Chapter 367 The Highest Certification!

In fact, in addition to the Q value problem, fuel is also a problem for controlled nuclear fusion.

In the past, when promoting controlled nuclear fusion, the media always said that there is an inexhaustible supply of deuterium in seawater, and humans will never have to worry about energy problems if they master controlled nuclear fusion.

But in fact, deuterium-deuterium nuclear fusion is as inefficient as burning wood in an internal combustion engine.

The Q value of John Bull's JET reactor of 0.67 is the highest experimental result obtained using deuterium-deuterium as fuel.

The island country's JT-60 changed deuterium-deuterium to deuterium-tritium, which almost doubled the "combustion efficiency".

However, the problem is that deuterium is not radioactive, but tritium is radioactive.

After the deuterium-tritium nuclear fusion reaction, the protons emitted are also radioactive.

So controlled nuclear fusion using deuterium-tritium as fuel is not necessarily greener, more environmentally friendly and safer than nuclear fission. There are still quite a lot of problems to be solved.

Moreover, the manufacturing cost of tritium is very high, costing 250,000 per gram.

The main way to manufacture this thing is the traditional nuclear fission power plant.

The nuclear waste water discharged into the sea by the island countries contains a lot of tritium.

As for why they still discharge something that costs 250,000 per gram?

Of course, the purification cost of this thing is extremely high. The cost of producing tritium by bombarding lithium with neutrons is 250,000 per gram. The cost of extracting it from nuclear waste water is even higher than this, and there is even considerable technical difficulty.

Moreover, before controlled nuclear fusion power generation became popular, human demand for tritium was relatively small. In addition to making hydrogen bombs, nuclear fusion experiments were conducted, and only a few grams or even milligrams were used in a nuclear fusion experiment. It was impossible for both to form an industrial chain.

In fact, the most suitable fuel for nuclear fusion is helium-3,

but this thing is only available on the moon, and humans are not yet capable of developing it.

Therefore, the difficulty of controlled nuclear fusion is simply hellish for humans at present.

Kang Chi just took the attitude of giving it a try first to see if it is possible to achieve preliminary controlled nuclear fusion under the existing conditions.

Even if it can't be done, some reasons should be found.

Whether it is solved now, or suspended experimental research, and then solved slowly when he has time, it is definitely more directional and efficient than doing it now.

Although Kang Chi does not know the specific investment of the country in controlled nuclear fusion, the ITER project alone is as high as 20 billion euros (about 150 billion RMB), and China occupies 9% of the share, which is 13.5 billion.

In addition to participating in the ITER project, China also has 16 large-scale nuclear fusion experimental devices, most of which are built by itself, with a total investment of at least trillions of yuan.

The key is that this is still a bottomless pit, and no one knows how much money will be burned.

Everyone is already under great pressure. If the living standards are greatly reduced because of the drone aircraft carrier plan, there will be a sense of guilt...

If you can save some money from other places, you can reduce the living standards of the people less.

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Kang Chi is still in the west at this time, dealing with related affairs after the exercise, and handing over research materials to relevant research institutions.

The three elders who returned to Yanjing, after temporarily dealing with the "suspension" of controlled nuclear fusion, began to participate in another major event in the scientific community.

After the initial nomination in May, after five months of selection, the highly anticipated 2025 academician election in China has finally come to an end.

After the second round of selection, the final list of candidates was finally determined. Then the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences began to prepare for the academician conference and prepare for the final voting.

The leading figures scattered across the country also began to gather in Yanjing.

Kang Chi was naturally included in the final list of candidates without any surprise.

After handing over the equipment and materials in the west, he immediately received a notice from the two academies, inviting him to participate in this year's academician conference as a final candidate.

It was okay on the Academy of Engineering side. With Kang Chi's current achievements, no one would be dissatisfied.

But someone on the Academy of Sciences also nominated him, which surprised him a little.

If the matter of quantum communication chips is announced, it will definitely be no problem to be elected as an academician of the Academy of Sciences,

But isn't the news still blocked?

But on second thought, many achievements in engineering are actually theoretical breakthroughs,

such as the electrolysis method of oil extractors, the preparation method of solid sulfide electrolyte for sodium batteries, super strong neodymium magnets, T1200 carbon fiber composite materials and other technologies,

all have brand-new theoretical support.

With so many achievements accumulated, even if Bell's inequality is not proved, they are fully qualified to be elected as academicians of the Academy of Sciences!

When they heard Kang Chi say that he had to go to Yanjing first and asked them to go back first, Yan Hui, Fang Qiang and others immediately guessed the reason.

After all, the academician conference held every two years, even if it has nothing to do with them, as people in the academic world, they will definitely pay attention to it...

"Mr. Kang, are you going to be elected as an academician!?"

"Ah... Congratulations to Mr. Kang in advance!"

"Is it the Academy of Engineering or the Academy of Sciences?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? It must be both academies! Didn't you hear two phone calls?"

"A 31-year-old academician of both academies... Damn, Mr. Kang is so awesome!"

"..."

The researchers excitedly congratulated Kang Chi,

In addition to excitement, they were more

envious...

After all, this is the official certification of the highest academic status in China!

And if Kang Chi is elected at the age of 31, then the youngest record of elected academician will be reduced by 7 years.

How awesome!

Faced with everyone's generous compliments, Kang Chi couldn't help but smile a little embarrassedly: "The results haven't come out yet, who knows if he can be elected..."

"Hehe, if Mr. Kang can't be elected with your achievements, those who snatched your place and were elected will probably be criticized in the grave..."

"That's right, if the news breaks out that Dr. Kang failed to be elected as an academician, won't he be scolded to death by everyone? I guess other candidates are now burning incense and praying to Buddha, begging those big guys who voted not to make trouble and trap them..."

"Academician candidates collectively burn incense and beg their competitors to be elected..."

"Hahahaha, Dr. Yan's words make me feel like a picture."

"..."

Three days later, Yanjing, the Great Hall of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

As the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the representatives of the academic departments read out the final list of elected candidates and the number of votes, the scene suddenly rang with fierce applause.

At the same time, many people's hearts that were hanging in the air finally fell.

Because he had the most votes, the first name read out was Kang Chi.

Although all the candidates hope to be elected, none of them hope to be elected when Kang Chi loses.

Even if they lose and come back the next year, it is better than Kang Chi losing and they get elected...

In fact, at the Academy of Sciences election meeting yesterday, Kang Chi has successfully obtained the quota of the Academy of Sciences.

Today's Academy of Engineering is even more suspenseful.

Unprecedentedly, he was elected as an academician of the Academy of Engineering with unanimous votes.

After all, the scientific application results of EUV lithography, oil extractor, and solid-state sodium ion battery are of great significance to the country.

Not to mention the later Yunhe and large bypass ratio engine.

Each of them is the world's top scientific research results.

Even if some people are not interested in Kang Chi himself, they choose to respect the facts and vote for him in the face of such outstanding achievements.

This time, the Academy of Engineering elected a total of 86 academicians. After reading the long list, Kang Chi, as the one with the most votes, was naturally the first to be called to go on stage to receive the certificate.

After the leader of the Academy of Sciences handed Kang Chi the certificate with the old man's autograph, he immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have become the youngest academician of the two academies in the history of China."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, you deserve it."