Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Time is getting closer and closer to the end of the month.

Finally, all contradictions are on the verge of a critical point.

Soon the next closed meeting of the ITER Council will be held in Saint Paulais Durrants, France, at which the United States will again question representatives of China on issues related to the STAR Institute and intellectual property rights.

If not surprisingly, this could be the last time the ITER Board has discussed the issue.

Because all indications are that the outcome of this meeting will determine China's stay in ITER.

The Chinese side, on the other hand, has generally failed to meet any expectations of compromise.

Even ITER employees who are reluctant to reveal their names are generated during media interviews, which may be the trigger for the disintegration of ITER organizations.

That sounds a little exaggerated.

But in fact, it is not without such possibilities.

It is well known that IITER has seven major participating countries, namely Europe, America, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, India. Almost every participating country, with the exception of ITER, has its own domestically controlled nuclear fusion projects.

Building one's own technological advantages in controllable fusion research has almost become a consensus among countries.

In international public projects such as ITER, it is not difficult to predict the attitude of States towards each other.

This can be seen from the annual underfunding of the ITER project.

Obviously, nobody thinks how far this massive, barely assembled ship can go.

Besides, the captain at the helm is European.

The United States suddenly has a problem with intellectual property rights, which can be said to be putting the contradiction on the table.

The light of fusion can't be easily ignited, like a candle in the wind, swinging in cold nights.

However, no matter how the international form changes, the experiments to be done are still necessary for scholars engaged in research in this field.

An experiment on magnetic constraint time is also under way, far from the spiral 7-X laboratory in Germany, while the Ark received a jet from the Gulf of Greater Asia.

“37 minutes and six seconds," Kelvin continued, looking at the clock on the computer screen, "that's probably the best thing we've done this month. ”

Although there is still a horrible gap between an hour and a STAR device, at least they are now able to stabilize magnetic restraints for more than half an hour.

Professor Miller asked, "Can we do the ignition experiment? ”

Professor Kleber shook his head: "The problem of radiation exposure remains unresolved. ”

Professor Miller: "Any progress? ”

“Progress?” Professor Crabb's expression on his face became more bitter, "The only progress was that we probably didn't feel that the Alloy route was working. The swelling effect of metallic materials in neutron-irradiated environments is too obvious, and no matter what we try, it's hard to change this… unless we can restrain the neutrons? But that sounds magical. ”

The latest technology is the use of a molybdenum, zirconium alloy, which is quite effective against the swelling effects of neutron irradiation, but the molybdenum-doped alloy is much more difficult to weld than austenitic steel.

And not only that, regardless of the amount of molybdenum doped, the radioactivity of its mutant products is always a destabilizing factor.

Millex thought for a moment and suddenly wondered, “If the alloy doesn't work, what about non-metallic materials? ”

Kilwin shrugged helplessly: "There are many non-metallic materials, but the question is, do you have a good suggestion? ”

This view was not first raised in the field of controllable fusion research, even in the last century. The problem is, however, that there has been little progress in research in this area.

Thinking about it, Kilwin can't help but get into contemplation.

If it was an ark, what choice would he make?

However, Kilwin, who was thinking about it, had no idea.

Thinking about it, he sighed.

It would be nice to work with the STAR Institute on a research project on star mimetics...

If his teammate is Professor Lu, he is confident that he will shorten the commercialization of controllable fusion for at least 20 years.

And once that technology is completed, the whole of human civilization will benefit from it.

But as things stand now...

This is obviously impossible.

……

Outside the lab, Helms sits in the lounge drinking his coffee, gazing at the watch from time to time.

A few months ago, he was just an ordinary middle-level CIA official, yet he was highly regarded for an assessment of controllable fusion studies.

His status is now that of CIA-appointed intelligence commissioner on controllable fusion, with sole responsibility for gathering vital intelligence in relevant areas and with some discretion in some matters.

He came to Germany to learn about the latest developments in astronomical research on the part of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Map Society and to meet with senior officials of the German Ministry of Economy and Energy.

The response to the question of China has been effective, at least on the face of it, the study of domestic controllable fusion in China has been halted.

The suspension of cooperation between the STAR-1 device and the HL-2A strike, as well as between the EAST device and the General Atomic Energy Corporation, raises doubts as to how far they can go on this subject without the “help” of the international community.

Either way, it's time to win the chase.

Of course, on the face of it, the plan went well, but he never did anything stupid that belittled his opponent.

At least the name Ark is a destabilizing factor that keeps him from letting go.

From limited information, the cause of the failure of both devices was irrelevant to the person's name.

Right now, sitting across from him is Lehman, the CIA's intelligence commissioner in Germany.

Unlike agents generally lurking underground, his identity is public and registered with the German Ministry of Defence. It is primarily responsible for sitting in the office drinking coffee or exchanging information with German intelligence services.

He coordinated this meeting between Helms and senior officials of the German Ministry of Economy and Energy.

When they were chatting, they happened to talk about the name Ark.

Although Lehman's focus was not here, he raised his eyebrows with interest.

“… so how many divisions do you think Professor Lu is on duty? ”

Helms: "If you really knew him, you wouldn't ask such a stupid question. His value is not calculated by several divisions, but by Silicon Valley or Seattle. ”

Not caring about Helms' tune, Lehman smiled and said, "When did Silicon Valley and Seattle become units of measure? ”

Helms: “Silicon Valley and Seattle are not, but the underlying economic value is. If a person can create 10 billion, maybe 100 billion, or more, of GDP, I think he has that potential. ”

Lyman: "Can a Nobel laureate create 100 billion dollars of GDP? Is this Zimbabwean or Venezuelan currency? ”

“Dollars, of course, and only conservative estimates. The more I studied his information, the more I affirmed my assumption," Put down the coffee in your hand, "Helms said," but neither the White House nor the CIA paid enough attention to the name, which I think is quite dangerous. ”

Lehman leaned on the chair: "Perhaps you could write a detailed report to the White House to remind the president of his passion. ”

Helms: “Actually, I'm doing it. ”

In the talking room, there was a walker at the door.

The head is Norbert, the secretary-general of the German Ministry of Economy and Energy.

Standing up, Helms smiled out his right hand.

“Good to see you again, Mr. Norbert. ”

“Hello, Mr. Helms,” holding Helms' right hand swayed, Norbert didn't get too cold, straight to the point, “you probably didn't fly all the way from the United States to find me for coffee, just to say what happened. ”

“Here's the thing," retracted his right hand, sorted out a moment of thought, and Helms smiled, "our Congress reassessed the controllable fusion program, restarted a budget investment of about $2 billion, and anticipated the construction of a new experimental device for a star mimetic at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. For German businesses, this would mean at least a billion dollars in orders and thousands or tens of thousands of jobs, which I'm sure you'll be interested in. ”

“Oh?” Norbert's eyebrows lifted with interest, but no more expression, “although I'm very interested in the topic, why is the CIA here to discuss it with us? ”

What makes him even more confused is why the CIA people are giving this information to themselves.

“Because a specific solicitation programme will come out about next month. If you are interested in this project, I have a small proposal. ”

Norbert did not move his voice: “What proposal? ”

“A closed meeting of the ITER Council at the end of the month," looking at Norbert's expression, Helms' face smiled, "we think it's time to ask China out. ”

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(Recommend an interesting system flow novel "Founder of the System", a new book of conscience ~)