Chapter 524 About the Future Competition

The meeting after the experiment lasted until the evening.

Regarding the technical details of the "Liquid Lithium Neutron Recovery System", Lu Zhou had a detailed discussion with other researchers in the institute.

Although the specific plan has not yet been made, the feasibility of this technical route and the general framework for realizing this technical idea have been concluded in the meeting.

Next, you only need to summarize the meeting minutes, synthesize all the problems, and hold two more discussion meetings. Basically, you can come up with a relatively complete plan.

The next meeting was scheduled for three days later. As for the next three days, Lu Zhou gave the researchers in the institute a short vacation.

One is that everyone has not had a lot of rest this year, and they need time to spend time with their families or girlfriends, and the other is that the neutron beams produced by the fusion reaction have caused extensive radiation damage to the first wall material. Not only did the austenitic steel used as a structural material be riddled with holes, but a layer of fluffy metal debris was formed on the surface.

It has to be said that this is a very interesting phenomenon.

Although everyone can't figure out why it happened like this.

Even Lu Zhou, a Nobel laureate, couldn't think of a suitable theory to explain it. He just guessed that the surface material might be torn due to thermal stress. As for the specific reason, maybe only the stellarator Plasma just figured it out by itself.

Lu Zhou, who has already planned to abandon the austenitic steel, does not plan to study this topic in depth.

In short, because the equipment needs to be overhauled, the next experiment will have to wait at least a month later.

When I got home, it was almost dark.

When Lu Zhou opened the door and walked into the hallway, a short and powerful quadrotor drone flew towards him.

"Master! Welcome back!"

Seeing the little guy dangling in front of him, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile.

It’s really nostalgic to say that this drone named “Little Guy” was a gift given to him by members of the Princeton Drone Club when he was a consultant at the Princeton Drone Club.

Later, after he brought it back to China, he took the time to modify it briefly, and then threw it to Xiaoai for use.

For this "new toy" that can fly around, Xiao Ai quite likes it. At its begging, Lu Zhou installed speakers for it, replaced the motor, and installed four pairs of short and sharp claws on the chassis.

With this magically modified "little guy" and other smart home devices including sweeping robots, Xiaoai can not only help him watch the house, but also help him throw garbage and clean the room.

Of course, although it was given the authority to use these devices, Lu Zhou also made quite strict restrictions on its scope of activities and code of conduct.

For example, activities can only be carried out within the Zhongshan International community, and it is forbidden to fly into other people's yards, and it is forbidden to move fragile items, etc.

For his orders, Xiao Ai still strictly obeyed. After all, no matter whether it is intelligent or not, it is still a program in essence, and its obedience is something written into the core code.

"That, master, can I ask you one thing?"

While putting on his slippers, Lu Zhou walked towards the living room and asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Flying unsteadily beside Lu Zhou, Xiao Ai continued.

"Can I add an LED display to my little plane? Speaking of it, it always feels weird to speak in another woman's voice, I still prefer more direct text communication. (shy)"

Lu Zhou: ...

What the hell is that other woman's voice? Isn't that thing Google Voice? If you don't like it, you can change it to a male voice.

Also, is it a new operation to pronounce the parentheses by voice? Is the emotional system richer after the upgrade to highlight it?

I always feel that his Xiaoai has gone further and further in a strange direction...

Lu Zhou: "I refuse."

Xiaoai: "Why! (I'm about to cry)"

Looking at the little guy dangling there, Lu Zhou sighed.

Is there even a question?

Because it always feels troublesome.

Moreover, when he thought of this guy with this emoji or emoji flying all over the room, he didn't know what expression to show.

In short, he would never do such a thing that would burden him without any benefit.

Xiao Ai: "Then can you install an arm for me? I can do it myself... (grievance)"

Hearing this unreasonable request, Lu Zhou couldn't help complaining: "You just ask me to build you a Gundam, do you think I'm Tinker Bell or a robot cat?"

Hearing this sentence, the drone stopped there and Xiao Ai was silent for a while.

Lu Zhou guessed that this guy probably went to find out what "Little Ding Dong" was, and he probably had already downloaded a whole set of complete works on his server, and even started "scanning".

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou ignored it, turned around and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.

Putting on his pajamas, Lu Zhou went to the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee, then went upstairs to the study, and sat in front of the computer to browse the web.

During this period of time, because he was too busy with research work, he didn't surf the Internet much. He just heard from other researchers in the institute that the paper they published on "Science" had successfully attracted a wave of attention from all over the world. The name seems to be on the hot search again because of this.

Speaking of which, since he won the Nobel Prize, he seldom pays attention to his own news, and rarely accepts interviews from reporters.

However, the domestic and foreign media's interest in him does not seem to have weakened.

Especially when he came up with some new research results.

After briefly reading a few news articles, Lu Zhou raised his cup and took a sip of his coffee.

Domestic reports on controllable fusion are basically all about the STAR device and its world-leading 60 minutes. Zhou Chengfu didn't jump out to say anything, he chose to be a man with his tail between his legs, and he didn't know if he didn't have the confidence to speak, or he said something but no one reported it.

In addition, compared to domestic news, Lu Zhou's main focus is on the international news.

The success of the STAR device will definitely boost the confidence in the entire field of controllable nuclear fusion, and will also stimulate the sensitive nerves of some people. What he wants to know now is the reaction of his peers to this matter.

Just then, a piece of news suddenly caught his attention.

It was a CNN news video.

Standing at the scene of the press conference, U.S. Energy Secretary Perry faced the reporter's camera, and delivered a speech on the recent attention-grabbing controllable nuclear fusion technology, and at the same time responded to the long-standing rumors that the U.S. plans to withdraw from the ITER organization .

"Regarding future energy research, the position of the United States has remained unchanged."

"...We have continuously invested tens of billions of funds in fusion energy research projects, and since the 1950s, our research on controllable fusion technology has been at the forefront of the world."

"Here I have to reiterate that the US has no plans to withdraw from ITER, at least I haven't seen any document on my desk about it."

"We will work more closely with our allies on fusion energy research and do everything we can to expand the reach of our research institutions in this field."

"If the situation is optimistic, we will complete the construction of the controllable fusion demonstration reactor by 2030, and realize the commercialization of controllable fusion technology by 2050!"

"We will complete the work we have begun, and we will deliver on our commitments to our partner countries..."

Looking at the Secretary of the US Department of Energy who gave a speech in the video, Lu Zhou rubbed his index finger on the mouse lightly, thoughtfully.

"...It seems that the Americans are starting to worry."

He can write letters to the relevant departments, and others can naturally.

Moreover, compared with the broad prospects of controllable nuclear fusion, Huaguo (or Russia) has gained an advantage in a certain technology, which is more able to stimulate the Congressional Budget Committee to spend money.

As he sees it.

This competition about controllable nuclear fusion and about the future has already begun.

In the future, I am afraid that not only majors such as engines, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, but even scholars in the field of controllable fusion will not be easy to apply for visas...