Although Gwen doesn't know much about the field of materials, he has paid attention to the situation of international superconducting materials laboratories. Looking back over the years, he has no idea how many materials experts have devoted themselves to superconducting materials and wanted to conquer the room-temperature superconducting materials, which are known as the king of materials.

But the end result was that it was impossible to develop such a material.

It seems that any superconducting material must be in a low-temperature environment to exhibit superconducting properties.

As a result, the academic community gradually came to believe that there is no such thing as room-temperature superconducting materials in the world.

Therefore, when faced with controlled nuclear fusion projects, the Tokamak magnetic field confinement nuclear fusion device is not optimistic.

The prospects are considered limited.

No further upgrades are possible.

So they chose laser fusion, which is achieved by simulating the temperature and pressure of the sun.

Originally, Gwen was indeed worried, fearing that Xu Yuan's participation in the research on controlled nuclear fusion would greatly accelerate the progress of the Chinese project.

Now after listening to Wilbur's views, I feel much calmer.

Yes.

As long as the other party still chooses the direction of the tokamak device, it will be impossible to truly achieve controlled nuclear fusion.

Even if Xu Yuan participates, it won’t work.

On the contrary, with the passage of time and continuous experiments, they may be the first to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.

As thoughts raced through her mind, Gwen felt it was still necessary to get other people's attention.

Then he said to Wilbur again:

"I believe in your judgment, Professor Wilbur, but we must also speed up our research and development."

"With Xu's talent and strength, if they give up Tokamak and choose laser fusion, there is a high probability that they will still pose a threat, so we must stay ahead of the world."

"As long as the Senate fully supports us, our research and development progress will definitely be faster than it is now." Wilbur said this to Gwen without any hesitation.

Speaking of which, he was very happy that Gwen could come over today.

In recent years, with the decline of the company's international influence, the research and development of many projects have been hindered.

The most important issue is funding.

Otherwise, NASA's plan to restart the moon landing would not have been delayed.

Ultimately, China was the first to achieve a manned lunar landing.

As a national key nuclear fusion laboratory, it is natural that they would not complain that they have sufficient funds.

Gwen suddenly came to inspect today, and Xu Yuan's situation gave him an excuse to ask for funds.

But it should be said that he does have this confidence.

If additional funding is really provided, the progress of laser nuclear fusion ignition experiments can be accelerated.

When Gwen heard Wilbur asking for funds so directly, she was stunned. She obviously didn't expect the situation to suddenly turn out like this.

Although he does not want to see China's nuclear fusion project take the lead, he has no intention of providing additional funding for the laboratory.

After all, the research and development of nuclear fusion is indeed a very expensive thing.

But now that Wilbur had asked him in person, it would be inappropriate to refuse him directly.

Considering that the current situation is becoming increasingly unclear, and that controlled nuclear fusion is urgently needed to stabilize the situation, he must take this into consideration, so additional funds must be requested.

With the thought lingering here, he had no choice but to answer in the affirmative.

"Controlled nuclear fusion is related to the future development of human civilization, so the House will naturally give its full support."

"Professor Wilbur."

"I am looking forward to hearing good news from you."

After temporarily setting the tone for the matter, Gwen did not dwell on it any further.

Soon they left under the escort of a convoy.

It is also worth mentioning that similar situations have occurred in other nuclear fusion laboratories.

It seemed as if everyone suddenly became nervous and began to increase their research efforts on controlled nuclear fusion.

This situation has never happened before.

Although many countries have started research on controlled nuclear fusion very early.

But its nature can only be described as planning for the future.

I just hope to make some progress, and I don't require the project to be completed within a certain time.

After all, everyone knows the difficulty of this project.

But with Xu Yuan's participation in the nuclear fusion project, others seemed to be left behind.

Suddenly I became stressed.

We began to increase our research efforts and provide full support.

Judging from this point alone, it shows that other people are more worried.

It is believed that Xu Yuan does have the ability to develop nuclear fusion.

As the saying goes, those who fall behind will be beaten. In the field of nuclear fusion, whoever fails to conquer it first will probably never be able to change the situation.

……

During the holidays, Xu Yuan naturally saw the discussions about this matter on the Internet.

Especially the articles published by Professor Wilber.

In the article, the other party clearly pointed out that Tokamak is the wrong direction and it is impossible to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.

And announced the latest research results of its own laser nuclear fusion.

Many people agree with this view.

It seems that the voices criticizing the Tokamak device are becoming louder and louder in the world.

In response, Xu Yuan just smiled faintly.

I didn't take these external voices to heart at all.

The tokamak device does have bottlenecks, but a big reason is problems with superconducting materials.

Now that room-temperature superconducting materials have been mastered, using them in tokamak devices will most likely produce amazing ignition and operation performance.

By that time, perhaps Tokamak will take off completely.

It can only be said that those guys overseas would never have thought that the room-temperature superconducting materials had been solved before he participated in the controlled nuclear fusion project.

I really can’t imagine what the world’s reaction will be like when controlled nuclear fusion comes out.

How will human civilization develop?
However, Xu Yuan knew in his heart that it was obviously too early to think about these things at the moment.

Soon the holiday is over.

Xu Yuan also officially came to the Institute of Plasma Physics and attended the project discussion meeting for the first time.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

In the lecture hall, Xu Yuan and Li Guojian sat in the main seats and listened carefully to the detailed reports from professors and researchers.

Those attending the meeting today are all members of the controlled nuclear fusion project.

When Xu Yuan looked around, he saw many young faces. Just as the information said, the average age of the project members was only in their thirties.

This is undoubtedly good news.

After all, at the age of over 30, he can participate in key projects such as controlled nuclear fusion.

It is enough to prove their excellence.

At the same time, being in this kind of project can also help you grow quickly.

Also, given their age, they still have a long time to engage in scientific research.

This is the key to whether domestic science and technology can explode in the future.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Yuan has not been idle these days and has studied the current situation of the artificial sun project in detail.

At the moment, I am thinking from time to time while combining the reports from other researchers.

"Since the last successful ignition experiment, we have made new breakthroughs in the research of the tokamak device, so I applied for another ignition. If there are no problems, I think we can set a new record."

Soon after, a researcher submitted an application, which immediately attracted Xu Yuan's attention.

I subconsciously took a few more glances.

Of course he knew what the researcher was talking about.

The last time the tokamak device was successfully ignited, it successfully reacted at high temperature for more than ten minutes.

Not only did it set a new record, it was also widely reported and sparked heated discussions around the world.

Now we are going to ignite the fire again, and we are confident that we can break the previous record.

Judging from the speed alone, it can be said that it is not slow.

But compared with true controlled nuclear fusion, it is still too far away.

After all, even if it can be increased by a few minutes each time, it is still a long way from the requirement of long-term stable operation.

Just as Xu Yuan was thinking about this, he saw Li Guojian next to him did not directly answer to make a decision, but instead leaned over and asked Xu Yuan for his opinion.

"Xu Yuan."

"How do you think we should arrange our work in the next stage?"

He was the project leader before, so this kind of thing was naturally easy to arrange, but now Xu Yuan is the chief designer of the project.

We must definitely listen to Xu Yuan's advice.

Besides, Xu Yuan's talent and strength are obvious to everyone.

Naturally, there would be no objection. In fact, this was exactly the case. When everyone at the scene saw that the right to speak came to Xu Yuan, they immediately set their eyes on Xu Yuan, and even focused a lot of attention.

I wonder what arrangements Xu Yuan will make.

Mainly based on Xu Yuan's previous experience in charge of projects, their progress should be much faster.

Xu Yuan suddenly heard Li Guojian's voice coming from his ear. After being stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted and realized that it was indeed time for him to speak.

He must have had ideas in his mind about the planning and arrangements for subsequent projects.

In short, we will speed up the research and development progress as much as possible and strive to achieve controlled nuclear fusion as soon as possible.

Otherwise, I really don’t know how long it will take for human civilization to truly master controlled nuclear fusion energy.

So when faced with such a question, he hardly kept anyone in suspense and immediately spoke in a deep voice to announce his decision.

"From the current data, our tokamak device has already encountered a bottleneck. If we don't solve this bottleneck and upgrade it, breaking the reaction time record will be meaningless."

"Because we will never achieve true nuclear fusion."

"This is indeed the problem we face." Li Guojian nodded in agreement when he heard this.

As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly asked, "Does Dean Xu have any good ideas?"

To be honest, compared to the initial tokamak device, they have carried out several upgraded designs.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible to achieve the current results.

But it is not easy to make a qualitative breakthrough.

Judging from the current situation, we can only place all our hopes on Xu Yuan.

"My suggestion is to simply dismantle the current tokamak device and rebuild it."

Everyone who had been looking forward to Xu Yuan very much was shocked when they heard Xu Yuan's decision, and then confusion and puzzlement appeared in their eyes.

The tokamak device in the institute can be said to be the heart and soul of their entire project.

It represents the world's most advanced tokamak nuclear fusion device.

I don’t know how much money was spent and how much effort was put into its construction.

To tear it down directly would seem too decisive no matter how you look at it.

This is not the right approach.

Not to mention how much time and resources will be spent on demolishing and rebuilding.

Even if the new one is built well, it is still unknown whether its performance can exceed the current one.

If you eventually find that all your efforts are in vain, you may end up being overtaken by others.

Naturally, they believed in Xu Yuan and thought that Xu Yuan had the potential to solve the problem of controlled nuclear fusion.

But faced with such a decision, this idea is somewhat shaken.

When Li Guojian, who was standing next to him, heard these words, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Xu Yuan a few more times.

However, the expression revealed was more of a thoughtful one.

It seemed that he had somewhat understood Xu Yuan's intention.

But before I had the chance to ask, other researchers took the initiative to express their doubts.

"Xu Yuan."

"Our tokamak device has gone through several generations of upgrades to achieve today's performance."

“Does it really have to be demolished?”

"Also, how can we ensure that the newly built tokamak device will have better performance?"

Xu Yuan looked at the other party and listened to all the questions raised.

Then, without pausing, he answered:

"The current tokamak device is too bulky due to problems with superconducting materials, and there are many unsolvable problems. We must rebuild it to break through the bottleneck from the root."

"The new tokamak nuclear fusion device will be built using room-temperature superconducting materials."

If the first half of Xu Yuan's speech was quite standard, then the information conveyed in the last sentence could be called a bombshell.

It was almost like a wake-up call, leaving everyone present stunned.

Even after I came to my senses, I still couldn't believe it.

There was soon a commotion in the lecture hall, and many murmurs of self-doubt could be heard.

"What did Dean Xu say just now, room-temperature superconducting materials?"

"Did I hear correctly?"

"It is indeed a room-temperature superconducting material. Professor Xu said that he would use room-temperature superconducting materials to build a new tokamak device."

"Oh my god, when did they develop room-temperature superconducting materials?"

"Is it true or false that there are really room-temperature superconducting materials in this world?"

“It’s just unbelievable.”

"Since Dean Xu said it himself, it shouldn't be false."

……

Those who had originally felt sorry for dismantling the tokamak device immediately changed their attitude after hearing the news.

I even wish it could be demolished right now.

After all, everyone knows the value of room-temperature superconducting materials. If they are really used in the construction of tokamak devices, not only will the volume be greatly reduced, but the performance will also undergo earth-shaking changes.

Perhaps we can enter a new technological level and directly achieve nuclear fusion.

Compared with such incalculable consequences, dismantling a tokamak is nothing.

The thought stayed here, and many people could no longer hold back and immediately took the initiative to talk to Xu Yuan.

"Xu Yuan."

"Can we really use room-temperature superconducting materials to build a new tokamak nuclear fusion device?"

"Of course." Xu Yuan nodded with a smile.

He noticed all the changes in everyone's expressions and was very satisfied with their performance.

At the same time, this was completely within his expectations.

After all, it is a material that is considered impossible to exist by countless materials scholars and experts.

Just as Xu Yuan was about to take over the conversation and continue to respond, Li Guojian next to him suddenly interrupted:

"You may not know that our domestically produced room-temperature superconducting materials were successfully developed by a team led by Academician Xu. However, it has not been announced to the public yet and is kept secret. This time, we are responsible for the research and development of controlled nuclear fusion in our artificial sun project, and it is precisely because of the room-temperature superconducting materials."

Among all the people present, Li Guojian knew the inside story and was aware that Xu Yuan had just conquered room-temperature superconducting materials.

When he first heard that Xu Yuan wanted to rebuild the tokamak device, he was unable to react for a while.

But then he understood what Xu Yuan meant.

After all, they have made a major breakthrough in materials, so a comprehensive upgrade is definitely the right thing to do, so there is no need to worry about setting a new record in those few minutes.

Perhaps there were still people in the crowd who had doubts about this matter, but after listening to Li Guojian's words, they completely believed that the country had mastered the legendary room-temperature superconducting material.

Today's meeting has come to this point, and there is basically no need to discuss the rest of the matter.

Anyway, the focus of the next work will be to dismantle the existing tokamak nuclear fusion device.

Then rebuild it.

Finally, when the time came to eleven o'clock in the morning, the meeting ended with everyone's excitement.

no doubt.

The emergence of room-temperature superconducting materials has completely mobilized the motivation and enthusiasm of researchers.

It's like a shot of adrenaline.

I am more optimistic about the Tokamak nuclear fusion device.

This atmosphere can also be of great help in the construction of subsequent new devices.

As for Xu Yuan and Li Guojian, they took the initiative to fall behind.

Li Guojian's lips moved slightly, as if he had new concerns. After thinking for more than ten seconds, he took the initiative to ask.

"There is one more thing, Dean Xu."

"If we want to rebuild the Tokamak nuclear fusion device, I wonder if we can meet the supply of room-temperature superconducting materials?"

Unlike simple experimental tests, building a tokamak device requires a large amount of room-temperature superconducting materials, but it is not easy to produce room-temperature superconducting materials now.

If this problem cannot be solved, it is possible that new equipment will not be built for a long time.

Affect the progress of subsequent experiments.

After all, the base for producing room-temperature superconducting materials has not yet officially started construction.

The production of room-temperature superconducting materials can only rely on laboratories.

Fortunately, Xu Yuan had thought about this question before, so he answered it without much thought.

"There may be problems with the supply of room-temperature superconducting materials at present, but this will not last long. They will be synthesized by domestic laboratories in the future and will meet our needs for building tokamak devices."

"Once the large-scale domestic material production base is completed and put into use, we won't have to worry about material problems."

"At this stage, we just need to complete the dismantling of the current tokamak nuclear fusion device."

In addition to using room-temperature superconducting materials to build the device, he also wants to further optimize some of the tokamak designs so that he can bring surprises to everyone when it is ignited for the first time.

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(End of this chapter)