Chapter 1352 How to Boil Water?

How to build a nuclear power plant?

In fact, in essence, the nuclear power plant designed by Kyushu Technology is just a large-scale boiling water machine.

Ordinary liquid - water, after it is boiled, it will produce a large amount of steam, and the steam will drive the turbine to rotate, and then drive the generator, and then generate a steady stream of electricity.

The difference between boiling water and generating electricity is the energy stone used to boil water.

Nuclear power plants use the nuclear fission reaction inside the nuclear reactor, relying on this reaction to generate a lot of heat energy to boil water.

The material required for nuclear fission is a substance called uranium 235. The energy released by fission of 1 kilogram of this substance is equivalent to 2798 tons of standard coal.

1KG=2798T

In addition, there is another reason why Gu Qing attaches so much importance to this industry. The substances used in mushroom bombs and nuclear reactors are actually the same, but the concentration is different.

Mushroom bombs use weapons-grade highly enriched uranium with a concentration of more than 90%, while nuclear reactors that boil water use low-enriched uranium with a concentration of 2% to 4%.

[The train has arrived at the station, there will be a train arriving at the station in three minutes]

Although the train could be delayed, Gu Qing did not do so.

"Let's go. Today's temporary calculation plan is very good. It seems that you, Sinan, have special training in this area."

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Faced with this flattering AI, Gu Qing shook his head: "I don't know which symbol in the logic program I added to you was mistyped. It is obviously an excellent AI that guides the future direction."

While sighing, Gu Qing stepped out of the seat.

As if An Hetang didn't hear the content of these conversations, he followed Gu Qing and left with a calm expression.

Under the illumination of the light, the senior person in charge of the security department looked a bit burly at this time, but there was no noise of a heavy weight landing on the road.

There is even a feeling of King Kong swinging lightly on the city road.

Except for him, the other members of the security team no longer "followed" as they did before, and there were some mimicry little robots beside Gu Qing.

Some of them are buttons, some are a small stone stuck in the sole of a shoe, and some even look like ordinary clothing decorations.

But as long as Gu Qing's surroundings need support, the members of the nearby security team can rely on these positioning devices to activate the maximum kinetic energy and jump there.

After swiping his face, swiping his card, and verifying his retina, Gu Qing entered the gate of the next research institute.

After entering the channel, cameras and other security equipment scanned from time to time, but they stopped working because of his identity.

Hearing the slight sound of three doors being closed behind him, Gu Qing finally saw a living person.

"Please go to the men's locker room on my left to change the protective clothing. Among the people participating in the meeting today, there are members with unstable radiation values."

Gu Qing didn't say that they are all warriors and shouldn't be treated specially. Instead, he chose to put on the protective clothing, and after matching the number of the protective clothing with An Hetang, he continued to walk forward.

Because the perception is stronger than that of ordinary people, Gu Qing and An Hetang clearly felt that the corridor they were walking in was moving slowly.

In order to ensure a healthy and safe environment for everyone participating in the meeting, these corridors will be purified accordingly every time someone passes by.

Twenty minutes later.

In a conference room similar to a university lecture hall, a professor in protective clothing is presenting his professional views on the podium in the conference room.

"Uranium is a relatively abundant element on Blue Star, but only a very small amount of uranium can be used in nuclear fuel, such as uranium 235, which accounts for only about 0.72% of uranium.

In order to ensure sustainable development and energy security in the future, we and some developed countries are looking for alternative energy sources and improving energy efficiency, such as common solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydropower energy, etc.

But nuclear energy is the key to the future, and no one has given up continuing research and development.

As of the year 1023 in the lunar calendar, there were 460 nuclear reactors disclosed by Blue Star.

It is not very difficult for us to build a nuclear reactor. To some extent, a team of PhDs can lead the construction of a small nuclear reactor.

But the point is that if we want to use nuclear power to generate electricity, we must build a uranium enrichment plant to increase the concentration of uranium-235.

At present, this technology is not considered confidential. After all, tens of thousands of centrifuges can be installed in some underdeveloped areas, and it took ten years to purify 300 kilograms of enriched uranium with an abundance of 3%.

But this procedure is very difficult. It is almost impossible to complete the purification of qualified enriched uranium within two years. If we can do it, it means that we can use it for military use.

Therefore, this material can only be prepared by Daxia officials at present.

Uranium-235 in sufficient concentration is sent to a nuclear fuel fabrication plant, where it is converted to uranium dioxide powder, which is compressed into small fuel particles and heated to make hard uranium dioxide Ceramic pellets.

These ceramic pellets are stacked together and then packed into a zirconium alloy casing about 4 meters long, which becomes the fuel rods needed by nuclear power plants.

According to the information I compiled before, a 2,000-megawatt pressurized water reactor needs about 54 tons of uranium per year, about 36 million fuel pellets, and more than 100,000 fuel rods.

Correspondingly, coal-fired power stations must burn more than 5 million tons of coal in order to complete this amount of power generation.

I have inspected the area approved by Neon Island for our branch. Although the address is stable and the water resources are abundant, this area is far away from Daxia mainland. At least three checks.

In normal times, these fuels may be able to steadily enter the nuclear power plant. But as long as there is a mutation, the nuclear power plant we built in Neon will become a boiler without fuel in an instant, and it will even be taken over by the local management of Neon.

So I personally do not agree to build nuclear power plants and factories in the area. "

This leading professor dropped a blockbuster to everyone as soon as he came up.

Everyone did not expect that this person who was hired by Kyushu Technology with a high salary would actually vote against it at a key meeting of the nuclear power project.

Why did you talk about the industry knowledge that "everyone understands" before? Isn't it because in addition to practitioners in nuclear energy-related industries, there are also senior management of Kyushu Science and Technology present at the meeting today?

Many people even feel resentful at this time.

You are successful and famous, but you still block the way for the younger generations to get rich and famous? !