Reborn Tech Scholar

Chapter 288 Controlled Nuclear Fusion

Chapter 289 Controlled Nuclear Fusion
The end of the Nobel Prize dinner does not mean it is over.

According to the awarding process of the Nobel Prize, after the dinner, there will be a Nobel lecture the next day.

Qin Yuanqing went to the lecture hall of the School of Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences alone, and gave a three-10-minute speech on the theme of "The Light of Controllable Nuclear Fusion".

When he first arrived at the lecture hall, there was a sea of ​​people in the lecture hall, even more crowded than the Nobel dinner, but no one complained.

Not only physics scholars from all over the world came to listen to the report, but also students from Stockholm University, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and even some local citizens who are interested in science.

According to the practice of previous Nobel lectures, the lectures here are not completely professional in nature. Even if you have no knowledge in the relevant field, you can more or less understand what the people on the stage are saying.

Of course, it is not a complete science popularization.

To put it simply, the purpose of the Nobel lectures is to enable scholars in the same industry but in different directions to understand at a glance what work the Nobel laureate has done or is doing, what is the significance of the work, and its impact on the academic world, Even what it means to the world and so on.

This sounds simple, but it's not easy to actually do it.

Qin Yuanqing didn't talk about mathematics or theoretical physics, but controllable nuclear fusion!
From the perspective of human development, every great increase in social productivity is the result of earth-shaking changes in the energy field.

The first industrial revolution was the age of steam. The power of steam brought earth-shaking changes to society, and social productivity also greatly improved.The second industrial revolution is the widespread application of electricity, marked by electricity.The third industrial revolution is oil!

Many people are saying that the fourth industrial revolution is the computer revolution, but it has not been recognized. The essence is that there is no breakthrough in the energy field. After all, it is oil, and oil resources are gradually showing crisis, and new energy is not enough to represent industry. The energy from which the revolution was born.

As the energy source of the fourth industrial revolution, controllable nuclear fusion is undoubtedly the best choice. Controllable nuclear fusion can provide human beings with a steady stream of energy, allowing human beings to have inexhaustible electricity without worrying about oil depletion.

In the 50s, after the first hydrogen bomb exploded successfully, most scientists optimistically estimated that human beings could use controllable nuclear fusion energy within 10 to 20 years. Research on controllable nuclear fusion. At that time, everyone recognized a saying that whoever first mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology will be the next world hegemon.

But until the 60s, everyone found that it was impossible to do it, so after discussing it at a meeting in Europe, it turned out that everyone was the same, and no one was half a step ahead. Therefore, everyone believed that it would be possible in about 50 years. Create controlled nuclear fusion.Since that meeting, magnetic confinement controllable nuclear fusion has been completely declassified for open research by the academic community!
Magnetic confinement fusion has two milestones: one is the tokamak position type proposed by the former Soviet Union, and the plasma parameters created directly kill all the magnetic mirrors, stellarator and other types at that time, thus becoming the mainstream of magnetic confinement fusion; In 1982, the high-constraint mode (H-mode) was discovered on the German ASDEX tokamak, which can directly reduce the size of the device by about half, thereby greatly reducing the engineering cost.

Of course, the sad thing is that how to make controllable nuclear fusion commercially available has always been a proposition for 50 years. After all, a few seconds or tens of seconds of controllable nuclear fusion experiments have no commercial significance at all, and are just experimental products.

"Professor Qin, hello, regarding the 'controlled nuclear fusion' you just reported, how long do you think it will take us humans to master the commercialization of controlled nuclear fusion and put it into practical use?" A citizen asked.

Qin Yuanqing pondered for a while, "If we want to give controllable nuclear fusion a time to actually use it, then I don't think it will exceed 20 years, that is, around 2030, we will be able to make controllable nuclear fusion provide us with a steady stream of energy. energy."

Everyone cheered, obviously Qin Yuanqing's optimism infected them.

After finishing the report, Qin Yuanqing also introduced the trip to the Nobel Prize. In the next week, he will take his parents, wife and children to visit Norway, Denmark and Germany. It is a rare opportunity to travel with them. Naturally, he would not just return home like this.

European countries do not have a large area, and the entire European area is about the same as China's area. You can visit several places in a week.

In Paris, an international metropolis, I went shopping for a while, and then took a plane at Paris Airport to go back to my country.

After the plane landed, a warm welcome was received outside the gangway of the plane.

Although it was snowing in the capital city at this time and the temperature was relatively low, they couldn't resist the warm hearts of the people, and they went to the airport to greet this young man who had brought great honor to Huaxia.

Looking at the people holding the red flags, applauding and cheering enthusiastically, Qin Yuanqing was a little flattered. The first time he won the Fields Medal was not such a big battle. Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Qin Yuanqing felt embarrassed and said After leaving like this, I gave a speech at the airport. The speech was not long, only 5 minutes, and then I waved goodbye to the enthusiastic people.

The bodyguards were already waiting at the airport, and the group got into two cars and went straight home.

This time, his parents will live in the capital for half a month, and will go home with his cousin when the time comes, which will save Qin Yuanqing from worrying.

And Qin Yuanqing didn't go home so early. This year he planned to go back on the 27th day of the lunar calendar. Last year he didn't go home for the New Year. This year, he plans to go home for the New Year with his family. The whole family members are also more festive.

On the first day Qin Yuanqing returned to school, the school held a grand celebration ceremony to celebrate that Qin Yuanqing and Yang Lao had won the Nobel Prize in Physics together. Donate to the school to establish a fund to encourage researchers to engage in theoretical physics research. Every year, some outstanding researchers will receive awards from the foundation. At the same time, it also supports young scholars to study abroad, visit, and communicate with other countries. Exchange with top scholars to improve their own level.

Qin Yuanqing also donated a prize of US$100 million from the Clay Institute, which solves the millennium problem, to the Faculty of Science to set up a scholarship foundation to help students and teachers concentrate on their studies.

Then he was busy setting up a year-end assessment team to assess the school's faculty and staff. He didn't need to worry about the Automobile Research Institute and Aero Engine Research Institute's self-contained systems. Naturally, there were special assessment teams and procedures for assessment. Qin Yuanqing only needed to explain. That's fine, naturally Xu Jiayi will handle it.

After being promoted to the executive vice president, Qin Yuanqing appointed Xu Jiayi as the dean of the Automobile Research Institute and the executive vice president of the Aero Engine Research Institute. For Xu Jiayi, Qin Yuanqing was still very relieved.

But Shuimu University is different. Qin Yuanqing personally served as the leader of the assessment team this year, and the deans of each college acted as the deputy team leaders. In addition, the personnel department and logistics department formed an assessment team.

Qin Yuanqing emphasized at the first assessment team meeting that the assessment should be conducted in strict accordance with the assessment requirements and procedures, and personal emotions are absolutely not allowed.

The entire Shuimu University has more than 1.5 faculty and staff. The assessment work is very large, and there is still pressure to complete all the assessments in less than a month.

And during this period of time, there must be various letters in the mailbox. These letters must be read and investigated one by one. It seems that there is no real evidence.

The various honor appraisals organized by the school have also started. With the role models of last year, the faculty and staff of this year's honor appraisal will be more enthusiastic. After all, there are tens of thousands of bonuses at least, and the evaluation of professional titles has priority.

So much so that when the entire assessment team was on the right track, it had already come to New Year's Day unknowingly.During the three-day holiday on New Year's Day, Qin Yuanqing was busier than ever. On behalf of the Aviation Engine Research Institute and the military, he signed a buyout of Gefeng aero engine technology, but it was different from Everest aero engine. Gefeng aero engine bought out a complete set of technology The cost is 100 billion, only half!
Qin Yuanqing would not think too little. After all, he has a complete set of Everest aero-engine technology, and Gefeng aero-engine is much easier. The investment in research and development is not large, and the prototype is also paid for by the military.

With the 100 billion in the account, the account of the Aero Engine Research Institute once again broke through 200 billion, close to 300 billion in cash, which can be said to be richer than the school's account.

Principal Chen's eyes were red, and he approached Qin Yuanqing again, wanting to see if he could take out a part of the dividend, and even recruited Yihang Group.

For Aero Engine Research Institute, Qin Yuanqing originally invested 20 billion to account for 51% of the shares, and Shuimu University accounted for 40% of the shares with venues and scientific research personnel.

Not to mention that all the money in the account is divided, as long as 100 billion is used to divide, the school can get 40 billion, and the new year will be much more generous!
"Principal Chen, you are not in charge of the family and don't know what to do. Our academy is now doing all it can to publicize the large-scale strategic transport aircraft project. The estimated investment is 300 to 400 billion. I am still worrying about how to raise other funds."

When Qin Yuanqing heard this, he quit immediately. What a joke. At the time when the Aero Engine Research Institute was established, he didn’t think about any dividends. The reason why he held 51% of the absolute controlling stake was because he didn’t want laymen to lead experts and be influenced by the outside world. .

As for the current dividends, don’t even think about it. The aero-engines for strategic transport aircraft alone cost almost 1000 million US dollars to manufacture.

"In this way, let's raise 100 billion!" Qin Yuanqing said.

But Principal Chen's face changed when he heard it. Damn, I was asked for money if I didn't get what I asked for. How is this possible!You only manage more than 1000 people, I need to manage 1.5 faculty members, and there are so many things, where there is money, there is no money.

(End of this chapter)