117: Chapter 117: Ignition successful, output power 20000MW! Comparable to hundreds of ordinary nuclear power plants!

But soon,

at Xiang Guangming's signal,

everyone stopped cheering.

"Comrades, we are one final step away from success!"

"And that is... ignition!"

Xiang Guangming's voice trembled slightly.

He had worked in nuclear physics for decades,

and had been researching the Controlled Nuclear Fusion project for nearly ten years.

Now that they were at the finish line,

no one in his position could possibly remain calm.

In front of the control room door,

Chief Designer Bai Yannian, the Chief Designer of China's technological development, looked down at his watch.

It was three minutes until noon.

He turned to look at Comrade Lin Mo and said solemnly,

"Comrade Lin Mo, it is almost noon."

"Now, please represent all of us and personally press the ignition button to light the fire of China's nuclear fusion!"

Lin Mo nodded.

Under everyone's watchful eyes,

he walked steadily into the control room.

After entering a series of passwords and passing three fingerprint scans,

the safety mechanism unlocked,

revealing a red button.

Soon,

there were only a dozen seconds left until 12:00 PM!

"Chief Designer Lin, are you ready?"

Lin Mo nodded in signal,

and a countdown began over the intercom.

"10!"

"9!"

"..."

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Ignite!"

Lin Mo took a deep breath

and pressed it down resolutely.

The laser ignition device activated instantly, and the 'Golden Crow' Tokamak device suddenly flared with blue light!

As the blue light shone,

everyone in the observation room looked tense,

their hearts in their throats.

Ten seconds, thirty seconds,

one minute, three minutes...

In less than five minutes,

the blue light outside the Tokamak device

gradually turned into a pale purple,

and then slowly shifted into a dazzling yellow light!

"Good!..." With the appearance of the yellow light,

faint cheers broke out in the observation room.

At this,

Chief Designer Bai was somewhat confused,

only understanding after Xiang Guangming explained.

"Chief Designer Bai, the preheating phase is over!"

"All parameters of the 'Golden Crow' reactor are completely stable; there haven't been any issues with the operation!"

Xiang Guangming's eyes burned with fervor as he said, "The internal temperature of the Tokamak right now should have reached 150 million degrees Celsius!"

Hearing this terrifying figure,

Chief Designer Bai was also left speechless.

Xiang Guangming took a deep breath,

unable to control the excitement in his heart any longer,

his voice trembling as he said,

"Next is the discharge phase!"

"Success or failure will be decided in this one stroke!"

As the preheating phase concluded,

the Deuterium-Tritium nuclei serving as fusion fuel, under extreme high temperatures,

saw their extranuclear electrons escape at high speeds,

turning into plasma.

The thermonuclear fusion reaction intensified continuously,

but under the powerful magnetic confinement of the superconducting coils,

the fusion reaction was steadily bound within the center of the Tokamak.

With a surging release of energy,

the 'Golden Crow' reactor officially entered the discharge phase!

On the large screen in the observation room,

various operating parameters began to refresh by the second.

"Reactor operating smoothly, overall stability rate: 99.96%..."

"Plasma discharging, transformer connection successful, high-voltage current output stable..."

"Output power: 500MW (Unit: Megawatts)..."

"Output power: 1000MW (Unit: Megawatts)..."

"Output power: 1500MW (Unit: Megawatts)..."

Everyone stared fixedly at the large screen.

The output power rose continuously at a terrifying speed within an extremely short time,

leaving everyone shocked.

Before this,

they all knew the specific calculated figures,

but they never imagined the output power would increase so rapidly!

Everyone's hearts suddenly tightened;

could something be wrong?

In reality,

their worries were unnecessary.

After reaching a certain value,

the output power finally stabilized,

showing no further changes.

"Output power: 20,000MW (Unit: Megawatts), stable discharge in progress..."

As the person in charge of the livelihood sector, Chief Designer Bai Yannian

looked at the frozen, absurd number

and sucked in a breath of cold air!

"This!..."

He oversaw the energy and power industries,

and had a full understanding of just how terrifying 20,000MW was!

Not long ago,

the Supreme Academy of China had just passed a major livelihood project regarding the construction of fourth-generation nuclear power plants.

The combined output power of the 16 units in that planned fourth-generation plant was only 600MW!

Yet this 'Golden Crow' thermonuclear fusion reactor,

with just one unit,

had an output power that reached a damn 20,000MW???

If they built 16 units to match,

wouldn't the power reach...

Uh,

Chief Designer Bai's mind was a bit dazed.

Such a massive calculation really couldn't be done in an instant,

but regardless,

one 'Golden Crow' power station

was at least equivalent to hundreds of ordinary nuclear power plants!!

And the Deuterium-Tritium fuel consumed

could be extracted entirely from seawater,

costing perhaps not even several hundred thousand Huaxia coins!

Wouldn't this wave

directly grant the entire nation of China energy independence?

At this thought,

he couldn't help but shout, "Holy shit!"

However,

though Chief Designer Bai Yannian's exclamation was very abrupt in the observation room,

no one paid him any mind;

not a single person even turned their head.

Everyone held their breath,

staring fixedly at the large screen,

highly focused.

The continuous stable operation time of the Golden Crow reactor increased second by second.

"Continuous discharge duration: 30 seconds!"

"Continuous discharge duration: 40 seconds!"

"..."

Soon,

the discharge time of the 'Golden Crow' nuclear fusion reactor

broke the previous world record for stable discharge!

And the operating parameters

were all normal!

The overall stability rate of the operation,

just like when it first started,

showed absolutely no signs of triggering the safety control system!

Time passed minute by minute,

three minutes,

four minutes,

five minutes...

The Golden Crow reactor continued to discharge,

constantly converting into high-voltage current through the transformer,

which was continuously sent to the Lu City Energy Storage Station several kilometers away.

Ten minutes passed,

and everyone still stood frozen in place,

their eyes flitting between the operating parameters on the big screen

and the Golden Crow reactor glowing with yellow light through the glass.

Back and forth,

they even forgot to cheer.

At this time,

Lin Mo walked out of the control room.

"Comrades!"

"The ignition went smoothly, we succeeded!"

"Come on, let's go have lunch together to celebrate!"

Lin Mo finished with a smile,

only to find that not a single person responded.

It was then

that he noticed the abnormality in the observation room.

He saw

everyone with their mouths wide open,

staring blankly at the large screen with their heads tilted up.

They probably hadn't heard a single word he just said.

Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh,

so he raised his volume:

"Everyone!! Did you hear me? We succeeded!!"

"Where are the cheers? Where's the applause? Have you all been stunned stupid?"

"Smile, everyone smile!"

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