Chapter 491 I Want to See Who Dares to Go?

As the birthplace of Huaguo's controllable nuclear fusion project, the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics has a decisive influence in the field of Huaguo's controllable nuclear fusion.

Not only is the first large-scale tokamak device HL-2A with a divertor configuration in China located here, but it also played a pivotal role in promoting Huaguo to join the ITER project.

As a witness of this historical moment, Pan Changhong can be said to be one of the veterans of the domestic controllable nuclear fusion industry.

Even though he has been retired for several years, his concern for the development of domestic controllable nuclear fusion has never stopped.

It is precisely because of this that when Lu Zhou proposed an invitation to him, he agreed without hesitation.

In this country of 1.4 billion people, energy issues will always be a top priority.

If the energy problem can be solved, many problems will no longer be problems.

Stellarator does not necessarily mean the future of controllable nuclear fusion, but if stellarator is chosen in the future, at least Huaguo cannot lose touch with the world in this field.

Otherwise, it will be another decade of catching up, maybe even fifty years.

"Hey, rare visitor," Academician Zhou Chengfu smiled when he saw Academician Pan Changhong appearing at the door of the office, "What wind brought you here?"

"Good thing." Academician Pan Changhong smiled and sat down on the sofa next to him.

Academician Zhou said with a smile: "Oh? What's good? Let's hear it."

"We negotiated an agreement with the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Max Planck Society in Germany. If there is no accident, they will agree to sell the WEGA device to us."

After listening to what Academician Pan said, Academician Zhou still had a smile on his face, but the smile was a little subtle.

"...Oh? A WEGA device?"

"Yes, the prototype of Spiral Stone 7-X," Academician Pan smiled and nodded without seeing the unnatural smile on Academician Zhou's face, "I didn't expect Professor Lu to actually talk about this matter, saying To be honest, I’m still quite surprised.”

Although the exchange of technology for technology is a win-win situation, and the Max Planck Society really needs this kind of carbon-based superconducting magnet with less engineering difficulty, but in terms of the result, Huaguo still took a little advantage.

After all, even though the WEGA device has been disabled, as the predecessor of the spiral stone, it still contains many key technologies.

Being able to master these technologies will greatly shorten the time for Huaguo scientific researchers to catch up with the international advanced level in the research on stellarator.

Academician Zhou was not as happy as Academician Pan, but asked thoughtfully: "They are willing to sell this equipment, I am afraid it will cost a lot of money?"

Academician Pan: "It's not a question of how much money it costs. If we buy it back and digest the technology in it, we will hope to catch up with the international frontier level in the field of stellarator research in a short period of time. Even if we can't reach it immediately It is no problem to catch up with Australia at the level of Japan and Germany."

Picking up the thermos cup on the table, Academician Zhou took a sip of tea, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said something lightly.

"is this necessary?"

Hearing this sentence, Academician Pan froze for a moment, and frowned slightly.

"What...is it necessary?"

Putting down the thermos, Academician Zhou said calmly.

"In the field of tokamak, we have reached the world's cutting-edge level. Instead of catching up with others in the stellarator, we should go our own way. Hundreds of millions of funds are used to support other people's research, is this necessary?"

Hearing this sentence, Academician Pan was stunned.

He didn't expect that his former colleague, the old friend who had been looking forward to the light of controllable nuclear fusion blooming on the land of China like himself, would say such a thing.

No matter how the media touts it, no matter how proud or optimistic the public is, as a researcher, you should remain objective and calm, look at the staged results cautiously, and never be complacent.

However, from his tone, he heard a hint of disapproval, or disdain.

Hopefully, this is just my own illusion...

Containing the smile on his face, Academician Pan straightened his expression slightly, ended the previous topic, and said with a light cough.

"I'm not here to argue with you about the superiority of the technical route. No matter which one seems to be easier to implement, the tokamak or the stellarator, we should not put all eggs in one basket. Even the United States is the same. Their two technologies The route is going. We fell behind on the stellarator, but now Professor Lu has helped us win this opportunity, and we can't just miss it."

After a pause, he continued.

"We hope to organize a delegation to go to Germany. I would like to ask you to borrow about 20 researchers. I have already made a list, and I hope you can approve it."

Without looking at the list at all, Academician Zhou said blankly: "The stellarator is not in our research plan, sorry I can't help you."

Academician Pan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Aren't you going to let him go?"

Academician Zhou said calmly: "We have our own arrangements, and there is no need to cooperate with your work."

Academician Pan slapped his thigh and stood up: "Okay, I will take the list and go to Beijing to find Minister Wang to ask for someone."

Staring at Academician Pan, Academician Zhou said meaningfully: "Old Pan, are you really going to help him and oppose me?"

Academician Pan also looked at him meaningfully and said.

"Zhou Chengfu, you have changed. You haven't improved academically, but your methods of forming cliques have improved."

"Changed? I've never changed." Academician Zhou said blankly, "I just don't want to mess around with you."

In the study of tokamak, he is an authority in this field, and his opinions must be listened to even those in power. Now that the butt is sitting here, he will naturally spare no effort to ensure the leading position of the tokamak technology route in domestic controllable nuclear fusion research.

He does not deny that there is his selfishness in it, but at the same time he also believes that what he does is right.

Putting your eggs in two baskets may spread the risk evenly, but putting all your eggs in one basket has its benefits.

What's more, this basket is still his own.

The reason why the Huaguo Controllable Nuclear Fusion Project was able to surpass Britain and catch up with the United States on the tokamak, and set exciting staged world records one after another, is inseparable from the high concentration of resources on this technical route. Equally inseparable from his leadership.

Engage in stellarator research?

sure.

But don't expect support from him.

Especially Lu Zhou, a Nobel laureate who came out of nowhere, not only suddenly announced that he would participate in the research of controllable nuclear fusion, but also set up a new door next to his mountain without even saying hello.

What scares him the most is that this young man has gained the trust of the country's high-level officials through "smart words".

Even though Lu Zhou didn't oppose him, there are two voices in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, which itself is a challenge to his authority.

Academician Pan said angrily: "What is nonsense? You must be sure that your path will work, and other paths will not work? I think you are nonsense!"

With his hands behind his back, Academician Zhou said expressionlessly: "I am sure that my choice is correct."

Standing by the side, Jia Liang, who had been silent for a long time, saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly smiled and stepped forward to smooth things over.

"This... Academician Pan, it's not that we don't want to help, but that we really can't help you. Academician Zhou's temper is a bit blunt, and his words may be a bit harsh. But you also know that we are all about Toca Mark, suddenly let us learn about stellarators, and we can't find a suitable candidate?"

Academician Zhou didn't speak, but just drank tea in a leisurely manner, neither denying Jia Liangcai's explanation nor expressing his affirmation.

Seeing this, Jia Liangcai understood immediately, and continued with a smile.

"Why don't you go to Luyang and ask again? Maybe they can split the manpower?"

Obviously it was smoothing things over, but in fact they had already started to drive people away.

Academician Pan smiled, a look of anger flashed in his eyes, but he didn't get angry in the end.

"Okay, let's see off the guests, right?"

"Since I'm not welcome here, I'm afraid it's useless to say anything."

After taking a deep look at Zhou Chengfu, Academician Pan turned and left.

Looking at the back of Lao Pan leaving, Zhou Chengfu said expressionlessly.

"No."

After Academician Pan left, the office fell silent.

Staring at the closed door, Jia Liang restrained the smile on his face, and asked some worried words.

"He won't really go to the minister's dignitary, will he?"

"Humph."

The thermos cup was slapped on the table, Zhou Chengfu snorted coldly, and said casually.

"So what if you find it? So what if you get there? Without my consent, I'll see who dares to go."