The entire conference room was silent.

There are no problems with the core, and there are no problems with the nuclear power plant......

Is the problem with the external power grid?

Hearing this, Lermontov burst out laughing.

"You mean to say that there are no problems with the batteries, there are no problems with the battery slots, and it is the Russian power system that has problems? Can't accept the high technology of nuclear fusion? It's the funniest joke I've ever heard. ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned: "Is it funny?" ”

Lermontov's face flashed with a look of gloom, and he said unceremoniously: "Academician Lu Zhou, I know that you are an excellent mathematician, and even hundreds or even thousands of your colleagues are waiting for your report in the nearby city of St. Petersburg, but I have to say that you are a pure layman in the field of electricity. ”

Lu Zhou nodded: "It's true, I don't know anything about Russia's power grid system, but I have enough evidence to prove my point." ”

Lermontov did not speak, just crossed his arms and waited for the landing boat to continue.

Obviously, not only Lermontov, but the entire conference room, including Academician Wang, were waiting.

Didn't sell Guan Zi at such a time, Lu Zhou cleared his throat and continued.

"When designing the core, we often add a lot of insurance measures to ensure safety. For example, the active shutdown mechanism on the core trap, such as the temperature detection device on the cooling system, can actively suspend the fusion reaction when there is a risk of a major accident in the core. These insurance measures will not only shut down the core in the event of a core failure, but also anticipate the possible risks of the core under some special circumstances, and terminate the ongoing nuclear reaction before everything is irreversible. ”

Lermontov snorted.

"For example?"

Lu Zhou: "For example, when the external power grid can't withstand it, or can't consume the electricity generated by nuclear fusion. ”

"There is no such problem," said Minister Novak, who was standing next to him, interjected, "for today's ignition, we have adjusted the work plans of other thermal power facilities, and even re-planned the electricity consumption of several areas of St. Petersburg that consume a lot of electricity." As long as the core is running successfully, we will immediately reduce the efficiency of the unit at a large nearby thermal power station. When the output of the core reaches 10%, we will shut down units 1 and 2 of the Leningrad nuclear power plant, 80 kilometers west of St. Petersburg...... We have a well-established plan to adjust our energy mix. ”

Lu Zhou: "But have you considered another possibility?" ”

Minister Novak was slightly stunned: "What is possible?" ”

"Generally speaking, even if the protection mechanism of the AGC system is triggered, not a single bit of electricity will not be able to enter the power grid of St. Petersburg, but the situation is ......," Lu Zhou continued, looking at Minister Novak, "Your power grid system does not seem to want even the slightest bit of energy from Helios. ”

Lermontov laughed and said, "How is that possible? Are you mocking our experts in the power sector? Or is there an internal ghost in our power sector? Are you trying to say that? ”

"If you take it as a mockery, then I can't help it. As for whether there are internal ghosts, that's not my area of expertise," shrugged his shoulders, Lu Zhou continued expressionlessly, "However, in fact, your energy management system...... The so-called EMS, and our Helios fusion power station seem to have quite serious compatibility problems. ”

"I'm not sure if it's a bug in the system or if it's human, but the power produced from the core can't be fed into the grid at all, not even a little bit, and that triggers the active protection mechanism of our core. By analyzing the data on plasma turbulence, I can tell you about it responsibly. ”

"I can even say that without this protection mechanism, the problem we are facing today would not be a so-called ignition, but a major nuclear accident."

Hundreds of millions of degrees of plasma melt through the core is still quite dangerous.

At least for the people in the nuclear power plant......

Hearing this, the expression on Minister Novak's face changed instantly.

Lermontov's face was not very good-looking, apparently frightened by the nuclear accident.

However, even if he was taken aback, subjectively he still did not believe that Lu Zhou could complete the analysis of those plasma turbulence data in such a short time.

It is clear that this man is simply using his academic authority to exonerate his fellow citizens.

Gritting his teeth, Lermontov said: "...... Don't be alarmist there, who knows if you made up what you said-"

"Mr. Lermontov."

was suddenly looked at by Lu Zhou, this hairy man was slightly stunned, and said with frowns.

“…… What's wrong? ”

Staring at Lermontov, Lu Zhou asked seriously: "Just in case I confirm it first, do you really want us to solve this problem?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lermontov's expression was slightly flustered, but he quickly calmed down, "This is about tens of billions of investments, and I, the person in charge of Rosatom on this project!" Who do you think should be the most anxious person right now? ”

"Very well," Lu Zhou nodded, looking at Minister Novak, "you can arrange for a few engineers to check if what I said is correct, I believe it shouldn't be very difficult." ”

Minister Novak nodded cautiously.

"I'll let someone do it."

Pushing away the chair and standing up, Lu Zhou glanced at Lermontov, who had been staring at him, and lightly tapped his index finger on the stack of plasma turbulence data that was more than two hundred pages thick.

"You don't know how many copies of this stuff you've seen for me."

"Now that I've told you what the problem is, if you really want to solve it, then do what I say and find a way to solve it."

"If you just want an accident appraisal report, of course I can show you how to do the calculations, but I'm not sure if your IQ can read it."

"You!"

Lermontov stood up angrily, but finally opened his fist and sat back under the pressure of the sight of Mr. Massim, who was standing in the doorway.

According to Russian tradition, at this time they should fight.

But for the sake of his life's safety, he felt that he should still refrain from it.

……

The ignition ceremony was put on hold.

At Lu Zhou's suggestion, people from the Russian Ministry of Energy have already contacted the Russian United Power Company and begun to investigate possible hidden dangers in the power grid.

As for whether the problem is with the power grid......

Lu Zhou can say very responsibly that this probability is as high as 95%.

However, it would take him a week to do a serious accident analysis and prove his empirical speculation mathematically.

Instead of spending a week doing something like this, you can go straight to the grid and find out what's wrong.

After coming out of the nuclear power plant, Lu Zhou did not return to the hotel directly, but found a restaurant opened by a Chinese family nearby and had a meal with Academician Wang.

At the dinner table, just talking about what happened just now, Academician Wang suddenly sighed and said with some emotion.

"To be honest, it's a strange thing. As far as Lermontov's attitude is concerned, I have a little doubt that Rosatom directed and acted on it. ”

The chopsticks in his hand stopped, and Lu Zhou looked at Academician Wang strangely.

"What's in it for them?"

Although he doesn't know much about business, he knows a little bit better.

This kind of huge investment in public utility projects often presses many bank loans, and even if it is put into use one day late, it is a loss of hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Hearing Lu Zhou's question, Wang Zengguang patiently explained.

"This is tens of billions of orders, not only with loans, but also with insurance policies. If something goes wrong with the core, they can not only apply for compensation from the insurance company, but they can also put pressure on us to provide us with full or partial fusion technology. After all, there is no third-party testing agency at all, whether it is a core or a nuclear power plant, whether the standard is qualified or not, we have the final say. ”

In short, the nuclear industry group and Dongya Power are like a retail giant that runs a supermarket chain, or a monopoly, and now Maozi's neighbor plans to open a branch at home, and how the supermarket should be decorated, the goods purchased, and even how the goods are placed on the shelves are all decided by the head office on the Huaguo side.

Because the products on the Chinese side are necessary for the countries concerned, in the game at the national level, the countries concerned have made certain concessions to many places that were originally uncompromising to ensure that the products can enter the country.

But such concessions are not without preconditions.

The biggest prerequisite for nuclear facilities is, of course, safety.

This is especially true for a country like Russia, which is extremely sensitive to a nuclear accident.

If nothing happens, of course, it is the best, hello, hello, everyone, enjoy the dividends brought by clean energy, and share the power of knowledge to change the world.

However, now there are serious quality problems in the product, and all the hidden dangers have been exposed.

For example, the worst thing is that the core cannot be successfully started, but there is no institution in Russia that can conduct quality inspection of products, and whether there is a problem with the core depends on East Asia Power, which sells the core.

It would be strange if Rosatom did not seize this opportunity to blackmail them. Even in terms of means, they can be regarded as "restrained".

Lu Zhou frowned and asked, "Could it be that the Russian authorities instructed them to do it?" ”

"It's unlikely, but even if they do, it is estimated that the Russian authorities will also see the opportunity to act, first test the reaction of our side and then decide whether to condone it, after all, Rosatom, an oligarch in the field of nuclear power, still has a lot of influence in Russian politics. And if you take 10,000 steps back, their energy sector will definitely be towards their own people. ”

Speaking of this, Academician Wang Zengguang also sighed, "I didn't expect a bad start, this is still a country with normal diplomatic relations with us, if it is on the other side of the sea, I don't know what moths are waiting for us." ”

If Mao Zi is compared to a rogue, then the one on the other side of the sea is a rogue/hooligan in a suit, and he is also literate and will arm himself with knowledge.

However, this can be regarded as a wake-up call for East Asia Power, which has just gone abroad.

Even if it is a strategic ally, even if it is a project that the country has come forward to negotiate, it is impossible to take it completely lightly. For the small countries of Southeast Asia, they are a giant backed by a superpower, but for other big countries, they are giants and at the same time a piece of fat that will go, and everyone wants to take a bite.

Next time, they will include the grid system that needs to be connected to the inspection project in the project acceptance project.

Of course, this may involve national security issues and some secrets that are inconvenient to disclose, and the countries concerned may not be willing to cooperate.

But even so, it's better than it is now.

He touched the cup with Lu Zhou and drained the beer, Academician Wang said in a sincere tone.

"Today's matter, thanks to your help to solve the siege."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'm also a shareholder of East Asia Power." ”

"You are a big dog, and you are secretly showing off your wealth there, you have invited this wine!"

Talking with a smile, looking at Lu Zhou with an innocent face, Academician Wang paused for a moment, changed to a serious tone and continued.

"I'll get in touch with the domestic side and ask them what their handling opinions are."

"Regardless of whether the final problem is on the external power grid, we must not transfer the detection technology to them, this place cannot be opened at all, even if the controllable fusion technology is exported to the outside world, we have to ensure that the technology is leading for more than ten years."

Lu Zhou nodded and continued, "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”

"No, we've troubled you too much," looking at Lu Zhou, Academician Wang Zengguang said with a smile, "The rest of the time, you still attend your International Congress of Mathematicians with peace of mind, and come again if you can catch up with the ignition ceremony, and forget if you can't catch up, anyway, it's not because of us." ”

"As for the rest, we'll leave it to you!"