Chapter 291 Live up to Expectations (Ask for Monthly Votes)

As hundreds of tons of high-level nuclear waste leaked, the nuclear radiation in the core area instantly climbed to a peak.

Intense alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, neutron beams and other radiations are like huge storms on Jupiter, surging violently in the core area.

This place is now absolutely forbidden to any known life.

Even the tardigrade, which is known to be the most tenacious and can even survive in space; even the blue whale, which is the most fearsome in size, cannot survive in such an extreme environment for more than thirty seconds.

But fortunately, these violent radiations were tightly contained in this place by the outer layer of protective materials.

What is even more worth mentioning is that in the core area, pieces of semiconductor radiation gap material are constantly absorbing these violent radiations, converting them from substances harmful to life into traces of electrical energy.

These devices through which electric energy passes quickly are gathered together, and finally exported to the core area, flowing into the transformer components that have been prepared, and will eventually flow to the entire power grid for use by countless residents.

Although the electricity it converts may not be a lot, it can unlock the biggest limitations of nuclear power generation.

Maybe the mobile phone you use in the future or the new energy vehicle you buy may consume electricity from nuclear waste power stations and nuclear power plants.

In the main control room, when the monitoring in the core area lost contact, everyone turned their attention from the white screen to other monitoring equipment.

Including Xu Chuan, he quickly turned his attention to the monitoring of electrical energy output.

Although the visual monitoring has lost contact, this does not affect his ability to judge the status of the entire core area through other monitoring data.

One of the keys to judging the success of the entire experiment is to confirm whether the amount of electrical energy converted through the radiation gap semiconductor material reaches the standard.

If the converted electrical energy is lower than the theoretically calculated value, it means that the radiation gap semiconductor material inside has suffered a large number of gap lattice damage and other problems under the strong ionization impact of nuclear radiation.

This is one of the two biggest variables in the entire laboratory. Even though Xu Chuan has experience in his previous life, he still has some worries in his heart at this moment.

"Ionizing radiation impact detected in the protective crystal material sandwich!"

"The electrical energy output has been detected in the No. 1 gap band, and it has reached the estimated value of the first stage!"

"The electrical energy output has been detected in the second gap band, and it has reached the estimated value of the first stage!"

"The transformer component has intervened!"

"One inspection of the outer wall of the core area has been completed, and the current radiation indicators are within the standard range!"

"The circulating water cooling system is operating stably!"

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In the main control room, voices trembling with excitement kept ringing.

Everyone is waiting nervously and expectantly for the test results, and many people even have their fists clenched.

Judging from the results of the first phase of the report, a huge amount of nuclear waste in the core area is being converted into electrical energy by radiation gap semiconductor materials!

The rest depends on whether it can stabilize, reach the peak of conversion, and whether the water cooling circulation system is normal!

After the experiment started, on the seaside side of the core industrial park, accompanied by guards, engineers responsible for the water cooling circulation system wore protective clothing made of lead-free nanocomposite reconstructed protective materials and carefully checked various dials. and plumbing fixtures.

For experiments on converting nuclear waste into electrical energy, a cooling system is not needed for small-scale black box conversion. No matter how strong the reaction to nuclear radiation is, the quantity is there.

But for high-level nuclear waste exceeding 500 tons in an industrial park, a water-cooling circulation system is a must.

When the huge ionizing radiation is converted into electrical energy through the radiation gap crystal structure, it will also generate a certain temperature. Although each conversion will not bring about a big improvement, the accumulation of huge quantity + time, these temperatures It will accumulate in the core area and theoretically can reach a temperature of more than 2,000 degrees.

This temperature is enough to melt the radiation gap semiconductor material used to convert radiant energy.

Therefore, a water-cooling circulation system is necessary to take away the high temperature in the core area.

And this is also the focus of the protection of the entire industrial park.

No matter what, in future operation, it is necessary to ensure that the entire water cooling system is in operation.

Of course, considering unexpected situations, the structure of the water cooling system is divided, just like the cabin on the bottom of a large ship.

As for the radiation problem, lead + double composite protective materials are used as the circulation system of the water-cooling pipes. The discharged cooling water will not theoretically become radiation wastewater.

Xu Chuan must guarantee this. Neither he nor his superiors can make Qidong become the second Fukushima.

As for the first inspection, engineers and guards all wore protective clothing just in case. If radiation exceeding the standard is detected in the water-cooling system, the water-cooling circulation system will stop and the experiment will stop immediately.

The entire core area will be directly sealed and turned into a giant coffin like Chernobyl Pile 4 to seal the 500 tons of nuclear waste.

In the main control room, Xu Chuan looked closely at the real-time monitoring of the water-cooling outlet, where engineers wearing protective clothing were inspecting the equipment in an orderly manner.

Beside him, Han Jin, who was responsible for the daily work of the entire project, clenched his fists tightly, and his nervous face even turned red because he did not dare to breathe.

This is the second most critical part of the entire experimental test!

Soon, the engineers in charge of the water cooling circulation system passed back the test results.

"1 # The current water temperature of the water cooling circulation system is 17.72℃, and the current radiation dose is 0.0415 millisieverts (mSv), which is within the standard range!"

"2 # The current water temperature of the water cooling circulation system is 17.74℃, and the current radiation dose is 0.0428 millisieverts (mSv), which is within the standard range!"

"3 # The current water temperature of the water cooling circulation system"

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The water cooling circulation test reports were verbally reported by these engineers as soon as possible, and the corresponding data were also uploaded to the main control room as soon as possible for verification.

After receiving the reports from these engineers, deafening cheers suddenly broke out in the main control room. Engineers and researchers hugged each other and clapped their hands to celebrate.

They succeeded!

History will always remember this day, and will also remember their victory!

This is another victory for mankind. They conquered the violent and terrible radiation and converted it into electrical energy!

Looking at the cheering researchers in the control room, the chief engineer Qi Zhongxing and Han Jin, who were standing together and in charge of the daily work of the institute, looked at each other affectionately. They could see the excitement, excitement and happiness in each other's slightly red eyes and trembling faces.

Standing in front of the screen, looking at the test data transmitted back by the water-cooled circulation system, listening to the trembling voices of the engineers outside because of excitement, Xu Chuan's face, which had always been calm and upright, finally showed a smile.

The temperature of the water cooling is not the key. The current test has just begun, and the temperature accumulation speed in the core area is far less fast.

So the temperature of the seawater that has gone through a circle in the circulation system is not much different from that of ordinary seawater.

The key lies in the radiation exposure measurement!

This is the key point of the entire water-cooled circulation system!

The radiation exposure measurement of 0.0428 millisievert is lower than what people are exposed to in daily life, and is even lower than the radiation measurement received by taking a plane for ten hours.

The radiation exposure measurement of 0.0428 millisieverts means that the water cooling circulation system is intact, and the seawater that has traveled around the outer edge of the core area has not taken away the nuclear radiation.

The radiation exposure measurement of 0.0428 millisieverts also means that their experiment has succeeded!

The cheering voices echoed in his ears, and Xu Chuan also smiled at these happy researchers.

Although the experimental test has not been completed, the two most difficult levels have been passed, and the remaining problems will not affect the operation of the entire nuclear waste power plant even if they occur.

In a sense, they did succeed.

But the mission is not over yet!

What Xu Chuan wants is to end this battle perfectly!

As time goes by, the values ​​on the various monitoring screens in the main control room begin to stabilize.

This means that the radiation-to-electricity conversion efficiency of the core area has begun to reach its peak. Of course, this is not the peak value of the radiation gap semiconductor material converting electricity.

For the rest, the linear particle accelerator needs to be put into play.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, when the fluctuations of various parameters have stabilized, Xu Chuan opened his mouth again and issued instructions.

"Start the linear particle accelerator and start the ADC transmutation auxiliary system!"

"Received!"

In the monitoring room, the transmutation system team, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately reported.

It has been a long time since they heard the cheers of others and enjoyed the glory. Now, it is their turn.

"May God, the Three Pure Ones, and the Buddha Guanyin bless us! We will definitely succeed!"

The engineers and researchers in the ADS team prayed silently in their hearts, completely ignoring the fact that these gods are not in the same system.

Of course, it is not these gods who bless them, but their own efforts and seriousness over the long term.

"The linear particle accelerator has been started, the current output energy level is 8Gev, and the particle beam intensity reaches 8×10 protons/pulse!"

With the start of the ADC transmutation auxiliary system, the originally stabilized monitoring data in the main control room began to jump again.

Just like the theoretical data calculated by Xu Chuan, and just like the small black box experiment conducted at the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Magic City Academy of Sciences before, with the help of the linear particle accelerator and the start of the transmutation auxiliary system, the electrical energy converted from the core area has increased by another order of magnitude.

Looking at the data fed back on the monitoring screen, Xu Chuan finally showed a bright smile on his face.

This time, he can declare a real success!

And he finally brought the technology developed in his previous life back to his motherland!

PS: Oh, there are a few words missing, there is not enough time, I will make up for it tomorrow.