Chapter 559 Zhao Yi: Nuclear Fusion Is Controllable!

Regarding the issue of the mysterious anti-gravity device, Country M specially organized an internal academic seminar.

The meeting invited Li Ning, an antigravity expert from Stanford University and the publisher of superconducting antigravity theory, and his colleagues, as well as scholars engaged in superconducting research, electromagnetic energy and other fields. Hundreds of people participated in the meeting.

Because it was an internal discussion, no media reporters reported on it.

However, some details from the meeting were still revealed. Those who participated in the meeting unanimously believed that the exposed mysterious anti-gravity device contained some undiscovered and cutting-edge technical means, and they had not yet mastered the theoretical principles of this technical means. .

They don't even know the theoretical principles, so naturally they can't study related technologies, and there can be no competition at all.

Anti-gravity is just a piece of research and was not taken seriously before. However, the exposure of the mysterious anti-gravity device lets everyone know that anti-gravity will definitely become a very important direction in the future.

Now they are so far behind that they can't even find their way forward.

In other fields, such as nuclear power-related research, they have always been at the forefront of the world. However, other countries also know the theoretical principles. It is not that they cannot be researched, but the technology cannot keep up. Technology can be slowly accumulated. , as long as you work hard, you will definitely make progress.

The two are different.

In addition, the logic of anti-gravity goes beyond normal imagination and may involve other levels of theory.

"This may be a completely new system, or even a completely new physical logic."

"No matter from any angle, we must pay attention to it!"

"First of all, we must clarify the specific research and development direction and what is the core power principle of that device!"

Many people who gave speeches held the same view, that is, they must take the mysterious anti-gravity device seriously.

The discussion at the meeting came to no result.

Because no one knows the specific technology used in the mysterious device, and even whether it is anti-gravity technology cannot be 100% sure.

Scholars' discussions are divided in two directions. As for whether it is anti-gravity, the opinions are very unified. However, there are more debates about the specific type of anti-gravity, whether it is superconducting anti-gravity or other anti-gravity.

This is not a question that can be discussed.

Meetings still have a role.

After the meeting ended, they held another targeted meeting. The participants in the meeting were the heads of various scientific research institutions, or the leaders of technology companies that develop related high-tech technologies. They discussed the research and development of the mysterious anti-gravity device, and finally prompted some Those who have the ability to participate in R&D must invest a certain amount of funds to conduct relevant research.

In fact, there is no need to give special advice or supervision. Whether it is research institutions or related technology companies, they will all be interested in anti-gravity. New technology represents a new direction. The application of anti-gravity will be very wide, and there are already successful precedents. , they will definitely increase investment in research and development.

Various influential figures have made other statements, "The most cutting-edge scientific and technological theories should be shared with the world!"

"Theory belongs to the world, and technology belongs to all mankind. Any new theory or technology should be announced and let all mankind participate in research and development, rather than doing research in secret."

"The development of science and technology promotes human progress and should focus on the world, the earth and even the universe. Anti-gravity technology is not unique to anyone. I suggest that more people participate in research so that we can make faster progress!"

"Anti-gravity represents the future and is related to the beginning of mankind's conquest of the universe. The future of mankind is the stars and the sea, not limited to the earth..."

"..."

Public opinion has changed.

Many influential figures seem to have become 'great' people who focus on the universe. They also use other means to create public opinion, put pressure, or try to understand relevant information.

etc.

These are all routine operations.

The domestic response is also very rigorous. Public opinion propaganda criticizes foreign ridiculous claims. Internal research and development adopts the highest level of confidentiality measures. All personnel involved in research and development, including the lowest level technicians, are not allowed to have any contact with the outside world.

Research related to anti-gravity is protected layer by layer, and a special shielding signal device has been established in the area.

In addition, there are also special protections for core personnel involved in research.

Zhang Qican, Huang Zhong and others are all equipped with personal guards, and even their families are under strict protection.

Zhao Yi is the core target of protection.

During relevant meetings, some people even suggested that he live in the central area of ​​the capital, or simply join the army directly, or live in an underground air-raid shelter.

This is of course unrealistic.

Zhao Yi was still very busy at work. He had to focus on organizing the theory. Later, he simply handed over the basic explanations to Zhang Qican, Huang Zhong and others. He focused on explaining the thirteen sets of equations of photons and space.

The theoretical research on anti-gravity has come to an end.

With the thirteen groups of photons and space, it is enough to support the research and development of the Sky Fortress, and it can even be applied to other fields.

However, one problem that has not been solved is the power problem of the Sky Fortress.

The Sky Fortress is in great need of power support. From a strategic perspective, nuclear power can be said to be the only option. However, the work of the nuclear energy research team is not progressing very smoothly. Anti-gravity nuclear power devices are still in the process of design and development. Argument stage.

The top management is also very concerned about this, because the technical theory of anti-gravity is fine, and the power issue has become the only difficulty.

Motivation is a very serious issue.

High-level internal meetings even discussed using basic anti-gravity research to exchange nuclear power technology with Country E, but they gave up after thinking about it carefully.

Because, E country does not have complete nuclear power technology for ships.

Country E's nuclear power technology has not developed in decades. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier they use uses nuclear submarine reactor technology.

In the process of developing nuclear reactors for nuclear submarines, E country has always adopted the "icebreaker pathfinding" model. It first develops a new generation of nuclear-powered icebreaker reactors, and then derives mature submarine reactors from the icebreaker reactors.

This will make the nuclear submarine reactor technology mature and reliable, and the safety will be relatively high. Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious. The icebreaker reactor has completely become a verification reactor for the submarine reactor. When it is necessary to develop a surface ship, it is forced to use the existing reactor. Due to technical difficulties and time constraints, we can only choose to develop relevant improved models based on submarine nuclear reactor technology. As a result, the power cannot keep up, and we have to add oil-fired boilers to supplement the power to ensure the ship's efficiency. High speed.

The Keefe-class cruiser of country E is an example. The Keefe-class cruiser is a rare ship that uses nuclear-steam combined power. Ultimately, it is due to the insufficient power of the nuclear reactor.

Country M is the only country with mature ship nuclear reactor technology.

Their latest large-scale aircraft carrier requires only two reactors to ensure high-speed navigation and can be used for decades.

This is the nuclear reactor technology needed for the Sky Fortress.

Because nuclear power research is very important and has become a fatal flaw that limits the air fortress, everyone attaches great importance to it.

On this day, Zhao Yi went to the Nuclear Energy Research Institute together with senior leaders.

They watched the work of various groups related to nuclear power plant research and development, and also listened to the explanations of several core leaders during the process.

Zhao Yi has been to the Nuclear Energy Research Institute several times and has learned about related technologies.

The difference this time is that it involves anti-gravity nuclear reaction research. Within the Nuclear Energy Research Institute, several groups are also divided into several groups to conduct research and development of various components for the design of nuclear power devices.

Academician Chen Zeshu is the main person in charge. He introduced the designed nuclear reactor. They are still studying conventional pressurized water reactors.

However, Chen Zeshu said, "I am not optimistic about the development of conventional nuclear power devices. This is a conclusion reached after detailed demonstration. If we want to do research, we must apply the space cover of the anti-gravity device as an isolation layer."

"But even if it is applied to the space cover of an anti-gravity device, a nuclear fission reactor is not suitable, unless it is a reactor that uses nuclear fusion."

The last sentence was a bit of a joke.

Everyone is looking forward to realizing controllable nuclear fusion, but there are too many technical difficulties to overcome in related research. Senior officials and the anti-gravity team all believe that a nuclear power plant like an aircraft carrier is currently the best choice to solve the problem of power.

Zhao Yi thought about it and said, "Because...security?"

"right!"

Chen Zeshu said, "Internationally, only Country E has manufactured a nuclear-powered aircraft, but it later proved to be a failure. The aircraft cannot guarantee absolute safety. As long as there is a trace of leakage, it will become a fatal problem."

"This is not only a huge threat to the crew, but also to the sky and the environment."

"Although the flying fortress can be built larger and can ensure better internal security, if security issues arise, it will pose a huge risk."

"Even if it is protected by a space cover, and the space cover is stable, there will still be problems when participating in combat. Physical damage may also damage the nuclear power device."

"In addition, nuclear-powered aircraft are different from nuclear-powered ships. Because they cannot use pressurized water reactors, the technical difficulty will become even higher. We don't even have mature technology for reference, so everything is blank."

"So for the power of the Sky Fortress, I think the best choice is the nuclear fusion device..."

He said and smiled again.

Controllable nuclear fusion is a technology that can only be imagined, and is currently impossible to achieve.

He continued, "Either we can still use conventional power, generators, and propellers, or we can make the flying fortress rise and fall like an airplane, and the flexibility is guaranteed."

Chen Zeshu's views aroused the group's thinking.

In the development of the Sky Fortress, everyone subconsciously felt that nuclear power should be used to solve the problem, because the Sky Fortress needs to float in the air and mainly relies on the anti-gravity effect, unlike an airplane, which uses wings to ensure flight and high speed. Turbine engines can be used for flight.

The flying fortress certainly cannot keep flying at high speed like an airplane. Nuclear power seems to be the best choice.

However, if it does not need to float in the air for a long time and just take off and land during missions like a conventional fighter jet, nuclear power seems to be unnecessary.

certainly.

This is definitely a next level option.

The senior leaders were a little undecided, so they asked Zhao Yi, "What do you think? Academician Zhao? Maybe there is no need to design a fortress suspended in the air for a long time, just..."

"No!"

Zhao Yi affirmed, "If we only take off during missions, there is no need to build an aerial fortress. We can research better-performing fighter jets and ground weapons for defense."

"……Right."

The senior leaders and Chen Zeshu nodded together.

The flying fortress cannot float in the air for a long time, just like an aircraft carrier will become meaningless if it does not go into the water for a long time.

If conventional power is used, if you want to keep floating in the air, the energy consumed is extremely terrible. Always using transport aircraft to transport and burn it becomes a waste of money and is simply impractical.

Zhao Yi asked thoughtfully, "So, Academician Chen, are there any technical difficulties in the research of nuclear fusion devices?"

He continued, "In the space barrier area, using the space cover as the isolation layer will make it much less difficult to control, right?"

Chen Zeshu nodded and said, "We did an experiment in a space-blocked area, but the difficulty of ignition became very high. We only successfully completed the ignition, but later, for some unknown reason, the reaction did not occur normally."

"I'm pretty sure the ignition is complete!" he emphasized, shaking his head helplessly, "We speculate that the space barrier area can effectively control nuclear fusion, but it also limits the reaction."

"Theoretically, the space cover's characteristic of isolating energy conduction can become the best isolation device for nuclear fusion devices. However, the control of nuclear fusion reactions is still a difficulty. According to the existing theory, magnetic control can only be used, but it is very difficult. Not realistic."

He was referring to the funds invested.

Building a magnetically controlled nuclear fusion device requires a huge amount of money. The Nuclear Energy Research Institute has a simple test machine, which has cost hundreds of millions of investment, but has not yielded any results. The experimental process can be said to be full of loopholes.

Internationally, it is believed that the funds required to build a complete nuclear fusion magnetic control device are calculated in hundreds of billions.

This is just theoretical data.

Because nuclear fusion involves many other difficulties, building a magnetic control device alone cannot complete a nuclear fusion reactor. It is even said that it is likely to be useless. After it is built, it can still only be used as a test product, and the cost is too high.

Zhao Yi frowned and grasped the key point in his words, "Academician Chen, your last experiment completed ignition, but the reaction did not occur?"

"right!"

Chen Zeshu thought Zhao Yi didn't believe it, so he immediately said, "Everyone involved can prove it."

Zhao Yidao said, "Academician Chen, I am not doubting you, but I think this is a normal situation."

"Normal situation?" Chen Zeshu didn't understand.

"It's a normal situation. My theory speculates that space obstruction has an impact on particle speed. In the space obstruction area, the maximum speed of particles with mass will be limited. This restriction will increase as the effect of space obstruction increases, but It’s not directly proportional, the maximum limit can be more than twice.”

"For example, at a certain temperature, the speed of a particle with mass is one-tenth the speed of light. Then under the influence of space obstruction, the maximum speed is only one-twentieth."

"If the speed of a massed particle exceeds the limit, it will be affected and slow down."

"In other words, changes in the spatial barrier effect can directly affect the speed of the nuclear fusion reaction. If the effect suddenly increases, the speed of the nuclear fusion reaction will slow down. Under a fixed spatial barrier effect, there is an upper limit to the intensity of the nuclear fusion reaction. of."

Zhao Yi said seriously, "Of course, I don't know much about nuclear fusion reactions. I can only give a rough idea. What is the specific upper limit still needs experiments to verify, but I think that under the space barrier area, nuclear fusion will It’s controllable!”