Chapter 501 Is 4 Billion Flowers Worth It?

"From WEGA to STAR, is the 4 billion flowers worth it? "

Under the title of this article, which is full of public opinion, the main text uses about three paragraphs to briefly describe the past and present of the STAR stellarator from an objective standpoint.

However, this so-called objectivity only lasted less than five hundred words.

Even the content of these 500 words is just a foreshadowing for this article with a presupposed position.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows with interest. He couldn't help but wonder what Academician Zhou planned to do, so he continued to read the main text of the article.

Soon, he saw the doorway inside.

To put it simply, the general idea of ​​this scientific review article is nothing more than two points.

First of all, I poured cold water on it. From the perspective of popular science, I pointed out that the plasma confinement time of 1 second does not have any novelty in the field of controllable nuclear fusion.

Then, it cleverly uses the spring and autumn brushwork to highlight the work done by the STAR stellarator project so far, but only spent 4 billion RMB to buy a "second-hand product" from others.

As for the central idea of ​​the full text, in addition to criticizing the technical route of the stellarator, he also quietly deducted a few "great achievements", "wasting national resources", and "affecting the country's development of controllable nuclear fusion business" top hat.

As for why Academician Zhou did this, Lu Zhou can also guess.

It's nothing more than trying to beat him before he "has full wings".

After all, the country's investment in the field of controllable nuclear fusion is limited, and if more is allocated to Lu Zhou, less will naturally be allocated to him.

As for whether this is useful?

There is still a little bit of use.

Commentary articles signed by Da Niu can influence high-level decision-making to some extent.

What's more, this article is not a general editorial review.

It was written by him, Zhou Chengfu, the head of the ITER Huaguo project team and the head of the Huaguo International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Implementation Center.

If there is no well-known scholar, just relying on the weight of this review article, he might be photographed to death.

As for Lu Zhou...

The impact may be there, but relatively limited.

The aura of the Nobel Prize is reflected here.

But then again, ordinary people don't deserve Zhou Chengfu's embarrassment to write such things.

"It's well written." Lu Zhou smiled and saw that the newspaper in his hand had turned a page.

Seeing that Lu Zhou was not angry, but said "well written" lightly, Sheng Xianfu couldn't help but said, "Aren't you angry?"

The technical backbone of the STAR project team is all young and middle-aged scholars. Both Professor Li Changxia and Professor Sheng Xianfu are only in their thirties. It is normal for them to lose their temper.

After all, if he could hold his breath and understand the principle of protecting oneself, he would not have defected to him.

Anticipating that he would ask such a question, Lu Zhou smiled and said nonchalantly, "Do you think Old Academician Pan is angry?"

"I don't know... But should we just forget about it?" Sheng Xianfu said angrily.

"Otherwise? Write a scientific review article to criticize the tokamak? Then offend most of the experts in the field of controllable nuclear fusion?" Throwing the newspaper aside, Lu Zhou said casually, "Then What kind of research do I have to do, just go to the newspaper and report it.”

In fact, it is not impossible to do it.

If unresolved problems count as black spots, then any technical route can find black spots.

For example, the tokamak is the coupling of the external magnetic field and the magnetic field generated by the plasma current, which is equivalent to running a current of tens of millions of amperes on a conductor that is unstable and turbulent all the time.

Serious problems such as distortion mode, magnetic surface tearing, and magnetic islands may lead to the collapse of the entire system. And the consequences are far more dangerous than stellarators, which may seriously damage the equipment.

Therefore, every experiment of the tokamak device is quite cautious, not without reason.

In fact, Lu Zhou sometimes wonders whether there will be some strange ideas with novel ideas jumping out to spray him, why is mathematics so good, even the existence and smoothness of the solution of the NS equation, and even the problem of plasma turbulence can be solved, why not? Help everyone solve a series of problems such as twist mode, magnetic surface tearing, and magnetic islands.

But thinking about it, even Mr. Zhou would not use such ridiculous arguments to attack his opponents.

Looking at Sheng Xianfu who still had a bit of annoyed expression on his face, Lu Zhou said slowly.

"Facts speak louder than words, and our achievements are the biggest blowback."

"Your first task now is to prepare for the experiment in August."

"Next time, we will challenge for thirty minutes."

After hearing for thirty minutes, Sheng Xianfu's expression was slightly moved, and he said with a look of embarrassment.

"Thirty minutes...isn't it too difficult for the STAR device?"

Even the spiral stone 7-X, which has upgraded the water-cooled divertor and improved the control scheme, has just touched the edge of this number.

Lu Zhou smiled: "Scared?"

Seeing the confident expression on Lu Zhou's face, Sheng Xianfu was slightly taken aback.

After being silent for a while, the corners of his mouth gradually curled up, rekindling his fighting spirit.

"……how is this possible."

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For academia, the problem of academic elites can be said to have a long history.

Instead of discussing specific academic issues, it elevates academic issues or academic debates to a moral, national, or even political level, and uses the knowledge deficiencies and conservative ideas of the general public and even non-technical bureaucrats to incite their sense of justice, It can be said that one of the common methods used by academics to attack each other is to attack their opponents with nationalism or adoration.

Even Mr. Qiu, a big cow in the international academic circle, has suffered the dark loss of not acclimatizing when facing the top of the domestic academic circle.

Don't make arguments, only refute them, selectively report the facts that are beneficial to you, and amplify them.

I have to say that Zhou Chengfu's trick is really very sophisticated.

Even if Lu Zhou wanted to respond to this article, it would be difficult to refute him.

However, for Lu Zhou, there is actually no need to do so.

Results are always the best proof.

As for what Zhou Chengfu said, he never cared about it from the very beginning.

Of course, even if he himself doesn't care, there are still many people who care for him.

For example, Academician Pan.

Although the old academician has retired, he has been paying attention to the affairs of the industry.

After seeing the article signed by Zhou Chengfu, his first reaction was to call Lu Zhou to persuade Lu Zhou not to be impulsive. If he was impulsive at this time, he would fall right into Zhou Chengfu's hands.

Naturally, Lu Zhou couldn't be ignorant of this, so he asked Academician Pan not to worry about himself.

What to do and what not to do at this time, he was very clear in his heart.

In addition to academician Pan, there is President Xu of Jinda University.

Academician Xu's temper was not as polite as Academician Pan's.

The STAR project is now one of the key projects of Jinling University, and Lu Zhou is the pride of Jinling University. When facing Zhou Chengfu, Mr. Pan may still have some scruples about his past affection, but he doesn't like this.

When Lu Zhou found him and was about to discuss the control plan of the stellarator with the old academician, Principal Xu asked about it as soon as he met him.

"That Zhou Chengfu, what's going on?"