Chapter 556

The center of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor base.

The construction site is in full swing.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye since Beijing approved the ignition test. From Frost's Descent to Winter Solstice, before you know it, it's time to eat dumplings.

Although the weather is getting colder, it still cannot freeze the heat in people's hearts.

After overcoming countless difficulties and obstacles, they finally came to this moment.

Soon, they'll know if it's all worth it.

"The connection port has been checked! Confirm that the interface is normal!"

"Attention all units, start the docking operation!"

The ICRF heating antenna, which is about ten meters long and three to four meters wide, is hoisted by steel cables, and is slowly approaching the huge reactor under the traction of the cross arm of the crane.

At the same time, engineers from the Nuclear Industry Group stood by, operating professional equipment and carrying out installation work in an orderly manner.

Standing next to the construction site, Academician Wang Zengguang, the chief engineer of the Nuclear Industry Group who was on site to direct, was wearing a hard hat, with a proud smile on his wrinkled old face.

"I used to think that when the nuclear industry group has a thorough understanding of the fourth-generation nuclear fission reactor technology, I should probably retire."

Standing next to Academician Wang, Academician Li Jiangang of Luyang Institute of Material Science smiled after hearing this sentence.

"now what?"

Staring at the giant steel beast in front of him, Academician Wang narrowed his crow's feet with a smile.

"Looking at it now, I'm afraid it will be two or three years later."

If the fusion fire is lit...

Someone has to pass it on.

At least he had to get on with it until it got right.

At this moment, a middle-aged engineer wearing a hard hat walked towards the two old men.

"ICRF heating antenna installed!"

Academician Li said seriously: "Have you checked the airtightness of the interface?"

The middle-aged engineer nodded and replied rigorously: "It has been checked three times! It is confirmed that there is no problem."

The seriousness on his face eased, and Academician Li nodded approvingly, turned to look at his old friend next to him, and joked with a smile: "The mission of our Luyang Institute of Matter has been successfully completed, and now it's up to you. I Let’s talk about Lao Wang, let’s not lose the chain at this juncture. It would be a shame if your magnetic fluid generator can’t get electricity at that time.”

Hearing this sentence, Academician Wang laughed and cursed.

"Heh, you old bastard is still worried about me. You can rest assured, when the time comes to test the ignition, if the chain is lost on the generator set, I, Wang Zengguang, will write my name upside down from now on!"

As he spoke, he looked at the construction site not far away, and gave orders to the middle-aged engineer in front of him.

"Start installing the magnetic fluid generator set!"

"Yes!"

The middle-aged engineer nodded solemnly, and immediately trotted towards the construction site.

...

call--!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, two fighter jets roared past the blue sky.

In the recent period of time, such voices can be heard here from time to time.

Standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, Lu Zhou looked away from the sea not far away, and glanced at the time on his watch.

In another thirty minutes, there was another meeting waiting for him to chair.

Since the research work came to an end temporarily, he didn't just sit idle.

Rather, this month is probably the most exhausting day since the start of the demonstration reactor project.

More than one hundred research institutes have participated in the related topics of STAR-2 device, and dozens of institutions have directly or indirectly participated in the construction of demonstration reactor components and specific construction.

In order to coordinate the work of various departments, the most he has done this month is to hold meetings. Almost every day there are more than three conferences or small meetings to be held, and at least ten reports must be read in person.

For him, who likes to stay in the laboratory and study interesting problems alone, it is simply no fun at all.

However, those days are coming to an end.

The components of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor have all been completed.

If there is no accident, at the upcoming meeting, Academician Wang, the chief engineer of the Nuclear Industry Group, will report to him the installation of ICRF antennas and all magnetic fluid generator sets.

These are the last two pieces of the puzzle.

After completing the installation of these two demonstration reactor components, and finally checking the connection status of the interface of each component, the ignition experiment can basically start.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile a little.

This day was finally what he was looking forward to.

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

Looking away from the floor-to-ceiling windows, Lu Zhou looked at the door.

"come in."

The door opened, and Yan Yan, who was wearing a dark blue coat and carrying an insulated box, walked in.

"You didn't eat again."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I don't have much appetite at noon, and I'm almost used to two meals in the morning and evening recently."

Yan Yan sighed softly, and gently put the heat preservation box on the coffee table: "I know you are very busy, but you still have to eat three meals a day on time. There are dumplings made in the cafeteria, and I brought you one Come here."

The food was delivered to his mouth, and Lu Zhou was not a hypocritical person. He thanked him sincerely, then walked to the sofa next to the coffee table and sat down, and opened the insulation box.

The tempting noodle fragrance hits the face, and the crystal clear dumplings make the index finger move.

After taking a sip of the noodle soup, feeling the warmth in his stomach, Lu Zhou's eyes lit up slightly.

Well, it's quite fragrant.

Can't help admiring, Lu Zhou picked up the chopsticks.

"Is the food in your army so good?"

Sitting down on the sofa opposite, Yan Yan replied: "Let's see which army it is."

"yes?"

Lu Zhou didn't continue with the topic, but concentrated on enjoying the delicious lunch.

A regular diet is definitely good for health. In fact, no one needs to be reminded at all, and he knows it himself.

But sometimes it’s clear that it’s clear. When people get busy, they lose their appetite. When I came back to my senses, it was already past meal time, so I simply waited for the next meal to eat together.

While enjoying the dumplings in the insulated box, at this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly thought of something.

"Speaking of which, today is the winter solstice."

Sitting opposite the sofa, Yan Yan, who watched him eat, was slightly stunned, nodded and said: "Yes."

No wonder it's dumplings...

Lu Zhou smiled. If it wasn't for this plate of dumplings, he wouldn't have even noticed that today is a special day.

But speaking of which, it's already winter solstice.

Time flies so fast...

Just as he was feeling emotional in his heart, footsteps came from outside the corridor, and not long after, that familiar face and loud voice appeared at the door together.

"The door wasn't closed, so I came in. I didn't disturb Professor Lu when you were eating."

"Why bother?" Lu Zhou smiled and put down his chopsticks, "I happened to finish eating too."

As he spoke, he looked at Yan Yan.

"The insulation box will trouble you."

Yan Yan shook her head: "No trouble, you go ahead."

Saying that, she got up from the sofa, took away the heat preservation box on the coffee table, turned and left the office, and closed the door for the two people in the office.

After walking to the opposite side of Lu Zhou and sitting down, Captain Dai cleared his throat and said with a calm expression.

"It will be the end of December soon, has the specific date for the ignition been determined?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and replied.

"The specific date has not yet been determined. We will discuss this matter at the meeting later. But no matter what date it is, it will definitely not be delayed until next year."

"Okay, then I'll come back to you in the evening," Captain Dai nodded, "But my suggestion is, if the ignition time is confirmed, try to notify us three days in advance. We can also let the provincial side Cooperate with us in arranging the traffic and safety work in this area on the day of the ignition."

"Thank you for your hard work," Lu Zhou nodded, then suddenly thought of something, and said, "Speaking of which, it will be New Year's Day in a few days."

Head Dai nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"That's just right, it's better to hit the sun than to choose the day," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Use controllable fusion to ignite, and present a congratulatory gift to the people of the whole country who are looking forward to it!"