Chapter 1505 Site Selection

Guanghan City.

Mayor's office.

Looking at the translucent holographic screen in front of him, Ye He, the mayor of Guanghan City, couldn't help but have a weird expression on his face.

"Site selection for the second-generation controllable fusion reactor?"

What was in front of him at the moment was a project proposal from East Asia Electric Power.

In the project document, East Asia Power briefly expressed its desire to upgrade the power supply system of the Guanghan Special Economic Zone, and at the same time planned a concept map of the "Earth-Moon Energy Corridor" that looks quite sci-fi even today.

In fact, for a giant enterprise like East Asia Electric Power, if they want to invest in Guanghan City, he, the mayor, is of course ten thousand welcome. After all, such a large enterprise investing on the moon will not only solve the employment problem of the general public, but also improve the current overwhelmed energy supply system in Guanghan City.

Especially the latter, at this stage, the energy shortage has almost become the biggest obstacle restricting the further development of Guanghan Special Zone.

However……

The problem is exactly here.

Looking at the project book in the holographic window in puzzlement, Mayor Ye muttered to himself.

"But why is it on the moon..."

Because of the problem of thermal accumulation, controllable fusion technology has not been popularized on the moon. Even the lunar collider of IMCRC is powered by solar energy.

The second-generation controllable fusion technology sounds very good, but he really doesn't understand that even the first-generation controllable fusion technology can't be popularized on the moon, why the second-generation controllable fusion technology can be used instead?

Although he is not an expert in this field, he has heard a little bit about it. The reaction conditions of the second-generation fusion technology will be more harsh than the first-generation, especially the temperature, which has been increased by several times on the basis of 100 million degrees. ten times.

With such high heat, let alone in a vacuum environment, even if it is built in a coastal area with an atmospheric environment, it is difficult to dissipate the heat accumulated near the reactor.

Seeing Mayor Ye with embarrassment written all over his face, Secretary Wang Jin who was standing next to him suggested.

"My advice is, if you are undecided, you might as well consult an expert."

"I think so too. It's better to leave this kind of professional question to professionals for evaluation," Ye He nodded, and said simply, "But the question is who is more suitable?"

This thing is a project with an investment of tens of billions, and it will drive an industry of hundreds of billions or even trillions.

If East Asia Power really has hope to solve the energy problem of Guanghan Special Economic Zone, it will undoubtedly be great news for Guanghan City, whose development has stagnated for nearly 30 years.

But if this project is unfinished in the end, or if it becomes a big trouble after it comes out, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Guanghan City...

"There are many scholars engaged in research in related fields in the research institutes of the Academy of Sciences or the Academy of Engineering. As long as we try to choose academicians who have no cooperative relationship with East Asia Electric Power, we should be able to get relatively neutral suggestions."

Maybe that's what he thought originally. After listening to the secretary's words, Mayor Ye immediately made a decision.

"That's fine, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll contact East Asia Power to try to get this matter done as soon as possible."

...

Pan Asia Academy of Engineering.

Institute of Nuclear Physics.

Academician Qiu Mingrui, who was sitting in the office, was sulking in front of the holographic screen filled with densely packed text.

About three days ago, he wrote a paper, from the perspective of an expert in the field of nuclear engineering, evaluating the application prospects of the "pulsed magnetic field" in the field of second-generation controllable fusion.

He admitted that it is indeed a very interesting design idea, but its usefulness must not be on the reactor, but on a large EMP weapon.

This kind of dangerous thing is not only of no value to the society, but also brings countless troubles to the society.

And that's why he wrote that paper from a critical point of view.

Although it is not a reliable channel, but because he has heard some unusual news from his friends, because of the A1-type pulsed magnetic generation device model released by Lu Zhou and the preprint, there are many military personnel around the world. The research institutes in the background have already conducted project research on related design and technology.

As for what the research is about, I believe anyone can guess it.

Qiu Mingrui hopes that his paper can attract someone's attention, make him realize his mistake, and use his influence to do something useful to the world.

However……

He was ignored.

And it's kind of thorough.

Although his paper caused a lot of heated discussions on the LSPM forum, many colleagues who agreed with his views also stood up to give him a thumbs up or a platform, and even the Pan-Asian Science column even sent him an invitation to a symposium ...

But Lu Zhou himself didn't seem to see it, as if he didn't take his paper seriously.

And this made him a little unbearable.

Retrieving research results in related fields can be said to be a daily operation of a scientific researcher. As long as Lu Zhou is engaged in the research of second-generation controllable fusion, it is impossible not to see his paper!

In his opinion, the reason why Lu Zhou didn't give a comment on his thesis was purely because he didn't dare to answer his questions, and selectively ignored his penetrating words.

As an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a top expert in the field of nuclear engineering, he never thought that he would be treated like this!

"It is a shame for a scholar not to dare to respond directly to voices of doubt!"

Speaking indignantly, Qiu Mingrui moved his ten fingers on the operation panel, and made some simple revisions to the newly released paper on the holographic screen.

This paper is a supplement to his previous paper.

And compared to the previous paper, this paper will be more untactful in wording and expression. If that Lu Zhou continues to respond with this arrogant attitude, then let him continue to be arrogant.

Some words are not spoken, and he always feels blocked in his heart.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

The movements of his hands paused slightly, Qiu Mingrui glanced in the direction of the door, and said a word with no expression on his face.

"Please come in."

The door opened.

A doctoral student in his early thirties came in from the outside.

Noticing that the look on the instructor's face was not quite right, the student who just walked in from the door quickly suppressed the happy expression on his face, and said tentatively.

"Academician Qiu..."

Qiu Mingrui said with a straight face.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at the instructor with a dark cloud on his face, the student who was afraid of being angered swallowed, and continued tremblingly.

"...Guang, the municipal government of Guanghan City sent you an invitation letter."

"Invitation letter?" Wei Wei was stunned for a moment, then Qiu Mingrui frowned, and continued to ask, "What invitation letter?"

Firstly, he doesn't touch politics, and secondly, his research topic has nothing to do with the moon. He really can't figure out why Guanghan City has any reason to invite him.

"It seems to be because East Asia Electric Power plans to select a site for the second-generation fusion reactor... Guanghan City plans to find an expert to consult with the project. The specific situation is not mentioned in the invitation letter, and I am not very clear."

"Site selection on the moon?"

Qiu Mingrui couldn't tell whether he was angry or smiling when he was angered by these words.

good guy...

This is not just ignoring, but not taking what he said seriously.

Is there anything more absurd than building an experimental reactor on the moon?

"I'm going to Guanghan City right now," Qiu Mingrui said in a firm tone as he stood up from his office chair, "Help me book the latest flight to go there!"

The student nodded quickly.

"good……"

"By the way, there is also this paper."

Looking at the basically completed thesis on the holographic screen, Qiu Mingrui thought that he would face Lu Zhou face-to-face soon and didn't care about such things, so he said casually.

"You check the typesetting for me, and then find a journal in the industry to publish it. Just write your name as soon as you write it, and put my name as the corresponding author."

The student was taken aback for a moment, then said happily.

"Good teacher!"

Not caring what his students were thinking at the moment, Qiu Mingrui turned his gaze out of the window, with a faint sneer on his lips.

As if this sentence was intended for someone, he squeezed it out through his teeth.

"I'd like to see."

"This time, can you calmly pretend not to see it!"