Chapter 304 Weird Reactor Design
When several military leaders were considering providing key support to Du's Heavy Industry, Duke did not know that his good days would be in conflict. He is now busy doing his final consideration for the core plan of the nuclear reactor. According to the design plan provided by Bileme, this new reactor had a very high utilization rate of uranium resources.
Most of the nuclear power plants operating in the world have only one to two percent utilities of uranium resources, but Duke's new fast reactor can increase the utilization rate of uranium resources to an astonishing 99 percent.
In the research on fast reactors that have just emerged in the world, the theoretical utilization rate of designed uranium resources is about 60 to 70%.
Therefore, Duke is very worried about how much utilization indicator should be used to suit. It is not only quite advanced, but also not too outrageous. It also reserves the space to be used for seawater nuclear material refining in the future.
Considering that this is a very advanced conceptual experimental reactor and there is no actual reactor in the world that can actually operate, Duke finally decided to adjust it to about 40%, which is worse than the fourth-generation nuclear power plant indicators in future concept designs, but it is basically nearly ten years ahead of its peers in time, which should be enough to offset this efficiency defect.
Building this new fast reactor, on the one hand, shows his research level in this area, laying the foundation for the future launch of commercial nuclear power plants, and on the other hand, it also needs to test many key components. Bileme's design targets the materials of their planet. Now there are only performance parameter indicators. Duke must pass the experiment to find the corresponding suitable materials on the earth.
Compared with the final large commercial reactor, the material requirements of this small reactor have been greatly reduced. However, since Duke designed it as a power adjustable carrier, that is, when replacing certain critical equipment, Duke's experimental reactor can be upgraded from 10mw to 10mw or above for large commercial nuclear power plants. How much capacity can the materials produced by the two companies, Xincheng Special Steel and Hillington Composite, can support? Duke has no first-hand information and cannot draw relevant conclusions.
After this experimental reactor is established and a series of experiments have been completed, Duke can obtain the relevant parameters for materials and equipment designed by the large nuclear power plant he wants to build through Kerry's deduction.
Since the theoretical basis of this experimental reactor is what was revealed in the derivation of the natural nuclear reaction principle published by Duke, Duke is not worried that everyone will have any doubts about this experimental reactor. Although the design engineering volume of the core part of this experimental reactor seems to be a little larger.
However, many related core simulations have actually been conducted by MIT. Even those who are interested need to conduct detailed research. Duke can restore the theoretical derivation process of this fast pile from the traces left by MIT. Of course, it is difficult for others to deduce this thing from those fragmented simulation experiments.
Of course, Duke will naturally leave the subsequent peripheral supporting parts, such as infrastructure, conventional power generation, etc. to other experts to design. Not to mention that he has not learned this part now, even if he has studied it, he will not be able to take it all on himself.
These things are a lot of experts who can catch them and they will be well done.
After carefully examining his achievements, Duke put it on the nuclear reaction simulation application on Kerry and conducted relevant experiments. After considering that there were no mistakes, Duke found Qin Tairan.
Although this thing is not part of Qin Tairan's project, since it was negotiated through Qin Tairan, it would be natural to find Qin Tairan to implement the project. Moreover, this is also a great deal to participate in the most advanced nuclear reactor project with a conceptual nature. It is an amazing achievement for anyone.
"Duke, are you saying that the core part of the experimental reactor you are going to build has been designed?" Qin Tairan asked in surprise. Although he had no foundation in doing this during this period, after taking over the No. 7 project, he tried his best to make up a lot of knowledge about nuclear reactions, and he learned a lot of knowledge about nuclear reactions.
Qin Tairan remembers that it took Huaxia Science and Technology to design and build similar experimental reactors like this, and of course it would not be less time to spend on design.
"Yes, I started this design when I was studying at MIT. I finally completed it some time ago. After the inspections over the past few days, I think it should be fine. I would like to ask you to find a group of experts to complete the supporting parts together." Duke said, and this explanation seemed quite reasonable.
"Oh, what kind of cooperation do I need to cooperate with this thing? Just say it, I will coordinate." Qin Tairan couldn't help but realize that as Duke's main interface person, he has now received high authorization. There is no problem with the general manpower and material resources mobilization. You can do it first and then report it.
"I need some supporting designs for the nuclear island part. I have all indicated the relevant interface parameters in the document. For the conventional power generation part, the overall design is required. I hope this part can be designed to replace different powers, that is, it must be able to support the rapid replacement or connection of different generator sets of 10mw and 100mw." Duke said.
"These requirements have also been written into electronic documents. If the experts you are looking for don't understand, you can find me at any time. The key is to hurry up and try to use mature technology. It is best to be able to complete it within 3-6 months. We can start construction within the year and strive to complete it within 2 years."
Qin Tairan didn't understand this part at all. In fact, even if he changed to an expert, he couldn't understand it very much, because there seemed to be no precedent in the world with a design like Duke.
Fortunately, Qin Tairan didn't need to figure out these details. He was the person in charge, not a research expert. If the details were taken back, there would naturally be experts to study them.
Qin Tairan acted decisively and organized relevant experts requested by Duke to discuss as soon as he returned.
When Qin Tairan took out Duke's design and asked these experts to take a look, basically no one could understand Duke's design. No one expected that Duke would directly design a fourth-generation pile type that is still in the concept exploration period. So with Duke's design and the experts who studied nuclear island design shook their heads and said they didn't understand.
However, Duke has a reputation in nuclear research, so these experts dare not doubt Duke's design. If you can understand it, everyone will judge whether it is good or bad. The key is that no one understands it now, and who dares to speak randomly is just a laughing thing.
Fortunately, Duke has written the interface requirements for the supporting parts in detail. These parts are not much different from the ordinary stack types currently available. Basically, they can be used by making some changes to the existing design, so experts say there is no pressure to complete the design within 3 months.
But when we were discussing the conventional power generation part, we saw that Duke actually asked to replace or connect power generation equipment with different power, and it was the turn of power station design experts to be speechless. These power generation equipment are all big guys, and it is incredible to replace it. Everyone has never thought about how to design it?
Can the output power of the nuclear island designed by Duke be adjusted? This is something I have never heard of.
However, Qin Tairan asked everyone not to consider whether Duke’s requirements are reasonable, but to find a way to achieve them. As long as there is no problem with safety, Duke must cooperate and do his best to achieve whatever he wants to achieve.
After a long discussion, an expert finally proposed a compromise suggestion to build a few more power generation parts and form a lotus shape around the nuclear island. Anyway, it is an experimental reactor, so the layout does not need to be too particular. According to Duke's design instructions, the nuclear island part has a very high safety factor and basically no threat of explosion leakage at all, because it is used with ultra-low concentration of uranium, which is very similar to the nuclear reaction mode in the natural state revealed by Duke.
For nuclear reactions at this concentration, the danger cannot be said to be missing, but it can be almost negligible. So the suggestion made by this expert looks stupid, but it can still meet Duke's needs.
The most bizarre experimental pile in history entered the final design period in the confusion of experts. No one expected that the fast piles, commonly known as the Lotus Pile, were born in this way.
Chapter completed!