Chapter 414: Controlled Nuclear Fusion
After returning from the Demon Capital, the first thing Xiang Ningxuan did was to gather the senior researchers of the Primal Chaos Laboratory to deploy the direction of future scientific research.
The magic capital is second only to Sijiu City in terms of R&D capacity in the Republic, and there are a large number of scientific research institutions and senior scientific researchers before the end of the world, whose specialties involve all aspects. After annexing the Rainbow Group and the Ancient Clan Alliance, Xiang Ningxuan got a lot of scientific researchers.
In addition, since the city government had been fighting the demons with all its might, there were simply not enough resources to invest in scientific research.
"If scientists don't study, their abilities and knowledge will only be gradually forgotten, and over time, they will disappear." Xiang Ningxuan didn't want to see such a situation, so he naturally waved his hoe unceremoniously and went to dig into the corner of the Demon City Government.
The treatment provided by the Primal Chaos Laboratory is much higher than that of the Demon Capital, and it has a suitable research environment and a large number of scientific research resources. Yu Qingfeng's subspace, where virtual experiments can be conducted, has attracted a large number of experts and scholars to come to him.
At this time, the Taichu Chaos Laboratory was full of talents, with dozens of top experts and scholars in various industries.
"Teachers, I have summoned you here today to determine the future direction of the work of the Primal Chaos Laboratory." Xiang Ningxuan maintained respect for scientists.
Although their strength is as weak as chickens, Xiang Ningxuan can beat them all down with one hand, but in terms of IQ, they are completely blown away.
Although the end of the world has killed ninety percent of humanity, the remaining ten percent have all evolved. Even ordinary people have a significant increase in basic attributes such as strength, agility, and intelligence.
These scientists are full of intelligence attributes, and they have evolved a variety of special abilities, and if they are put back to the pre-apocalyptic period, they can all become the world's top masters. Newton, Einstein and the like can't compare with them at all, so I asked you if you are afraid of magical scientists?
A scientist's most important research results are often made before he becomes famous. The well-known scientists we are familiar with generally only do some programmatic guidance work and rarely participate in the most cutting-edge scientific research work.
Most of these scientists in the Primal Chaos Laboratory are not very angry, but they are all in the prime of life, otherwise they will not survive the apocalypse. At a time of unprecedented change in human history, they can deliver amazing results if they are given the right environment and adequate resources.
Xiang Ningxuan said again: "Teachers, I know that you are good at different directions. But science and technology must first meet the needs of humanity. What do we most urgently need right now? Energy, food and security! ā
"Today, the resources of all mankind are not sufficient, and we can only focus on investing in key technologies. Therefore, the Primal Chaos Laboratory will be reorganized and divided into several scientific research groups, each of which will be responsible for the corresponding technical public relations. You can make suggestions on the spot. ā
Most scientists nodded in agreement, given that today's environment is not designed to support full-fledged R&D. Only a few scientists whose research direction is more remote looked helpless, but also said that they would obey the arrangement.
The team of military industry and magic technology has actually been established for a long time, and has achieved a lot of results. They are just recruiting a group of new scientists to enhance their scientific research capabilities.
Xiang Ningxuan's focus this time is agricultural technology and energy technology.
Gilneth's trip made Xiang Ningxuan understand the importance of food. Although his current grain storage can last for three years, only the place where order is restored can keep the grain intact for so long. Not necessarily elsewhere, but for the foreseeable future, food will be a more powerful weapon than guns, and it will be able to defeat the enemy without a fight. What's more, food production requires a long cycle, and the earlier the technology research and development, the better.
The same is true for energy issues, as there is no traditional energy output such as oil and coal in a large area around S City. The current level of productivity has not yet fully recovered, and the energy from the stock can still be used for a while. But with the recovery of industrial capacity, energy will become a bottleneck that restricts the development of productivity.
A man in his thirties stood up and said, "A few of us plan to set up a nuclear energy development team that can solve the energy problem." ā
Ahh Nuclear energy? Someone actually proposed to develop a tall nuclear energy! Xiang Ningxuan was stunned.
You know, there aren't many countries that have nuclear energy before the end of the day. Cao County and the Persian Empire gathered all their national strength to linger by the nuclear gate for many years. He's just a head of a local power, and that's going to develop nuclear energy?
"These are Dr. Pu Jianhua and his colleagues from the Modu Nuclear Industry Laboratory, who have been doing research on controlled nuclear fusion before." Liu Yingxuan introduced.
Xiang Ningxuan nodded and asked, "Can it really be developed?" How long does it take and how much investment does it take? ā
Pu Jianhua said: "We need a week to make the specific plan. Let me start with a brief introduction to our thinking.
"When you hear about nuclear energy, you think it's very high, but in fact, the principle of nuclear energy is very simple. Let's talk about hydrogen fusion, which is to combine two heavy hydrogen atoms into one helium atom, and lose some mass in the middle. c², these lost masses are then released as energy. ā
Xiang Ningxuan couldn't help asking: "Since it's so simple, why are only a few countries making it?" Moreover, today's nuclear power plants all use fission reactions, and I haven't heard of anyone using fusion to generate electricity! ā
Pu Jianhua said: "There are three main difficulties: first, the purification of raw materials, heavy hydrogen elements are available in water, but they are very scarce, and it is very difficult to extract and preserve; Second, to merge two hydrogen atoms, a high energy level is required, and the hydrogen bomb we are familiar with needs to be detonated by an atomic bomb; The third is how to make fusion controllable, instead of turning into a hydrogen bomb and exploding directly.
"These points are really difficult before the end, but now that there are spells to help, there is a good chance to do them."
Although Pu Jianhua said it relatively simply, Xiang Ningxuan knew that it was still difficult to do it.
However, Xiang Ningxuan was still very moved. If we can really make controlled nuclear fusion, the benefits are too great, and we can directly break through the energy bottleneck.
So, he nodded and said, "Then you make the plan first." I need to report to the central government before I can decide whether to proceed or not. ā
At this time, Yu Qingfeng, who had his own subspace, said: "If you want to start the nuclear program, you must first start the computer project. At present, the few computers we can use rely on special capabilities to support them. It's okay to deal with general research, but when it comes to big projects, computing power will become a bottleneck. Computers nowadays are mainly unusable because of the interference of psionic energy in chip microelectronic systems. As long as chips can be built to adapt to the new environment, computer systems can be restored in no time. ā
"Shhh Xiang Ningxuan gasped.
Chips! If you can make your own chips, the trade war with the United States will not be stuck. But is this something that I'm a lieutenant lieutenant qualified to invest in?
Yu Qingfeng also knew that this was not easy to do, but he still said cheekily: "Chip technology will be developed sooner or later, and it is better to do it later than to do it early." As long as it is developed a year earlier, all scientific research projects will usher in a blowout development. ā
Other scientists chimed in: "Yes! Oh, yes! The biggest problem now is the lack of computing resources. If the problem of computers can be solved, the progress of all scientific research will be accelerated several times. ā
I'll go, Xiang Ningxuan only felt a pain in the egg, can this kind of large-scale investment project wait until the Naxxramas is finished?
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