I Have a Little Black Hole

Hearing the boss ask this, everyone laughed. After Lei Tiantang asked, he also realized that his question was really not good. What nonsense? If you go to the door to cooperate, then when both parties have sincere cooperation, of course there will be no one missing when doing work.

How much effort can you get? It's that simple, not to mention that the country's major actions during this period have fully proved the importance attached to the nuclear fusion reactor experimental reactor.

So he shook his head and laughed, and then said with a smile: Okay, I see, I believe that you have all prepared the work that should be done, and the specific ignition work will follow the plan!

Now let's discuss the super project that was discussed with the leaders last time. What is the specific work done now?

You must know that after we officially roll out the construction of the nuclear fusion reactor power station, the reactor needs a lot of deuterium and tritium. If we cannot have a stable fuel supply, our work will be difficult to do later!

This question asked by Lei Tiantang related to an important cooperation topic discussed in the last meeting with the senior leaders, because the nuclear fusion reactor technology provided by Lei Tiantang is only the first generation of nuclear fusion reactor technology, that is to say, the use of deuterium and Tritium is used as fuel for nuclear fusion reactions.

Deuterium (deuterium), an isotope of hydrogen (h), also known as heavy hydrogen, the element symbol is generally d or 2h. There is a proton and a neutron in the nucleus of deuterium, and its relative atomic weight is twice that of ordinary hydrogen.

There is 0.02% deuterium in hydrogen, and the content in nature is about 1/7,000th of that of ordinary hydrogen. Deuterium is used in thermonuclear reactions, releasing beta rays during fusion to form helium with a mass number of 3, and is used as a tracer atom in chemical and biological research. Deuterium has been called the natural fuel of the future.

Deuterium is abundant in seawater. There is about one deuterium atom for every 6,500 hydrogen atoms in seawater, and the total amount of deuterium in seawater is about 45 trillion tons. The fusion energy released by the complete fusion of deuterium contained in each liter of seawater is equivalent to the energy of 300 liters of gasoline fuel. According to the energy consumed by the world, the fusion energy of deuterium in seawater can be used for tens of billions of years.

Tritium can be made from lithium. Lithium mainly has two isotopes, lithium-6 and lithium-7. After lithium-6 absorbs a thermal neutron, it can turn into tritium and release energy. Lithium-7 needs to absorb fast neutrons to turn into tritium. Although the reserves of lithium on the earth are much less than that of deuterium, there are more than 200 billion tons.

Using it to make tritium is enough for the age when humans use deuterium and deuterium fusion. Therefore, nuclear fusion energy is an inexhaustible new energy source.

But there is a problem here. You must know that there is no problem with the preparation technology of tritium. Extracting tritium from seawater is really laborious. Modern tritium production is generally produced by bombarding lithium with neutrons in fission reactors!

Will this affect fission reactor efficiency? In fact, if these neutrons are not used, they must be absorbed by a moderator.

For example, heavy water or early graphite, etc., is it not a waste to use it to produce tritium?

Nuclear fusion reactors do not mean that they can completely replace nuclear fission reactors immediately. The country’s investment in nuclear fission reactors is not a lot at all. With so many nuclear fission power stations built, it can’t be said that it will be scrapped, right? That's not too wasteful!

Later, it can be used to produce tritium while supplying power to the grid, so there is no problem with this aspect of production.

The only fuel that needs to be extracted from sea water is deuterium. Lei Tiantangwen's super project is about the extraction of deuterium. When so much matter was swallowed up in the universe, these important matter were deliberately screened out, which allowed him to possess an astonishing amount of various nuclear materials.

But he has no problem using these materials in private. If he wants to use them, he can't. How can he explain the source of these nuclear fuels to the outside world?

So when designing a nuclear fusion reactor, he and Kuafu considered this issue, and finally designed a set of technical means to extract deuterium from seawater, and this technology was also provided to the laboratory of the energy company for verification. , of course, the country also knows the existence of this technology.

Since there is no problem with the technology, the work in this area will start to prepare. At the last meeting, the leader discussed with Lei Tiantang about the development of a super engineering project to extract deuterium from seawater. The project is of course Infinite Gravity Group. submitted.

Boss, the country is more active than us in this matter. Now the site selection work has been completed, and the technology has passed the strict audit. There is no problem in our company, so the construction has officially started now!

However, because our company's technology is too mature, our current super project is not a simple single project of deuterium ahead of seawater, but a comprehensive super project!

The location of this project is in Huangdao, in order to send the by-product fresh water produced by our seawater extraction technology to the surrounding areas that are short of water all the year round, and a special channel will be built later to transport these fresh water to the surrounding areas. Farther afield, or even transported to desert areas, to contribute to the sand control work there by planting trees!

Therefore, the government is actively working in this area. After all, the lack of fresh water resources in our country is not just talk! And our technology, we also feel that just using it to extract deuterium from seawater is a waste of its ability, and a better use should be seawater desalination projects!

The project we are going to build this time is also going to use nuclear fusion reactors as energy sources, so that our seawater desalination costs will be reduced to a very low level. It is self-evident what changes this will bring to our country! Jiang Yuting replied with a smile.

Jiang Yuting's answer also made everyone understand why the country attaches so much importance to the company's nuclear fusion reactor project, because just a branch technology in this project can become a solution to the country's major development problems!

We must know that our country is really a country with severe drought and water shortage. my country's total freshwater resources are 2.8 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 6% of global water resources, ranking fourth in the world after Brazil, polar bears and maple leaf countries.

It seems okay, but my country's per capita water resources are only 2,300 cubic meters, only 1/4 of the world's average level. It is one of the countries with the poorest per capita water resources in the world. However, China is also the country with the most water consumption in the world.