Chapter 1305 Controlled nuclear fusion, 50 years forever

The Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Station is the fifth nuclear power station in China!

At the same time, it is also the first fourth-generation nuclear power station.

The Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Station is not the end, but the starting point.

Unlike the experimental nuclear power stations formed by the construction of the 094-type strategic nuclear submarine nuclear reactor test reactor, the 002B-type nuclear-powered aircraft carrier nuclear reactor test reactor, and the 003-type nuclear-powered aircraft carrier nuclear reactor test reactor, the Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Station is a real fourth-generation nuclear power station!

Although the experimental nuclear power station is also a nuclear power station and provides a large amount of electricity to Guangdong Province, it has not been officially included in the Huaxia nuclear power station project.

However, the Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Station was included in the '10th Five-Year Plan' and the '11th Five-Year Plan'!

It is to be completed during the '11th Five-Year Plan'.

So far, all nuclear power stations in China are built on the coast. The power of Southwest Hydropower, Three Gorges Hydropower Station, etc., except for a part of it used in the southwest, the rest is transported to the east to establish a 'West-East Power Transmission' system.

However, with the development of the central and western regions, the economic development and social progress of the central and western regions, the contradiction between energy supply capacity and growing demand has been intensified, and China is under great pressure to save energy, reduce emissions and protect the environment. It is imperative to build more nuclear power plants.

Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Plant is only the first fourth-generation nuclear power plant. Now Yangjiang Nuclear Power Plant, Jinqimen Nuclear Power Plant, Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant, Ningde Nuclear Power Plant, Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, Fangjiashan Nuclear Power Plant are all in the approval state or waiting for approval.

By 2015, China will have 11 nuclear power plants in operation.

Although China's nuclear power plants developed late, they started from a high starting point, and so far they are all new nuclear power, which is actually China's advantage.

Liu Tao smiled and said: "Now we are just at the leading level, but Europe and the United States are also developing fourth-generation nuclear power technology. We can't be proud. Our goal is to eventually develop controlled nuclear fusion!"

So far, all nuclear power plant technologies use nuclear fission technology, not nuclear fusion technology.

The atomic bomb belongs to nuclear fission technology!

The hydrogen bomb, on the other hand, belongs to nuclear fusion technology.

Nuclear fusion refers to the synthesis of a heavier nucleus by two light nuclei. Nuclear fission refers to the splitting of a heavy nucleus into two or more smaller atoms. Nuclear fusion takes place at a high temperature of nearly 100 million degrees, which can be reached when an atomic bomb explodes on Earth. Although nuclear fission can produce huge energy, it is far inferior to nuclear fusion. The nuclear fuel reserves of fission reactors are extremely limited, not only producing strong radiation that harms the human body, but also nuclear waste is difficult to handle. In contrast, nuclear fusion has much less radiation, and the fuel for nuclear fusion can be said to be inexhaustible!

And in terms of safety, there is no doubt that nuclear power plants that use controlled nuclear fusion are much higher than those that use nuclear fission.

Others heard this and couldn't help shaking their heads and smiling bitterly.

The easiest fusion reaction in nature is the fusion of hydrogen isotopes - deuterium and tritium, which has lasted for 5 billion years on the sun.

Therefore, controlled nuclear fusion is also known as the "artificial sun"!

People first learned about thermonuclear fusion from the explosion of hydrogen bombs. After learning about nuclear fusion, scientists hope to invent a device that can effectively control the process of "hydrogen bomb explosion" to allow energy to be continuously and stably output, thereby providing humans with clean, safe and inexhaustible energy.

And this is also recognized as the hope for humans to finally solve the energy problem.

Compared with the limited reserves of oil and natural gas, oil is constantly being shaped into only enough for the earth to use for about 50 years. The material deuterium required for controlled nuclear fusion is abundant in the earth's seawater, up to 40 trillion tons. If all of it is used for fusion reactions, the energy released is enough for humans to use for tens of billions of years, and the reaction product is helium without radioactive pollution.

As for helium-3, which can participate in nuclear fusion reactor reactions with deuterium, although there are not many reserves on Earth, there is abundant helium-3 on the moon. According to estimates of lunar soil samples, the content of helium-3 on the moon is as high as 1 million tons, and the reserves are 2 million times that of the earth, which is enough for the whole world to use for controlled nuclear fusion power generation for a long time!

But it is always 50 years away from the success of controlled nuclear fusion!

Whether it is the "tokamak device" developed by the Soviets or the "stellarator" device developed by Europe and the United States, they are still very far from success.

Since the outbreak of the Iraq War, oil prices have soared, the energy crisis has intensified, and all countries have attached importance to controlled nuclear fusion technology.

For example, Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, etc. have built an ITER, striving to build an experimental reactor in 2015, achieving a power output of 1,500 megawatts, and a construction cost of 12 billion US dollars.

China is also studying controlled nuclear fusion, but so far, it is still a long way from seeing the success of controlled nuclear fusion technology.

Even with the most optimistic estimate, it will take until the middle of this century for controlled nuclear fusion technology to reach a point of commercial value.

The so-called commercial use of controlled nuclear fusion means that the revenue generated is greater than the investment cost.

Even pessimistic scientists believe that there is no hope of realizing controlled nuclear fusion technology in this century.

Liu Tao smiled and said nothing more.

Controlled nuclear fusion technology, this must be realized, because it is the only way for mankind to get rid of the energy crisis and move towards the universe.

It's just that the time is not ripe yet.

"Leader, do you think we humans can implement controlled nuclear fusion technology in the next 50 years?" Someone suddenly asked.

Although they are all nuclear power experts, Liu Tao is the real authority in the nuclear field and is recognized as the first person in China.

China has made rapid progress in the nuclear industry, and it can be said that Liu Tao played a crucial role.

Liu Tao nodded and gave a positive answer: "As long as you can live another 20 years, you will definitely see the day when controlled nuclear fusion is realized!"

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Liu Tao's answer made everyone shudder and a gleam of light flashed in their eyes.

No one doubted Liu Tao's words, because Liu Tao had already established his authoritative status through miracles that turned the impossible into the possible.

In the face of facts, it is better than eloquence.

Since Liu Tao said that controlled nuclear fusion technology can be realized in 20 years, then it will definitely be realized.

In fact, for Liu Tao, controlled nuclear fusion has never been a big technical difficulty. The real difficulty is that China's talent training and social progress are not enough.

It may not be a good thing for China to rashly realize controlled nuclear fusion technology.

He is waiting for China to further develop and improve.

According to the current development speed, China will be qualified to have controlled nuclear fusion in about 20 years.

Now, what needs to be done is to pave the way for the future. (End of this chapter)