119: Chapter 119 Energy Revolution! Bai Yannian's hair turned completely white in three days!

"Chief Designer Bai, this is just the beginning."

Lin Mo said with a smile while eating.

"What we have achieved now is only the first generation of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, using deuterium-tritium fuel."

"In at most a year, once our conditions in all aspects are mature, we can quickly skip the second generation and start developing third-generation Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology directly."

"At that time, by using the more efficient and clean Helium-3 element as fusion fuel, we can truly say we have entered the era of infinite energy!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded one after another.

Helium-3 Controlled Nuclear Fusion not only releases more energy but also produces no radiation; five tons of Helium-3 can meet China's total energy demand for a year, making it the most ideal fusion fuel.

Correspondingly, the conditions for Helium-3 fusion are quite harsh; compared to first-generation deuterium-tritium Controlled Nuclear Fusion, the magnetic confinement force must be increased by at least a hundred times, which means the superconducting coils must undergo new technological breakthroughs, and the laser ignition temperature must also be increased by about ten times, requiring a high temperature of around 1.5 billion degrees; all these will inevitably lead to many new technical challenges.

However, everyone was full of confidence about this, completely unlike the confusion of the past.

Due to the advent of the Rare Metal Superconductor and rare-earth heat-resistant ceramics, achieving third-generation Controlled Nuclear Fusion is merely a matter of time!

Xiang Guangming put down his finished lunch box and said to everyone with a smile, "Comrades, Chief Designer Lin has one more thing to say!"

"Although this Helium-3 fuel is not as common as deuterium-tritium fuel, its reserves are still very abundant!"

"Especially since our moon has millions of tons of Helium-3 reserves!"

After hearing Xiang Guangming's words, everyone felt even more passionate and couldn't wait to immediately dive into the research and development of third-generation Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology!

Shortly after, everyone finished their simple meal and stood up one after another.

"Everyone, are you still not planning to leave?"

"If you aren't leaving, I'm going to the Cold Nuclear Fusion working group!"

Lin Mo had already guessed the answer, but he asked anyway.

As expected, Xiang Guangming waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Chief Designer Lin, you go ahead!"

"Seeing the ignition successful here, Professor Ai is probably already anxious over there!"

"Don't worry about us; we will eat and sleep here for the next three days!"

The others nodded one after another, indicating they swore to stay with the Golden Crow.

Lin Mo smiled helplessly, decisively left the "Golden Crow" observation room, and headed toward the Cold Nuclear Fusion laboratory in the northwest corner of the institute.

...

Northwest corner of the Nuclear Power Operation Research Institute.

After receiving the news, the Cold Nuclear Fusion working group was also filled with excitement.

"Ignition was successful?"

"That's truly great!"

This great day had indeed arrived!

Along with it came a strong sense of urgency.

Everyone knew that the project progress here must be accelerated!

Inside the team leader's office, Professor Ai Chongfeng's forehead was covered in sweat; his hands trembling, he took out Tylenol pain relievers from the drawer and swallowed 5 pills with water in a large dose.

About five minutes later, the analgesic effect began to take hold, and his constantly shaking body finally stabilized.

After taking a deep breath, he walked out of the office, looked at the people working hard in the laboratory, forced a smile, and cheered them on loudly:

"Comrades, the time for us to be tested has arrived!"

"The project progress has already exceeded 90%, with only the final finishing debugging stage remaining!"

"Let's fight together for these last five days and embrace the dawn of Cold Nuclear Fusion!"

Everyone responded excitedly, "Yes!"

...

Shortly after, Lin Mo arrived at the Cold Nuclear Fusion work area.

As soon as he walked in, he noticed that Professor Ai Chongfeng's condition was not right.

"Mentor, your complexion looks so bad; are you sick?"

Lin Mo asked with concern.

At this time, Professor Ai Chongfeng was wearing a white research uniform, directing several researchers to speed up debugging; upon hearing Lin Mo's words, he didn't even lift his head.

"It's nothing!"

"It's just from being tired these past few days; I'll be fine after resting in a couple of days when the project is done."

As he spoke, Professor Ai Chongfeng pointed to the test data in a researcher's hand and turned back to ask, "Lin Mo, come take a look here,"

"The winding coil of this superconducting assembly has an error range of 0.1 millimeters too much; I think there is a safety hazard..."

Hearing this, Lin Mo's attention was drawn to it.

Under Lin Mo's guidance, several researchers quickly made minor adjustments, and the error granularity was reduced to within 0.001 millimeters, reaching a controllable range.

Being interrupted like this, Lin Mo's focus also shifted to the project.

In the following few days, Lin Mo participated in the specific advancement of the Cold Nuclear Fusion working group throughout, and under his control, every detail gradually tended toward perfection.

...

Very quickly, three days passed, and over at the "Golden Crow" reactor, the final stage of stability testing was finally completed.

All members of the hot nuclear fusion working group had slept on floor mats in the observation room for three days without exception, including the two old academicians, Elder Yu and Elder Cheng, who stubbornly stayed and watched the "Golden Crow" reactor discharge continuously for 72 hours.

After such a long time, the comprehensive stability rate of the reactor not only didn't decrease but actually increased by 0.02%, consistently maintaining 99.98%!

After confirming that the "Golden Crow" reactor was rock-solid, deafening cheers finally erupted in the observation room!

Everyone abandoned all decorum and fell into a frenzy of celebration!

This celebration, suppressed for a full 72 hours, lasted for nearly twenty minutes!

"Elder Yu, Elder Cheng, you two have truly worked hard!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian looked at the two haggard old academicians and felt very apologetic.

Previously, he had tried to persuade the two elders to go to the reception building to rest, but neither of them was willing; they insisted on witnessing all of this with their own eyes.

Except for the time to go to the restroom, they refused to leave for even a second.

In the end, having no choice, Chief Designer Bai Yannian had to send someone to find two softer mattresses and let the two elders rest in a suitable location.

"What hard work? It was completely worth it!"

Elder Cheng waved his hand and laughed heartily: "How could I be willing to miss witnessing this great moment of shared celebration with my own eyes? Hahaha!..."

Elder Yu also stroked his white beard and said with a loud laugh: "Chief Designer Bai, now we can officially announce,"

"That starting from today, China officially possesses the first generation of Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology with completely independent intellectual property rights!"

"Chief Designer Bai, you are going to be busy next!"

Chief Designer Bai Yannian's complexion was somewhat haggard, but upon hearing this, a fiery look appeared in his eyes.

During these three days, he didn't just wait patiently like the others.

Because Controlled Nuclear Fusion would trigger a series of transformative effects, Chief Designer Bai Yannian spent every day racking his brains and agonizing over the direction of subsequent reforms; in just three days, his originally graying hair had turned completely white!

Currently, he has been busy arranging many reform work meetings.

These include: cancelling all major national energy-related projects, rapidly launching the bidding and approval for the first ten super-large "Golden Crow" nuclear power plants, special reforms for all energy industries like thermal power, hydropower, and wind power (which actually means shutting them down), special reform meetings for the China Power Grid and Nancheng Power Grid, and so on...

One by one, item by item, all are aimed inward! All require the courage to cut off one's own arm! It is bound to touch the vested interests of countless people!