343: 100 million degrees high temperature steady state operation for 433 seconds! Making history!
His goals and ideas were completely different from those of Director Yu and the others.
Their authority was also different.
Director Yu and the others didn't have much funding they could allocate in a year, and their goal was just to make gradual breakthroughs and achieve results. They didn't expect to reach the heavens in one step and directly achieve Controlled nuclear fusion.
After all, the current gap is still a bit large, and commercial fusion reactors won't be seen in the short term.
Whether it's in terms of materials or engineering.
They also didn't have much funding, and once the experimental reactor had problems due to aggressive experiments, it would be very difficult for them to repair it.
They didn't have much money to begin with, plus repairing the experimental reactor would require a significant amount of time.
Therefore, every experiment they conducted was approached with extreme caution, being careful, careful, and even more careful.
But Guo Hao was different.
He came to Luzhou with only one goal.
To conduct aggressive experiments and collect enough data, including data on when the reactor melted down.
To build a truly commercial reactor, it is necessary to have data on various components.
Even the state of the fusion reactor under various circumstances needs to be obtained.
Guo Hao truly didn't care about this experimental reactor.
Even!
Guo Hao had already decided that after leaving Luzhou, he would use this experimental reactor to test the most extreme situation possible, extending the core's duration as much as possible, even at the cost of it completely melting down.
Truly, there is no breaking without establishing!
"Alright..."
Director Yu heard Guo Hao's words. Although he was still hesitant, he didn't say anything more.
If Guo Hao had just arrived, perhaps he could have offered some professional advice to Guo Hao.
But now... as he understood Guo Hao more, Director Yu had already discovered that Guo Hao's understanding of Controlled nuclear fusion was already superior to his own.
This feeling was actually very powerless... If your Leader is more professional than you, what else can you say?
Inside the Controlled nuclear fusion control room.
Numerous Engineers and Researchers were conducting the final checks on the brand-new EAST fully superconducting Tokamak Controlled nuclear fusion device.
"First wall checked, tungsten alloy armor confirmed to be fine."
"Superconducting coil detected without error!"
...
The Engineers and Researchers were conducting the final checks on EAST.
Soon, all checks were completed without issues.
"Then let's begin!"
Guo Hao took a deep breath.
At Guo Hao's command, the surrounding Researchers quickly began operating this enormous behemoth.
The super conducting wire with a diameter exceeding twelve meters began to be energized.
Deuterium and tritium fuel was injected into the toroidal vacuum chamber.
As the fuel was injected, the temperature at the very center of the fusion reaction, shown on the monitoring screen, began to rise rapidly.
One million degrees, five million degrees, ten million degrees, thirty million degrees, fifty million degrees...
The temperature quickly soared to an extremely terrifying level.
And all of this was firmly confined by a powerful magnetic field.
"Temperature has risen to one hundred million degrees, the fusion reaction is ongoing, tritium is being produced, and the recovery device is functioning!"
The surrounding Researchers quickly operated this massive device.
One piece of good news after another kept coming.
As time passed.
Sixty seconds quietly went by.
The first wall remained stable.
Everyone in the entire research institute had excitement in their eyes.
One hundred million degrees Celsius!
This is a huge breakthrough in the field of Controlled nuclear fusion!
The happiest was Director Yu. He had originally had some complaints, but at this moment, his eyes were fixed on the electronic display screen in front of him, his heart was very nervous, and his face was also full of excitement.
Good! Very good!
One hundred million degrees! Sixty seconds!
The effect he had not achieved, unexpectedly, after being modified by Guo Hao, was achieved so easily!
On the display screen, time was still passing.
The device modified by Guo Hao was still running, the neutron irradiation received by the first wall was still increasing, and the accumulated temperature was constantly rising.
But the device remained stable!
At this moment, everyone in the entire control room held their breath, they were all nervously watching the electronic display screen on the side, as if they were afraid that their breathing would interrupt the running time of this Controlled nuclear fusion.
100 seconds!
Seeing the time displayed on the screen, everyone's eyes became more and more nervous.
This is very likely to create a historical record!
200 seconds!
In the entire control room, everyone's eyes were fixed on the screen. If it weren't for the sound of the Controlled nuclear fusion device, perhaps if a needle dropped in the office now, everyone would be able to hear it.
300 seconds!
Five minutes!
At this moment, no one dared to speak.
This result is already the highest record of all Tokamaks in the entire world, throughout history!
It's simply the theoretical limit at the moment!
Guo Hao also looked at the display screen in surprise.
The result itself was not surprising; what truly surprised Guo Hao was how stable it was!
You know, he just modified it based on the existing EAST facility.
He didn't expect the effect to be so good.
This level gave Guo Hao more confidence in the eventual success of Controlled nuclear fusion!
This Controlled nuclear fusion lasted for 433 seconds. At 433 seconds, the accumulated heat penetrated the first wall, and neutron irradiation broke the first wall's cooling system.
"Emergency stop! Cool down completely!"
Under the calm command of several senior Researchers, the small sun that had burned for 433 seconds finally extinguished.
And as the small sun extinguished.
"Wow!!!!"
The entire control room, nearly a hundred people, all let out excited roars.
Director Yu, who looked like a steady Director, had completely let go of all pretense at this time. He was shouting with a flushed face, and their eyes were all filled with excitement.
In the entire control room, only Guo Hao and General Manager Huang remained calm.
General Manager Huang had a smile on his face and turned to look at Guo Hao.
"Director Guo is amazing! 433 seconds! This record, I don't know when ITER will be able to catch up! In the entire world of Controlled nuclear fusion, you should be the absolute authority!"
When this news gets out, I'm afraid..."
"No rush, General Manager Huang."
Guo Hao's expression was very calm. He looked at General Manager Huang on the side and said calmly.
"The data here, do not leak it. Set it as top secret, General Manager Huang, you should know what to do, right?"
Hearing Guo Hao's words, General Manager Huang was slightly taken aback.
Soon he knew what to do.
"Okay, I know what to do."
Nuclear technology itself is confidential. As the General Manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, he understood immediately upon hearing Guo Hao's words.
"I will talk to those Engineers."
"Mm!"
Guo Hao nodded.
At this moment, his gaze swept across the entire control room, and he clapped his hands.
"Everyone! I have something to say!"
In the control room, everyone's eyes were fixed on Guo Hao...
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