Chapter 519 A Big Project of 40 Billion!

Go to Beijing.

Inside the first ring road, a mysterious place.

Standing at the door of the office, Director Lu took a deep breath, reached out and knocked on the door lightly.

After hearing "Come in", he opened the door and walked in, saying respectfully.

"You looking for me?"

Looking at the leader of the Energy Bureau standing at the door of the office, the old man smiled faintly and said.

"I have a letter here, take it and read it."

Without hesitation, Director Lu stepped forward and picked up the letter from the table.

Just when he saw the title, he secretly said in his heart that it was true.

If you think about it, there are only a few people in China who can send the letter directly here.

As he expected, this letter was related to the incident in Jinling.

【Your Excellency.

I believe you have heard that in the latest experiment of the STAR Institute, our researchers have successfully made the magnetic confinement time more than 60 minutes.

The results of this research make me foresee that in the not-too-distant future, deuterium resources will become a new and important energy source that will be utilized by us. This energy is more efficient, cleaner, and closer to the "essence" than any energy we are familiar with.

Theoretically, a complete reaction of 1 kg of deuterium-tritium mixture can release 108 million kWh of energy, which can produce 37.8 million kWh of electricity if converted at a ratio of 35%.

Based on this estimate, only 167 tons of deuterium-tritium mixture is enough to meet China's annual demand.

Aside from the tritium that can be retained as an intermediate product, the cost of one kilogram of deuterium as the main consumption is less than 4,000 yuan. And with the expansion of production scale, the cost still has a very broad room for reduction.

Based on these obvious data, we only need to use a simple calculation to see that the cost of nuclear fusion power generation will be less than one-thousandth of the cost of traditional thermal power, or even lower.

The birth of this energy will completely change the energy structure of modern society, and will also completely change the production and lifestyle of our society...even everything we know.

Here, as a scholar, I am obliged to remind you: we have stood at the turning point of the times, and the door to a new era is right in front of our eyes.

Of course, the price of opening this door is bound to be high.

As for whether to turn it on, the decision is yours.

...

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The letter does not end here. There is also a timetable for the commercialization of controllable fusion technology, the expected goals of the DEMO demonstration reactor, and a budget table.

For the time being, Director Lu twitched his eyebrows after reading the first page.

The whole letter is full of euphemisms about the prospect of fusion energy, how important it is, but from the crooked words, he only sees two words written all over the letter: " play money".

Turned to the next page, it is about the plan of DEMO demonstration reactor.

The above lists in detail Professor Lu's estimated parameters for each component of the DEMO device, as well as performance expectations for the completed DEMO device, etc.

[Project goal: to complete the construction of the DEMO demonstration reactor before 2025. 】

[Assessment criteria: the extraction surface of the RF negative ion source prototype is 0.45m×3.2m, the uniformity of the RF plasma under multiple drivers is better than 95%, the negative ion extraction current density is not less than 300A/m2, the beam current intensity is greater than 20A, and the comprehensive negative ion beam The index reaches the energy of 200keV, and the beam stabilization duration reaches 60min...]

Although he had been in contact with Lu Zhou several times before, he didn't even know that Professor Lu had dabbled in engineering, and this proposal was quite decent.

Read this plan from beginning to end.

The more he looked back, the more serious the expression on his face became.

Putting down the letter in his hand, Chief Lu shook his head with a headache.

"43 billion RMB... This Professor Lu can really spend money for us."

And it's not just about money.

Especially the phrase in the plan "This reactor can meet the electricity demand of the entire province of Suzhou", no matter how it sounds like bragging, and it is still the kind of bragging.

You know, Jiangsu Province consumes 580.79 billion kwh of electricity a year, second only to Guangdong Province's 595.89 billion kwh, ranking second in the country!

Even if this power station operates 24 hours a day, if it wants to complete the power generation target of 580.79 billion kWh within a year, it needs at least 66300MW of power!

What is the concept of 66300MW generating power?

The total installed capacity of the Three Gorges is only 22,000MW, and the six units in Daya Bay add up to about 6,000MW.

In other words, the power generated by just one fusion reactor is equivalent to three Three Gorges with full power? Eleven Daya Bay nuclear power plants?

What kind of monster is this?

Rationality told Director Lu that this bullshit is no longer drafted.

If someone else had put this plan on his desk, he would definitely slap him in the face without saying a word.

However……

After all, this bullshit was made by Professor Lu.

It's quite tempting when you think about it...

Looking at Director Lu with a complex expression, the old man smiled and asked, "How is it? How did you feel after watching it?"

"The writing of the plan is wild and unconstrained, I don't know why he is so sure, but..." After guessing that this person is not asking for his own opinion, but just letting himself talk about his feelings, Director Lu hesitated, and said carefully, " I admit that what he said is indeed what we need!"

Huaguo is a big energy consumer, and the annual consumption of coal and oil is counted in units of 100 million tons. In particular, the total amount of coal consumption accounts for almost one-half of the world's total coal consumption!

If, as Professor Lu said in his letter, only 167 tons of deuterium-tritium mixtures are needed to meet China's annual electricity demand, then with the widespread application of fusion energy, Hua's future energy expenditure may even be 100%. Less than a fraction of what it is now!

Moreover, what is exciting is not only the economic value and political significance behind it, but also its own cleanliness.

From subsidies for new energy industries to the "quota indicators" for the minimum renewable energy power consumption stipulated by the "Renewable Electric Power Quota Assessment Measures" for each provincial-level administrative region, regardless of the implementation of the policy at the local level, the state will The determination to develop clean energy has always been unquestionable.

Otherwise, the term energy conservation and emission reduction would not be mentioned repeatedly at each conference.

This efficient, cheap, abundant and almost non-polluting energy source can almost once and for all solve all the problems China is facing in its "sustainable development strategy".

If all this is going to happen, they really need to develop this technology at all costs.

"It's a little wild," the old man nodded, and after a pause, he said, "but I think it's worth a try."

Hearing this sentence, Director Lu looked slightly moved, and immediately said respectfully.

"I see."

Although he still had some doubts about what was stated in that letter, but now his doubts are no longer important.

It is impossible for a single person to make a decision on a large project of more than 40 billion. And now hearing the adult's tone so relaxed, it is obvious that this proposal has been unanimously approved by the elders' house.

Since even the top management agrees, there is only one thing he needs to do now.

That is to draw up a plan, meet all the conditions proposed by Professor Lu, and make every effort to ensure that the "DEMO Demonstration Reactor" project can be launched quickly!

Suddenly thought of something, the old man sitting behind the desk asked.

"By the way, how is the project of the International Controlled Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Implementation Center going?"

Director Lu replied truthfully: "Judging from the timetable, they plan to start building the demonstration reactor in 2025...but the conditions are not yet mature in all aspects. Now it seems that it may have to be postponed."

The old man shook his head: "It's too slow."

It's better if there is no comparison.

This comparison reveals the difference.

Director Lu: "...Scientific research can't be rushed after all."

"It's exactly what you said, slow work leads to careful work," the old man nodded, and continued to speak, "Then let them study slowly. Since they are not in a hurry to spend money for the time being, let them start with their funds. Move a part out."