118: Chapter 118: With just ten "Golden Crow" power plants, China will enter an era of unlimited power!

Lin Mo shouted several times,

Finally getting everyone to react.

Ten minutes flew by in an instant;

Snapping back from a state of intense mental focus, everyone felt a bit dazed.

"Ah..."

"Huh?"

Everyone looked at each other in a daze.

Did... did it succeed just like that?

Truly... without a single ripple of trouble?

Does it have to be this simple?

Lin Mo said helplessly, "It's really strange. You were all incredibly excited before the ignition, but now that it's successful, you're all stunned..."

"Let's go, comrades!"

"It's getting late, let's get some food! The cafeteria has already arranged a celebration banquet, let's go celebrate together!"

In response,

Everyone stood there blankly,

Exchanging looks,

Not a single person was willing to move their feet.

A celebration banquet?

At such a critical moment,

Who the hell wants to leave!

"Chief Designer Lin, should we... wait a bit longer?"

Xiang Guangming swallowed hard, his voice raspy.

"It's only been running for ten minutes; shouldn't we stay here and keep watch?"

"In case... bah, bah!"

"Look at my jinx of a mouth..."

Beside him, Elder Yu and Elder Cheng's voices trembled slightly,

As they spoke up.

"Comrade Lin Mo, the 'Golden Crow' reactor has only been running stably for a short while. It's too early to celebrate. We should continue to stay here!"

Even though the comprehensive stability rate had remained above 99.9x%,

Everyone was still terrified that something unexpected might happen.

If they weren't watching it with their own eyes,

They simply couldn't put their hearts at ease.

To this,

Lin Mo felt even more helpless.

"Everyone, even if something really goes wrong, what could you possibly do?"

"Moreover, to confirm stable control, we need to observe the comprehensive stability rate for at least 72 hours. Do you all plan to stay here for three days and three nights?"

"It's enough to have two people take turns observing!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

Everyone became excited instead.

One after another, they volunteered—

No... they strongly demanded to be the ones to stay and observe.

Despite Lin Mo's best efforts to persuade them,

Still, no one was willing to leave.

Left with no choice,

Lin Mo had to arrange for the cafeteria staff

To pack the celebratory meal into lunch boxes and deliver them to the observation room.

Time passed minute by minute,

And half an hour later,

The Golden Crow Reactor was still running stably.

Inside the observation room,

The lunch boxes had been delivered.

Since there were no chairs or benches,

And since these were not people who cared for formalities,

They simply sat on the floor, disregarding their image.

Holding steaming lunch boxes in their hands,

They ate while looking up to monitor the large screen.

Because it was the final day of the rushed construction period, everyone had started comprehensive performance testing at three or four in the morning, working straight through until noon.

Most people hadn't even eaten breakfast, and by now, they were indeed famished.

"Look, it's been running stably for an hour!"

A cry of surprise rang out.

Everyone quickly put down their lunch boxes,

Stood up, and began to clap loudly—"Clap, clap, clap!"

"A milestone, a major milestone!"

"Good, good! Stable, it's so damn stable!"

Only after the applause ended did they sit back down cross-legged to eat.

To this,

Lin Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

These big shots of the nuclear physics world were truly too adorable...

Every ten minutes the "Golden Crow" reactor ran stably,

Everyone just had to clap together,

As if they had accomplished some monumental feat,

Making him feel a bit on edge himself.

Beside Lin Mo,

Elder Yu and Elder Cheng sat cross-legged.

"Comrade Lin Mo, it's been a full hour!"

Elder Yu sighed with emotion while chewing on a steamed bun:

"Continuous discharge for one hour, and the comprehensive stability coefficient is still above 99.9%."

"It seems we have indeed succeeded!"

Elder Cheng was too excited to contain himself;

He stood up abruptly,

His voice trembling as he said, "How fortunate!"

"I never thought that this old bag of bones of mine would actually witness such a great undertaking in my eighty-eighth year!"

Lin Mo smiled,

And said sincerely, "Elder Cheng, you are the Chief Technical Consultant. You are the most important leader, participant, and builder of Project Houyi, not just a witness!"

Being praised by Lin Mo,

Elder Cheng laughed heartily, his mood exceptionally bright.

Toward Elder Cheng, the former 'Nuclear Commander' of China,

Lin Mo held immense respect.

In the 1960s,

For the rise of China as a powerful nation,

Elder Cheng had forsaken prosperity and embraced loneliness,

Resolutely stepping into the Great Northwest to work hard at the Lop Nur Nuclear Test Base.

For over twenty years, he never left for a single step, rooting himself heart and soul in nuclear weapons research and testing, creating countless monumental achievements for China. He truly deserves the gratitude and respect of all contemporary Chinese people!

At this moment,

Chief Designer Bai Yannian was also sitting on the ground without any pretense,

Looking at the total power generation figures constantly ticking upward on the large screen,

He remarked with great emotion.

"The terrifying power generation of just this one 'Golden Crow' reactor is likely enough to supply electricity to the entire Lu City and dozens of surrounding cities!"

"Incredible, it's truly too incredible!"

Megawatt (MW) is a unit of power used when calculating electricity generation.

For every 1 megawatt of generating power,

It can produce 1,000 kilowatt-hours (units) of electricity in one hour.

And the "Golden Crow" reactor, with its 20,000 MW capacity, had already produced a staggering 20 million units of electricity in this one hour of continuous operation!

Running for just one full day, it could produce 480 million units of electricity!

One must realize,

In the current era,

A second- or third-tier city with a population of a million,

Uses only about 20 million units of electricity a day!

If calculated based on an annual per capita electricity consumption of 2,000 units (which is unlikely to be that high),

The electricity generated by one Golden Crow Reactor in a single day

Would be enough for 240,000 people to use for an entire year!

If China were to build a super-large "Golden Crow" nuclear power plant,

With 16 units generating power simultaneously...

My goodness!

The prospect was so beautiful it was almost unimaginable!

It could be said,

That by building only 10 super-large "Golden Crow" nuclear power plants,

The vast nation of China

Would never lack electricity again!

And with the ultra-low cost of the "Golden Crow" reactor,

Combined with the incredibly cheap—virtually free—deuterium-tritium fuel,

With China's capabilities,

Why stop at 10?

Building 100 would be more than feasible!

In less than half a year at most, all of China's thermal, hydro, wind, and other power generation industries would have to shut down!

Correspondingly,

All industries, sectors, and enterprises related to electric new energy

Will officially enter the era's trend,

Becoming the metaphorical "flying pigs" caught in a gale,

It would be hard NOT to take off!

"Comrade Lin Mo, this time, you are truly going to set off a new round of energy revolution!"

"Before long, China's energy industry will undergo a massive transformation!"

"Sigh! I don't know how busy things will get in the coming days..."

Chief Designer Bai Yannian smiled and shook his head;

As the Chief Designer of China's Scientific and Technological Development,

He would inevitably be at the forefront of this energy revolution,

And being busy beyond belief was a certainty.

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(Thanks for the support and power generation)