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  Chapter 626 Current Situation of Fusion Reactor

   March 24th.

  The delivery of all materials and equipment ordered by Yinhe Energy Company to the Nuclear Industry Group more than a year ago has been completed.

  Under Ye Bin's plan, the foundation of the nuclear fusion experiment center was laid as early as last year, and the installation and testing of the materials and equipment were in place.

  However, the nuclear fusion research that Galaxy Energy is preparing to conduct, even if it is not a large-scale nuclear fusion research, the scale and volume of the device is not small.

  The orders for materials and equipment from the Nuclear Industry Group are being delivered one after another. Today is the last batch.

  In the process of delivery of this order, the Galaxy Energy Company has already assembled most of the components of the nuclear fusion experimental device named "Yinhe No. 1".

This experimental device, the main components and subsystems include: toroidal field magnets and polar field magnets, vacuum chamber and its pumping system, power supply system, device and plasma control system, using neutral beam and microwave heating and current drive Systems, jet and projectile injection systems, divertors and apertures, diagnosis and data acquisition and processing systems, cladding systems, tritium systems, radiation protection systems, remote operation and maintenance systems, etc.

  Of course, there are also supporting energy flood discharge systems and generator sets.

  From the perspective of components and subsystems, to put it bluntly, this is a toroidal container that uses magnetic confinement to achieve controllable nuclear fusion.

  Most things can actually be ordered from the Nuclear Industry Group.

However, some confidential materials and equipment, such as their new superconductors, cladding materials, special divergent materials, and equipment, plasma control systems and radiation protection systems, cannot be sold to Galaxy Energy, especially The equipment of the control system.

  However, fortunately, the superconductor and cladding materials are manufactured by the Galaxy Energy Company itself, and they are more advanced and advanced and do not need to be provided by the Nuclear Industry Group at all.

  As for the related equipment of the control system, the equipment is second, mainly the control scheme. If there is a set of plasma control schemes, nuclear fusion research will be more effective.

  It's like a good computer, with a good operating system, can run more smoothly and simply.

It just so happens that Yinhe Energy is also doing research on the control scheme. With Yang Xuedong’s guidance from time to time, after more than a year, the researchers finally figured out a set that is very suitable for the "Yinhe No. 1" under the simulation state. The control system scheme.

  Of course, it is only simulated in calculation, and has not been measured yet.

  The radiation protection system is also a top priority, which represents a safety issue.

After all, the'Yinhe No. 1'experimental device is only the first generation of nuclear fusion device. The main reaction is that deuterium-tritium at ultra-high temperature, the electrons get rid of the **** of the nucleus, attract and collide together, undergo mutual polymerization reaction, and generate new mass Heavy atoms and emit gamma rays and high-energy neutrons.

At this time, the high-energy neutron is the source of radiation. Its speed is extremely fast, and it is not charged, so it does not interact with the magnetic field. If there is no good means to prevent it from running around, it will penetrate all nearby materials, humans’ The body is on its side, weaker than paper.

  Gamma rays are the same, they are all harmful to the human body.

   Therefore, the strength of the radiation protection system is one of the prerequisites for nuclear fusion to be controlled and commercialized.

  In this regard, Galaxy Energy also has a pretty good protection plan. Among them, an ultra-low activity material with the properties of Bose-Einstein condensed matter can effectively clamp high-energy neutrons and gamma rays.

  In the general direction, some important nuclear industry groups will not provide materials and equipment that Yinhe Energy can produce. With Yang Xuedong as the guidance, it is nothing more than a waste of time and money.

  After installing all the components and debugging all the systems, the "Yinhe No. 1" experimental device will begin to enter various ignition test states.

Chen Fang chatted with Yang Xuedong and learned that this is also a long process, because no matter how good the details of the'Yinhe 1'experimental device are, no matter how good the details are, the device will definitely appear extreme when the actual measurement begins. There are many problems, there is no doubt that even if Yang Xuedong has the technical information given by Chen Fang, it is unavoidable.

   However, if there is a problem, then solve the problem. As long as the existing problems are solved one by one, there will be no problems in the end.

  The fastest, in August and September this year, you should be able to see the successfully ignited "Yinhe No. 1" experimental device, and then list it as a commercial sequence.

  At the latest, at the end of the year, or even next year or the year after, it depends on the actual situation. After all, this is the greatest energy project in the history of mankind.

  Once successful, mankind will be able to reasonably control the speed and scale of nuclear fusion, and achieve continuous and stable energy output. This is related to whether human civilization can continue indefinitely in the future. It is not anxious, and the critical urgency is useless.

  Not long in Chengdu, Chen Fang returned to Shanghai the next day.

  ...

  Yenjing time, March 25, Friday, 22:30.

  Jin Mao Tower, in a familiar meeting room.

  Chen Fang asked Luo Xu at this time: "What was the stock price of Mok Pharmaceuticals yesterday?"

  Luo Xu smiled and said: “Yesterday’s closing price was US$22.3. Two days ago, the relevant departments on the US stock market found out that their financial fraud was not as much as the Coyote Company’s announcement, but it reached US$40 billion.

  In addition, they are also facing losses of USD 23 billion requested by shareholders. Many financial institutions that lend to them are now asking them for repayment. It can be said that misfortunes never come singly.

  Anyway, the credibility of Merck Pharmaceuticals has completely collapsed, and the stock price has completely collapsed. "

  At this time, Long Yijun heard a brisk voice: "The quotation is open. The opening price of Merck Pharmaceuticals today is 18.2 US dollars, which is a decrease of 4.1 US dollars, which is 18.3% from yesterday's.

  Compared with our short line, the overall decline was $185.3, and the total decline reached 91%.

  The total market value of Merck Pharmaceuticals has evaporated by more than US$450 billion, and officially fell below US$50 billion, leaving only US$46 billion! "

  Although the market value cannot really measure the actual value of a company, the loss of the market value of a listed company means that the potential and value in the eyes of others are gone, and the future is worrying.

  Perhaps, the current net assets of Merck Pharmaceuticals still have hundreds of billions of dollars or more, but what about?

  At this time, even if everyone knows that it is a cake, they will subconsciously suspect that it is Xiang who pretends to be a cake.

  Once this time is reached, there is no need to confirm that it is Xiang, as long as there are seeds of doubt, that is enough.

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  (End of this chapter)