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That is, maintaining stable operation of the reactor.
"The fuel proportion in the reaction chamber has dropped to 13.7%. Do you want to open the gate and continue to introduce fuel?"
After all, for a mature experimental reactor, ignition is just the threshold, and what happens after that is the key.
However, even though they had completed the historic ignition, no one dared to stop what they were doing and stand up to celebrate.
While the entire Pan-Asian cooperation is in a jubilant festive atmosphere, the second-generation controllable fusion experimental reactor base of East Asia Electric Power, far away on the moon, is busy and tense at this moment.
"Yes," Xie Tian also smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "When the good news is reported to Academician Lu, we can have a good celebration here!"
"What's wrong, Lili?"
Looking at the dreamlike light, the little girl was stunned for a moment, then jumped up excitedly, and the sleepiness in her heart was instantly swept away.
It’s not just the guests sitting inside the Heart of Asia venue.
Xie Tian shook his head, not daring to look away from the holographic panel for a moment.
In the suburbs of the Yangtze River Delta city cluster, Lili stood on the balcony, her little hands on the window sill, looking longingly at the sky.
Originally, he planned to invite Lu Zhou and Wang Peng this time, but unfortunately, Lu Zhou went to the Heart of Asia to be a special guest, and Wang Peng couldn't come due to work reasons. In the end, there were only two people at the wine table. Two lonely old men were left drinking alone, looking very lonely.
It took East Asia Electric Power a whole year to win the trust of the citizens of Guanghan City on behalf of our compatriots on the earth. If he betrays this trust, not only will his conscience feel bad about it, but the sense of responsibility in his heart will not let him go either.
Huge energy has also been projected into the earth's atmosphere through high-power laser arrays. The gas molecules ionized by the laser formed a bright aurora at the edge of the atmosphere. This is East Asia Power's gift to the people of the world.
Although she doesn't fully understand what beauty is.
Looking at the temperature indicator that had returned to a safe value, Jia Siyuan, standing next to him, had a happy smile on his face.
Everyone standing here has made history at this moment.
"Connect the heat dissipation rod to the core heat conduction port! Open the core trap and adjust it to the preparation mode to prepare! Weaken the confinement magnetic field in batches!"
Even if not all of their names will be remembered by history, this does not prevent them from being proud of their achievements.
Not to mention Guanghan City next door.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
After all, what is running in the reactor is plasma with a temperature of tens of billions. Let alone searching the entire solar system, even if we look ten or twenty light years outside the solar system, we may not be able to find a flame with such a terrifying temperature.
Looking up at the colorful light curtain in the sky, Taili was stunned for a moment, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.
The fellow sitting across the wine table laughed and said jokingly: "Damn, you old man was still the leader of the R&D department a hundred years ago. You don't know anything I ask you."
"Finally done."
Probably last night, the big brother named Academician Lu sent her a message, saying that if she stood on the window sill at seven o'clock tonight, she would see very, very beautiful fireworks.
Not to mention, today itself is a very meaningful holiday...
"That's probably another thing invented by Academician Lu," Director Li chuckled and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Auroras appear in temperate zones. Putting aside the once-in-a-million-year spectacle, it's not natural under normal circumstances. Most likely."
"I'm not Tinker Bell, you ask that person named Lu," Director Li took a sip of liquor, looked up at the sky, smacked his lips, and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, today is the lighting day."
At the same time, almost all people in the Eastern Eighth Time Zone of the Northern Hemisphere saw that bright light hanging in the night.
"There, there," blinking her innocent big eyes, a small hand like a white lotus root pointed at the sky danglingly. The little girl's face was filled with a smile of joy and excitement, "Look, look, it's an aurora." !”
At this point, the round of ignition experiments is half completed.
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As a series of orders were issued, the staff sitting in front of the console operated the instruments in an orderly manner, shut down the reactor, and conducted the remaining heat to the ground through the heat-conducting rods.
"It seems that the condition of the reactor is not bad." Walking next to Xie Tian, Jia Siyuan glanced at the parameters dancing on the holographic panel, and then said, "You go and rest for a while, I will take over here."
Ignition has been successful!
Raising his head unsteadily, Director Li glanced in that direction and answered bluntly.
"have no idea."
The work in this department was not challenging. He stared at the parameters on the holographic panel that were all falling back together, and Xie Tian gave the order decisively.
After all, this is an epoch-making moment.
But deep down in her heart, she still couldn't help but hope that this moment would last forever...
At this moment, the staff member sitting in front of the console not far away suddenly spoke.
The time was getting closer and closer, and just when she raised her little hand to rub her sore eyes and started to feel sleepy, a bright light curtain suddenly opened in the sky.
The moment he heard these words, the tense expression on Xie Tian's face suddenly relaxed, and his hanging heart finally relaxed.
"Tail, Tail, come out and take a look!"
Hearing the sound coming from the balcony, Tails in an apron walked out of the room, looked at Lili and said softly.
The next step is to shut down the reactor.
Standing in front of the console, Xie Tian's eyes were fixed on the various data on the holographic screen, standing there motionless like a bottle sculpture, even if the reactor parameters were maintained in a stable range, he did not dare to There is no slack at all.
"What is that thing?"
"What a nice view… "
"The experiment won't be over for a while, and it's not time for me to rest yet."
From this moment on, human civilization can truly control the power of fusion and take possession of the richest treasures in the earth-moon system.
Probably guessing what his old friend was thinking, Jia Siyuan stopped trying to persuade him and just stood here with him.
After two glasses of wine, Director Li was talking about the grand event of controlled fusion ignition back then. The fellow who was sitting drinking with him suddenly narrowed his eyes and raised his head, looking at the light in the sky.
Although it was almost seven o'clock and there was still no movement in the sky, Lili still believed that her nice brother would not lie to her.
A small restaurant in the suburbs of Jinling.
Like most hibernators, Director Li does not like the weird holiday of Ignition Day. Usually at this time, he would drag his fellow dormant friends together to find a place to drink and brag.
When the fuel in the reactor chamber drops to 10%, the temperature of the reactor core will gradually begin to drop to a safe value, and the fusion reaction will naturally stop by then.
If it weren't for the restraint of the magnetic field, which compressed this terrifying energy into a fist-sized area and allowed it to expand freely, half of the moon would have been swallowed up in the boiling energy.