Author: Qiu Sheng Yulin

Nanjiang University, in the Nuclear Theory Research Laboratory, Suchuan tightened his clothes.

This is the third day of autumn, and the chill is becoming more and more obvious.

The leaves outside the window were falling, and the countdown on the task panel in Suchuan's mind showed that there were less than forty days left.

In the laboratory, Suchuan looked at the dense formulas on the blackboard and was thinking deeply.

Nuclear research is not a simple subject in any country in the world.

The most difficult aspect is how to obtain sufficient amounts of high-purity uranium and plutonium.

There are two ways to obtain high-purity raw materials: gas diffusion and centrifugation.

The cost of gas diffusion is said to be so high that basically no one can afford it.

The cost of centrifugation is not low, and several big countries can resist it.

If it were a small country, it would have to use half of the country's electricity to support the operation of centrifuges. Even so, the production capacity would still be insufficient.

What Suchuan is currently solving is to change the centrifugal operation method, improve efficiency, and extract high-purity uranium and plutonium efficiently and with high quality.

If this is achieved, the difficulty of nuclear experiments will be greatly reduced because there will be enough materials to conduct actual experiments.

It can save Daxia countless capital costs!

There is even greater space for exploration in nuclear energy and power!

Secondly, how to control the instantaneous thrust generated by a nuclear reactor.

This is a contradiction. If the thrust of a nuclear reactor is too small, it cannot fly, but if the thrust of a nuclear reactor is too large, it cannot be tolerated.

Therefore, the thrust needs to be released slowly. How to accurately control the thrust generated by the nuclear reactor on various major equipment is also a major problem.

Fortunately, Suchuan already has a direction for his recent ideas.

Several nuclear hub devices have been set up, but most of them are just ideas. After all, there are currently insufficient conditions to directly conduct specific research on nuclear tests.

I can only do calculations on paper like the ancestors of Daxia.

Then there's the issue of cooling.

Nuclear reactors generate a large amount of heat when operating at high speed.

How to cool is a big problem, especially during the process of liftoff and return to the earth, when the temperature is high both inside and outside. Once it cannot be cooled, it means that the nuclear reactor becomes a nuclear bomb!

This seems extremely dangerous.

So for Suchuan, these are the main issues in nuclear research, and the rest of the secondary issues are basically listed on his drawings these days, with solutions listed.

After dozens of days of research, Suchuan still encountered a bottleneck.

After all, most people engaged in nuclear research have several or even ten years of experience, while Suchuan only has half a month.

Even with the support of the system, there are still some shortcomings.

These days, the principal and tutors have been trying to persuade Suchuan to consider whether to change his major.

After all, the field of nuclear research is not an ordinary major, let alone a college student who has basically had no contact with this field.

At the beginning, the principal and tutor often mentioned this matter.

But for Suchuan, this decision is irreversible.

Gradually I gave up.

At this time, Suchuan was almost buried in a pile of manuscript papers in the theoretical research room.

Countless books piled up into mountains.

The blackboard in front is filled with dense formulas.

The most conspicuous thing in the middle is the formula for a nuclear reactor, which was specially circled by Suchuan.

U+n=Nd+Zr+3n+8e

Below the formula, the derivation process is written, and another derivation method is even given.

On his left hand side, several books piled up were densely filled with numbers and annotations.

"Basics of Nuclear Power Plant Structural Design and Structural Analysis", "Basic Design of Nuclear Reactor Engineering", "Introduction to Nuclear Reactors".

At this time, Suchuan's eyes were red, his face was slightly pale, and he was mumbling to himself.

"K is a neutron, and U235 has two radioactive reactions..."

"In this case, does it prove that my formula is valid?"

Countless possibilities were being deduced in Suchuan's mind, but they were constantly denied by him.

Finally, after a few hours, Suchuan smiled helplessly, threw away the pen in his hand, and sat down.

It had been four days, and although he didn't want to admit it, he had indeed encountered a bottleneck.

He thought that as long as he worked hard, he would be able to make a breakthrough, but the facts proved that he was wrong.

The bottleneck this time is not like when we first started researching. As long as we have a thorough understanding of the theoretical basis and combined with some previous experience, we can solve it step by step.

The bottleneck this time is multifaceted.

The first is that after so many days of research and study, Suchuan has reached the first-class level in nuclear research at that time. Basically, all basic problems cannot stump him. What is placed in front of him are things that humans are currently unable to solve.

Problems to overcome.

The second is that although I have so many theoretical ideas, I lack experimental samples and have no real experiments, so I have no way to get accurate data, which makes some steps impossible to carry out!

Suchuan shook his head and prepared to stop for now.

He knew very well that his current state was not suitable for further research.

Scientific research sometimes requires inspiration.

At this moment, Suchuan's cell phone vibrated slightly.

A notification came through.

[Notice: The Nuclear Energy and Peace Technology Engineering Professional Examination will be held tomorrow]

[Exam location: Nanming Building, Nanjiang University]

Suchuan rubbed his eyebrows and murmured: "Is it an exam..."

"Okay, just relax."

The next day, morning.

Suchuan changed his clothes and had a good sleep last night.

This is the first time he has left the laboratory in more than ten days.

The autumn breeze was refreshing, and the pedestrians around me were graduate students wearing glasses and white coats.

He was holding several thick books in his hands.

Although it is an examination, the nuclear energy major is different from other majors.

During the exam, bringing some books is explicitly required by the exam.

This is some information that you can use as a reference during the exam. After all, the exam in this major is not about testing anything but just points.

Instead, it poses some questions and lets you write solutions.

Entering the classroom, the test papers were quickly handed out.

Suchuan looked at the several topics on the test paper and was stunned.

【Characteristics of Y decay?】

[What is the definition of radioactive activity and its expression?]

[Please list the equation and process of the most stable nuclear reaction.]

Are today’s exams so difficult?

The first few questions are pretty basic, but the latter questions are more interesting.

Fortunately, during this time, these problems have been perfectly solved by Suchuan.

He couldn't help but smile, and wrote a formula on the answer sheet.

A formula that no one has proposed and demonstrated yet!
Chapter completed!