Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

The overall adjustment plan given by Mo Dao,

It is not that a new path has been opened up during the development of controllable nuclear fusion.

Instead, an existing road has been brought to its end decades in advance.

After one is completed, there is neither a way forward for continuous improvement nor an adjustment plan to complete controllable nuclear fusion.

It seems that apart from wasting huge amounts of money and achieving the achievement of Q value 0.8, there is no other value.

But this does not mean that Mo Dao's overall adjustment plan is really meaningless.

The greatest significance is that

One thing is certain, that is - we can indeed achieve a controllable nuclear fusion device with a Q value of 0.8.

Secondly,

Even though the road this adjustment plan has taken has come to an end,

But from now on, all the way forward will start from EAST, which has a Q value of 0.8 at this moment.

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EAST's experiment this time also caused some repercussions in the outside world.

China News Service and the main station news of the day,

All reported on this incident.

"Recently, my country's controllable nuclear fusion experimental device EAST has achieved a major technological breakthrough. After an overall adjustment, EAST has achieved the confinement and steady-state operation of a 100-million-degree plasma for more than one thousand seconds for the first time, and will The Q value has increased to 0.82 for the first time, reaching the international leading level, making my country’s research on controllable nuclear fusion a critical step forward.”

In the full text of the China News Service report, EAST's past achievements and the research progress of controllable nuclear fusion in other countries in the world were also mentioned.

And for most viewers who saw this news,

It’s not necessarily possible to fully understand what these numbers mean.

But the words controllable nuclear fusion are inherently hot.

After being bombarded by the information age, most people on the Internet have some basic or exaggerated understanding of controllable nuclear fusion.

As a source of energy, controllable nuclear fusion is really imaginative.

As a result, not long after the news appeared on the Internet, related terms briefly topped the list of hot searches on various social platforms.

“Does this mean that it’s not that long before I can use nuclear fusion electricity?”

"Damn it, controllable nuclear fusion is about to be realized. I won't wake up tomorrow and the controllable nuclear fusion reactor will be built, right?"

"So what does the Q value 0.82 mean? I can understand everything else. Can anyone tell me what level this is?"

"To put it simply, if the Q value exceeds one, it can truly produce energy. As for the level, it is probably the level of thunder from the ground."

"Damn it, that's not very close, just a little bit closer. Is controllable nuclear fusion going to be realized?"

"That's not the way it is calculated. You may not be able to get stuck for a long time with this little bit. Besides, it's not like it can build a commercial pile if it's more than one... But, it's really awesome."

"Come on, let me educate you. The highest Q value before was 0.67. Do you know what 0.82 means?"

"I don't really understand. But I am happy to see the technological progress of our motherland! Awesome!"

There are people on the Internet who are particularly excited about the leap-forward technological progress in the development of controllable nuclear fusion.

Many people are looking forward to the realization of controllable nuclear fusion.

There are also some who are a little calmer and know how difficult it is to achieve controllable nuclear fusion, but they are also sincerely excited about the progress in this important technology of controllable nuclear fusion in China.

However, the popularity on the Internet disappears as quickly as it comes.

Although it is a major technological advancement, it will not have any real impact on most people’s lives for a while.

Most people's attention gradually shifts to other things.

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Abroad, this achievement achieved by the EAST research team,

It also caused some excitement.

However, the evaluation of this is somewhat mixed due to the different positions of the parties.

A media outlet in a certain American country,

He also took this opportunity to interview the head of the main R\u0026D team for controllable nuclear fusion in his country.

"Sir, we know that China's controllable nuclear fusion research team has made significant progress recently. Does this mean that China is already ahead of us in the research of controllable nuclear fusion?"

"Does it mean that we have fallen behind, and that China will be the first to realize 'unlimited energy'?"

"The first thing I need to correct is that even if controllable nuclear fusion is realized, it will not be unlimited energy, it will just be a better way to obtain energy than the current way."

"Also, I don't think we are falling behind."

"But China has achieved a Q value of 0.82, which is very close to a Q value greater than one. But we don't seem to have achieved this currently."

"..."

"No, no, no, the distance is still very far. We can see that the Q value of China's latest plasma confinement experiment is still within one. This means that there is no generational or qualitative difference in technology between us and them. change."

"I believe we will be able to catch up soon. If we get enough funding, I believe the speed will be faster. You know, the Chinese always have more funding than us in this area. "

"If we have enough funds, how quickly can we achieve such results, or better results."

"It depends on how much funding there is. Hiring better R\u0026D personnel, providing better treatment for R\u0026D personnel, and the cost of starting each experiment... all of these require money."

Although the content of this interview finally turned to asking for funding.

But it still caused a lot of heat in California, America.

And perhaps stimulated by the progress in China,

The United States did propose to increase the research and development funding for controlled nuclear fusion, but how to implement it specifically has fallen into the stage of wrangling.

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For the excitement and turmoil of the outside world,

the researchers of EAST basically did not pay much attention.

It did not have any impact on them.

When this progress was first achieved, there was some excitement and excitement.

But as the experiment ended, it gradually returned to its usual state.

Collect and analyze data, discuss, and study the plan for the next experiment.

"The approximate model proposed by researcher Mo is excellent. I think that based on this model, EAST still has a lot of possibilities to continue to explore."

"Well, we can try again. Based on this data and the model given by researcher Mo, we can see if we can further improve the Q value."

After the overall adjustment of EAST, after the first confinement operation with a Q value of 0.82,

in June and July,

EAST researchers conducted two more plasma confinement operation experiments.

The results verified the expectations of Mo Dao and all researchers who had a clear understanding of Mo Dao's overall adjustment plan.

In the trial operation in June,

the Q value only increased by 0.03.

In July, the Q value not only did not improve, but regressed by 0.1.

With the existing technology, EAST has reached the limit of the current situation.

Without a breakthrough in core technology,

it becomes extremely difficult to continue to improve various indicators.

The development of controlled nuclear fusion has temporarily fallen into a stalemate.

But there is no need to worry about other parties catching up for the time being.

After the adjustments made according to Mo Dao's plan, EAST has actually entered a state of being far ahead in various important indicators.