Chapter 1162 Cadarache's Fusion Power Station

The next morning, Lu Zhou followed Huaguo's visiting team to visit the controllable fusion power station in Cadarache, a small town in southern France.

In addition to the old man who came to France with him, he was also accompanied by the French president, executives from EDF, and engineers from East Asia Electric Power.

This time it was not Academician Wang who led the team, but an old engineer who Lu Zhou had never seen before, and a group of young lads.

As soon as they met, the old engineer excitedly held Lu Zhou's hand, which made Lu Zhou very embarrassed.

Obviously, although so many years have passed and he has not engaged in research in the field of nuclear engineering for a long time, his prestige in this field has not weakened in the slightest.

I don't even know if it's his illusion, but I always feel that these nuclear power people who haven't really come into contact with him are a bit too mythical about him.

At least in his own opinion, at least half of the success of Pangudui belongs to the entire project team.

Not long after arriving at the destination, the group first took a photo at the gate, and then walked into the interior of the nuclear power plant under the reception of the construction party.

The exterior design of this nuclear power plant was basically modeled after the Pangu Heap, which took three full years. And not far next to it, there is the foundation of the unfinished ITER project.

Because the technology used in the core catcher of the Pangu Reactor is completely different from the ITER project, the French construction team faced the choice of either digging out the foundation and re-constructing it, or abandoning it completely.

Considering that the former may not be so cost-effective in terms of cost, and may not be able to pass the engineering acceptance of East Asia Electric Power, they chose the latter.

When the person in charge here talked about how French workers overcame many difficulties with their professionalism and wisdom, and finally built this "little sun" that was destined to light up the west coast of Europe, Dongya Electric Power, who accompanied the delegation, The engineers laughed in unison.

This thing has been built for three years?

Fortunately, they can still be so proud.

However, in the end, the construction period was not extended, and the work was delayed until the end of next year, which indeed surprised many people in the visiting group, and gave applause at the end.

During the visit, Lu Zhou, the chief designer of the Huaguo Controllable Fusion Project, seemed a little absent-minded throughout the whole process.

It wasn't because he felt a headache about the efficiency of these Frenchmen, but because he had been studying that notebook all night yesterday, and even now he was still spinning those complicated mathematical formulas in his head.

Even for him, it was not an easy task to solve the math problem in that notebook.

Especially in the form of mathematical representation, the parts involved in these puzzles are abstract numbers, rather than decimal numbers in the traditional sense. Although the motivation theory can play the role of a tool well, if given these are already With sufficiently abstract mathematical forms and more complex logical transformations, the whole problem suddenly looks like a ball of entangled yarn, and it takes a lot of effort just to clear them up.

Fortunately, he has completed the unified theory of algebra and geometry, and he has also supplemented many parts of the motivation theory.

If you use the mathematical method ten years ago, just proving that Proposition 2 in this notebook is equivalent to the Riemann Hypothesis is enough to kill countless people. And the fact is that even such an outstanding scholar as Professor Grothendieck is stuck by this level.

With advanced mathematical theory, when Lu Zhou proved this point yesterday, it only took less than an hour.

But that's where the optimism ends.

After spending one night finally proving Proposition 3, facing Proposition 4, which is increasing in difficulty exponentially, Lu Zhou racked his brains for an hour without any ideas.

And behind the puzzle.

And a whole ten more...

Thinking about it makes me dizzy.

Deliberately slowing down, he walked to Lu Zhou's side. Director Giacobino, who accompanied him to visit the Church of St. Lizier yesterday, spoke with a smile.

"Academician Lu, what do you think of the repair of this nuclear power plant?"

Lu Zhou looked up at his surroundings and said casually.

"Okay."

Director Giacobino asked eagerly, "How about compared to Pangudui?"

Lu Zhou: "Almost."

Hearing these words, Director Giacobino's face suddenly lit up with joy.

Looking at the expression on his face, Lu Zhou didn't know what to say for a while.

As an experimental reactor, the full-load power generation of the Pangu reactor in Haizhou is less than half of that of the Fuxi reactor in Daya Bay, and it only supplies power to Shandong Province and northern Jiangsu. As for the urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River Delta from Wuzhong to Shanghai and Zhesheng, the newly completed Xihedui Fusion Substation is now responsible for power supply.

And even for the Pangu pile, it only took one year from construction to official operation, and this was done on the basis of research while constructing.

It took three years to reproduce an identical Pangu pile according to the blueprint of East Asia Electric Power, and I don't know what he is so proud of...

Regardless of the inexplicable pride of Director Giacobino, Lu Zhou finally followed the delegation through the rest of the core delivery ceremony.

The price is tens of billions of euros, and the cost is only one-tenth. Producing such a core is more profitable than selling a hundred fourth-generation machines.

Just such an order alone has increased the foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of Huaguo by two to three percentage points, not to mention the hidden value of political, economic and trade cooperation behind this order, which cannot be achieved with money. Measured.

As for France, although it hurts, it can use low-cost fusion power to eliminate expensive domestic nuclear power. Both the pressure on public expenditure and the pressure on energy will be greatly reduced, and the cost of industrial electricity will also be greatly reduced. The stimulating effect on production is even more direct than cutting interest rates.

For both parties, this transaction can be said to be a win-win situation.

Therefore, when shaking hands, whether it is the French president or the visiting delegation from Huaguo, they all have bright smiles on their faces.

After the process was over, the group returned to the car.

As soon as he sat down, Lu Zhou took out the unfinished notebook and continued to study.

Continuing his previous speculation, if this piece of "information" does come from an extraterrestrial civilization, it is indeed not appropriate to rashly disclose it without knowing the content of the information itself.

Lu Zhou was not sure whether Professor Grothendieck used the "language of extraterrestrial civilization" to explain this message. Considering his mental state, it is possible that he interpreted it as something like "the whisper of the devil".

Perhaps it was these unanswerable propositions that became the last straw that crushed his spirit.

In fact, if possible, Lu Zhou really wanted to discuss the "demon" in his mouth with him face to face, but unfortunately this is already impossible.

At that time, it was probably not long after he got the system, and he had just completed the proof of his first mathematical proposition in his life. The pope of the algebraic geometry world had already reached the last moment of his life.

In addition to the origin of these mathematical formulas, Lu Zhou is still a bit puzzled. According to the "memory of the void" he saw in the system space, the "void" that weaves this memory is obviously aware of the civilization of the earth. language, and can even translate it into the languages ​​of other civilizations.

However, the message that Professor Grothendieck received does not seem to be in straightforward language? Rather, it is a code represented in mathematical form.

Could it be...

Didn't the message that Professor Grothendieck received come from the void? But a level slightly lower than the void, or even a few levels, an extraterrestrial civilization similar to the "Jialan Civilization"?

This guess is also possible.

Anyway, whether it is the void or other civilizations, Lu Zhou does not believe that there is such a thing as "demon".

It's just that he understands a little bit now, why the old man's mental state suddenly deteriorated in his later years, and he did some unthinkable things one after another in the eyes of others.

Thinking about these things is really not an easy task for an old man in his seventies or eighties.

He still remembered Professor Deligne's evaluation of Sir Atiyah. At that age, let alone making any achievements, it is already a blessing to be able to stay awake and not be confused.

What's more, these complex mathematical calculations, even in Lu Zhou's own opinion, will feel a little mentally polluted.

Sitting next to Lu Zhou, Wang Peng glanced at him and said.

"You seem to be in a bit of a bad mood."

Lu Zhou: "Maybe I stayed up late last night."

Wang Peng: "Have you been staying up late for two consecutive nights?"

Lu Zhou: "It's okay, I still get five hours of sleep every day."

Wang Peng: "...Dr. Yan's suggestion is that you'd better get eight hours of sleep every day as much as possible. This is also for your body."

"Compared with my body, there are more things worthy of my attention." Looking at this old friend with a concerned face, Lu Zhou gave him a reassuring look, smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait for this When things are over, I will definitely take some time off.”

Wang Peng hesitated, and glanced at the notebook in Lu Zhou's hand.

"...this notebook?"

Lu Zhou didn't nod or shake his head. He just turned the pen in his hand and gave a simple and ambiguous answer.

"That's right."