February 23rd happens to be the beginning of the second month of the lunar calendar.
In the northern country where thousands of miles of snow is falling, the beginning of spring has passed, and the melting of ice and snow has made the weather a bit colder.
In Hefei, Ontario, there are already some preludes of spring blooming.
Wan Kun had just returned to the office from inspecting the tokamak device of his research institute, and before his butt was hot, chief engineer Shen Beihai came in.
"Wansuo, the Qinling Mountains have been very active recently!"
Wan Kun raised his head in surprise: "What did they do?"
"During your exchange in Xizhou, the tokamak device in Qinling was dismantled and the entire device was sold as scrap." Shen Beihai was also puzzled.
"Did the tokamak device be dismantled and sold as scrap? Their heads were filled with water?" Wan Kun suddenly said with a confused look on his face.
"Not only that, they also customized 60 1,000,000-kilowatt critical steam turbine generator units from CNNC and First Heavy Industry a few days ago," Shen Beihai continued.
"Sixty 1,000,000-kilowatt critical steam turbine engines?" Wan Kun was shocked by this number.
There are 60 1oo kilowatt critical steam turbine generator sets, and Wan Kun is no stranger. These generator sets can generate 6,000,000 kilowatt hours in one hour. Even if they don't have 100% power, they still have a lot of electricity.
The Galaxy Consortium rarely develops thermal power plants. They are interested in wind power and photovoltaic power. What is they planning to do by purchasing so many steam turbine generator sets at once?
"This is what surprises me, Wan Suo, what do you think?" Shen Beihai asked.
Wan Kun meditated, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and after eliminating all possibilities, what remained was that their nuclear fusion power technology had achieved a breakthrough.
"Beihai, do you think there is a possibility of a breakthrough in nuclear fusion power technology in the Qinling Mountains?"
"I'm not sure, after all, those people from Galaxy Technology, who knows how many black technologies they have." Shen Beihai shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Suddenly Wan Kun patted his forehead: "What's the use of guessing here? Beihai, you and Liu Jingguan from Qinling don't have a good relationship. You can make a phone call to find out."
Shen Beihai smiled bitterly and said: "Haha, you think I haven't called. Liu Jingguan can't be reached on the phone now. It seems that the Qinling Plasma Research Institute does not allow external communication."
"You're not even allowed to communicate?" Wan Kun didn't expect that the Qinling Plasma Research Institute had been completely sealed. Of course, Wan Kun, as a veteran, felt something was wrong with this unusual atmosphere.
For a time, various nuclear fusion research institutes in the country were surprised by the big move of the Qinling Plasma Research Institute. After all, they had already installed electric power units. If there was no breakthrough, what would be the point of customizing the electric power units? Do you want to buy them back to produce ashes?
So many critical steam turbine generator sets require real money to buy. Even if they are different from the generator sets of thermal power stations and do not require the relevant supporting facilities of thermal power stations, the cost is not small.
A thermal power station previously invested by Shandong Province has two 1,000,000-kilowatt critical steam turbine generator units. The total investment in the first phase is 7.9 billion yuan. Excluding other miscellaneous expenses, it is estimated that a 1,000,000-kilowatt generator unit will cost 1 billion yuan. Hua Yuan.
In fact, the price contracted by the Qinling Plasma Research Institute to China National Nuclear Corporation was 1.2 billion yuan for one unit, and the order for 60 units was a total of 7.2 billion yuan.
Such a large order is definitely not something that one manufacturer can handle. Harbin Boiler, Shanghai Electric, and Dongfang Electric each received orders for 2o units, which were subcontracted to them by China National Nuclear Corporation and Daiichi Heavy Industry.
These actions obviously cannot be concealed. Relevant domestic research institutes and even the Academy of Sciences all know that the Qinling Plasma Research Institute is already launching electric units.
In this situation, if it were said that the Qinling Plasma Research Institute had not made any breakthroughs, they would not believe it.
They unanimously used their contacts to find out, but the Qinling Plasma Research Institute is currently in a state of physical isolation, and all information exchanges must be approved by Zhong.
Obviously, Shen Beihai and others directly hit a wall. Faced with this feeling of seeing flowers in the fog, everyone was itching to know the true situation of the Qinling Plasma Research Institute.
As scholars who have studied nuclear fusion power all their lives, they now see a nuclear fusion power possibility that is suspected to be successful, and they are anxious at this moment.
As a model of cooperation between the Academy of Sciences and the Galaxy Consortium, Academician Ma has been overwhelmed by calls from Shen Beihai and others these days, and had no choice but to call Fei Anming.
"An Ming, it's my old horse."
"It turns out to be Academician Ma. How come you have time to call me?"
"I am also very helpless. Your big move has made those who are studying nuclear fusion in China think about it!" Academician Ma said with a wry smile.
"Haha, it turns out that's what happened. You keep blowing me here."
"I was also annoyed by calls from Shen Beihai and others. If it involves confidentiality, forget it." Academician Ma also knew the seriousness and did not embarrass Fei Anming.
"It does involve confidentiality. Our research institute has now been upgraded to top secret. I can't talk about these situations." Fei Anming explained.
"In that case, I won't ask any more questions and congratulate you on your early success." Academician Ma said with a smile.
"Thank you for your understanding."
After Academician Ma hung up the phone, he had already guessed that the Qinling Plasma Research Institute was very likely to make a breakthrough in nuclear fusion power technology.
He called Shen Beihai and others directly and told them that there was nothing he could do, and told them not to go around asking for information about the Qinling Plasma Research Institute.
the other side.
Qinling Plasma Research Institute.
The progress of the Jinwu No. 1 project is getting closer and closer to completion. Three of the twelve laser electrical pipelines have been installed. In order to install these 800-meter-long laser electrical pipelines, Zhang Huaide directly demolished a lot of buildings and equipment in the institute.
In addition, the substation subsidiary of State Grid also sent people to install the substation.
"Boss, what are they going to do with such a big substation?" an engineer asked, looking at the research institute not far away.
"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Curiosity will kill the cat. This kind of unit has a very high level. It's not good for us to know too much." The person in charge of the project warned seriously.
"Um..." The engineer who asked the question suddenly didn't dare to speak nonsense.
One by one, huge transformers were lifted up by cranes and airships, and engineers were working intensively.
Although these engineers dare not discuss it openly, as leaders in the power industry, they can see more or less the fishiness in it through the scale of this substation.
Such a large-scale substation is required to produce at least one trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, but a power station with an annual electricity capacity of one trillion kilowatt-hours is simply unheard of.
Thinking that the Qinling Plasma Research Institute is engaged in nuclear fusion power, many engineers began to wonder, could it be that nuclear fusion power technology has been successful?
In fact, State Grid has guessed from various signs that the nuclear fusion power technology of Qinling Plasma Research Institute is very likely to be successful.
Du Lidao, President of State Grid, summoned engineers and heads of various departments in the power grid system.
After some analysis and research, they estimated that the probability of Qinling Plasma Research Institute successfully developing nuclear fusion power technology was 90%.