difficult to do. "
Reporter: "Are you not optimistic about the future of ITER?"
Professor Steven: "It should be said that I have never been optimistic. Shutting down our JET plant in Oxfordshire to support the European ITER project was a wrong decision from the beginning. See where they plan to build a demonstration reactor? The town of Cadarasche near Marseille. As soon as I heard that they were planning to build the demonstration reactor in France, I knew that it would probably mess up in the end. Sure enough, they haven't even built a house yet. "
The reporter coughed and asked, "Where do you think it is more appropriate?"
Steven said without hesitation: "Of course it is Britain."
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington.
A cool-haired president slammed a newspaper on his desk, and Momo growled loudly.
"I want to know what's going on! If someone hadn't tweeted me to buy a newspaper, I wouldn't even know what happened across the Pacific!"
The newspaper that fell on the table was the latest issue of Renren Daily-Overseas Edition.
The headlines of the news report the latest progress of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor project.
Ironically, the channel through which he first heard of the news turned out not from his own intelligence network, but from his opponent's newspaper.
The bright red and striking title was dazzling in his eyes.
From the line, he felt the provocation from his opponent.
Standing opposite his desk were CIA Director Gina Haspel and CIA Intelligence Specialist Helms, Controlled Fusion.
Gina, holding her arms, coughed and said slowly: "... Maybe, Mr. Helms can explain."
Hearing that the woman called her name, Helms' shoulder shook uncontrollably twice.
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In addition to the prisoner scandal that made her "Bloody Gina" notorious, he has heard more rumors about the name and the cruel word.
When Trang Spectrum nominated him as the director of the CIA, domestic public opinion almost caused a stir ...
Taking a deep breath, Helms spoke quickly.
"... This matter is our negligence. We underestimate the determination of China in the research of controllable fusion. They may go farther than we think."
The president took a deep breath.
"If the demonstration reactor is built, I want to know how many years they have before they can get this technology."
"I don't know," a bitter expression appeared on Helms's face. "But at their speed, if the technology is really achieved, it won't take long from demonstration to commercialization ..."
There was silence in the office.
Seeing that neither Mr. President nor Ms. Secretary spoke, Helms carefully considered the psychological activities of the two, gave a cough, and whispered.
"I think we have to value one person."
Haspel glanced at him: "A man?"
"Yes," Helms swallowed and nodded hard. "I studied the relevant materials. Before he returned to China, although China had made some achievements in Tokamak, it was far away for us There is no threat in the distance. And its research on stellarators is almost blank. "
"However, this situation has changed in less than a year since he returned ..."