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Chapter 393, Fusion Reactor

“The technology is not mature enough?”

“When the energy is too high, it is easy to have problems?”

After hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately began to think.

Obviously, this should be because the magnetic constraint device is not perfect enough and some techniques are not mastered, otherwise these problems should not occur.

Under the leadership of Zeng Xuan and Wang Wei, Liu Yuan also came to the core area of ​​this base, the Institute of Controlled Nuclear Fusion.

Of course, this is something that only people inside Xinghai Technology know about. For the outside world, this place is still just a mining base, and the mining base and rare earth smelting factory outside provide excellent cover.

In addition, no one on the moon will investigate this thing. The moon does not belong to any country, it is a homeless land. It belongs to whoever occupyes it, and does whatever you want, and no one cares about it.

Of course, this is just theoretical. If something big happens, it will still be taken care of.

The Controllable Nuclear Fusion Research Institute covers a very large area and is very wide.

The entire mountain was hollowed out, and in fact, most of the areas and spaces were used for nuclear fusion technology.

“What is the fusion fuel used?”

When you come to the Nuclear Fusion Research Institute, you can see many scientists, researchers and engineers busy. In the core area, a huge nuclear fusion reactor is under construction.

This should be the first controlled nuclear fusion reactor in human history.

Although the magnetic constraint technology is not very mature, uncontrollable, and has too much capacity for constraints, this nuclear fusion reactor was built, and some things can only be found by trying them out by yourself.

I think it's easy when I watch it, but when I actually do it, I know how difficult it is.

Looking at the many busy scientists, researchers and engineers, Liu Yuan also began to ask in detail to understand the situation.

Building a nuclear fusion reactor is very expensive. It can’t be done with hundreds of millions of dollars, but it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

In other words, Liu Yuan, a prodigal son, was willing to spend money like this. If it were someone else, who would have been willing to give up?

Even in terms of national research needs, such projects may be difficult to pass because the cost is too great.

Liu Yuan also felt so painful for such a huge amount of money.

It is true that you have money, but you have to save some money.

Since I have come to the moon, I naturally have to make more efforts to improve the technology and successfully create a qualified nuclear fusion reactor in one go.

Otherwise, if this is not qualified, it will not only cost a lot of money to build a nuclear fusion reactor, but also require a lot of time, manpower and material resources.

This is also the main reason why Liu Yuan came to the moon in person. Liu Yuan still has to check the key core technologies himself.

"Of course we use He3, which has a very large reserve on the moon. In order to study this nuclear fusion technology, we built several factories on the moon specifically for refining helium 3 for research on nuclear fusion reactors."

Zeng Xuan said without hesitation.

Researching nuclear fusion technology is not an easy task. From technology to materials, to scientific researchers, funds, etc., it requires layers of checkpoints and tests.

Xinghai Technology's research application has never been approved, and the materials related to nuclear fusion are all materials for key monitoring on the earth, and they cannot be bought at all, and will not be allowed to own them.

Therefore, Xinghai Technology can only produce and manufacture related raw materials by itself.

It just so happens that there is an extremely rich helium 3 raw material on the moon, which is the most ideal material for nuclear fusion reaction.

Helium-3 is a helium isotope gas, which is colorless, odorless and odorless. Because there are no neutrons in the thermonuclear reaction, it will only produce protons without radioactivity, so it is the most ideal nuclear fusion fuel.

It will not generate nuclear radiation, will not pollute the environment, and will cause harm.

However, the reserves of helium 3 on the earth are very sparse, with only a small amount of reserves in the sea water, but the reserves on the moon are very amazing and mining is relatively simple.

Just heat the lunar soil containing helium 3 and the rocks above 700 degrees to extract helium 3 from it.

Large volume and easy to exploit, which is also the main reason for choosing to build a nuclear fusion reactor on the moon.

"Yeah~"

Liu Yuan nodded, and the benefits on the moon were revealed. The raw materials for nuclear fusion are very sufficient. The moon is really a treasure planet. The nuclear fusion fuel needed for the interstellar universe era in the future will be prepared for the earthlings.

"How powerful is the magnetic constraining device now and how many Gaussian magnetic fields can it generate?"

After thinking about it, Liu Yuan looked at the nuclear fusion reactor under construction again.

There are three layers in total in this reactor, the first layer is a nuclear fusion combustion chamber, which is used to burn nuclear fusion materials.

The second layer is a magnetic constraint device, which is used to constrain the powerful energy generated during nuclear fusion.

The third layer is an ignition device, which is used to ignite nuclear fusion reactors.

One layer is covered with layers, and there is actually a fourth layer on the outside, which is also a larger magnetic constraint device to provide security protection. Once it is out of control, this layer can also be used to constrain powerful energy, and the huge energy can be directly discharged into space.

"At present, we can create a magnetic field of 100,000 Gauss. If we want to create a magnetic field of 100,000 Gauss, I'm afraid the energy in this base is far from enough."

Zeng Xuan replied quickly.

"The magnetic field of 100,000 Gauss should be enough. Is it impossible to constrain and concentrate the magnetic field at a height?"

"Only when the magnetic field is constrained and concentrated, it can be used to control and constrain powerful energy."

When Liu Yuan heard this, he immediately said.

Among the seeds of inheritance, magnetic constraint technology is a very common technology, with very mature schemes and applications. If it is used to constrain controllable nuclear fusion reactions, a magnetic field of 100,000 Gauss is enough.

There is no need for a terrifying magnetic field of millions of Gauss at all, because it consumes too much energy. The manufacturing of a magnetic field is not an easy task, it requires extremely large amounts of energy.

The larger the magnetic field is created, the greater the energy it consumes.

The magnetic field of millions of Gauss requires very huge energy and also requires huge power generation devices of spacecraft. This is obviously not suitable for spacecraft and space warships.

Because the size, volume and space of spacecraft and space warship are limited, the power system and energy system must occupy as little space as possible.

"At present, our technology can only constrain the magnetic field and concentrate it into about 10% of the area."

Zeng Xuan nodded and said.

Liu Yuan has always emphasized that the need to constrain and concentrate the magnetic field, which is the core and difficulty of magnetic constraint technology. Only by constantly concentrating and restraining the magnetic field can the magnetic constraint device of nuclear fusion be truly achieved and realized.

But the scientists and engineers at the institute have been studying for a long time, but they can only achieve a 10% constraint area, and it will be difficult to improve it.

“Is it only 10%?”

"This is too low, this won't work. Let everyone stop first. Let's study this technology together. The magnetic constraint technology must be increased to about 1%.

"In fact, the ideal state of magnetic constraint technology is to be able to consolidate a powerful magnetic field like light aggregate, and ultimately concentrate the constraints on one point."

When Liu Yuan heard this, he frowned.

Only 10%, which obviously doesn't work.

In the future, magnetic energy weapons will be developed. At this level, it has no way to use them to make magnetic energy weapons, nor can it be used to create degenerate materials.

Only by constraining a strong magnetic field to a point, a very small area and point, will it have important significance and great effect.

If a magnetic cannon attacks, if it cannot be constrained and concentrated on a point, it will spread out in the vast void universe and has no effect.

To use magnetic energy technology to create degenerate materials, it is also necessary to have sufficiently concentrated and constrained magnetic fields. Only by using the characteristics of iron atoms can we create degenerate materials from the atomic perspective.

So Liu Yuan decisively stopped the project, so he still had to save some money and couldn't waste it like this.

Anyway, I have come here too, so I might as well stay on the moon for a while before I can get this nuclear fusion reactor out.

After the magnetic energy technology has been developed, there will be no problem with fusion reaction technology. Degenerate material technology can also be made breakthroughs, and warp engines are just around the corner.

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