Piao Tianwen     "From the design of this experimental reactor, except for the unique concept of connecting different powers, I can't see anything else for the time being, because the most core part is just a summary and parameter. I don't know if it's not considered maturity or other reasons." A senior authoritative expert from China National Nuclear said while shook his head in front of him.

"If Dr. Duke, the core of nuclear reaction, can control the output power by adjusting the different amount of nuclear fuel input, then this control technology is undoubtedly unique at present. But the most strange thing is that Dr. Duke proposed that the uranium utilization rate of this nuclear reactor is as high as 40%. Judging from this parameter, it is basically close to the parameters of the fourth generation fast reactor that is still in the conceptual research stage.

However, the theoretical research of the fourth-generation fast reactor in the industry is still in progress, and many theoretical foundations have not been improved yet, let alone actual implementation. Dr. Duke has not published any powerful research papers in this regard, so my personal judgment is that it is inclined to be the third and a half-generation level. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why Dr. Duke designed the fourth-generation stack type?

I have read Dr. Duke's research paper, which is a very remarkable achievement. To be fair, at least in the past 30 years of nuclear research, there is no more shocking achievement than this. If this year's Nobel Prize selection is fair, I think the prize for physics is likely to fall on Dr. Duke.

However, if we want to turn it into a practical application based on this theory, it is difficult to see the transformation process without 10 or 20 years of effort, so I am puzzled by some parameters of the experimental pile proposed by Dr. Duke.

Moreover, Dr. Duke did not disclose the specific composition of the catalyst that simulates the natural nuclear reaction and the efficiency of uranium utilization under this reaction, so I cannot be sure whether this experimental reactor uses the new nuclear reaction method he discovered.

Of course, if this experimental reactor is carried out by simulating natural nuclear reactions, then the safety is indeed much higher than before and is much easier to control, which will bring about cost savings. In theory, it is very likely to achieve the construction cost of Dr. Duke of $1,000 per kilowatt.

That's all I can say due to the lack of more detailed information."

After listening to the experts' seat, he was full of questions and speculations, and basically no positive opinion. The big guys in the room were confused and looked at the leader surnamed Liu in the army. Among these big guys were the executive vice premier in charge of economy, the deputy prime minister in charge of industry, the State Councilor, and several helmsmen of the nuclear industry department.

After Qin Tairan reported, the leader surnamed Liu was very concerned and specially invited all the bigwigs who could make the decision to discuss the policy possibility of opening up nuclear power production to private enterprises and opening up the way for Duke's enterprises to participate in nuclear power production. Since this matter involves a wide range of issues, although the leader surnamed Liu has a high position and is in power, it is impossible to make a decision in one sentence.

In this process, Duke's experimental reactor design was the most important tool in the hands of the leader Liu. Unfortunately, among the authoritative experts from China National Nuclear Corporation, no one heard much affirmative opinions.

"Old Liu, I think this is a tough thing. It can be said that there is no sign of the horoscope. It is useless to call everyone together," the Executive Vice Premier said first, "I think what you said will wait until you see some results before you can talk about it? The nuclear industry is of great importance. We must be very cautious when opening it to private enterprises."

Judging from his opinion, it was obvious that the leader Liu's efforts to strive for Duke to enter the production of nuclear power main equipment.

"Old Li, let's not talk about Dr. Duke. On the broad side, I don't understand why the door to nuclear power production was closed to private enterprises. To be honest, we started research and application in nuclear power much earlier than in South Korea, but to this day, we have spent countless tuition fees, and the core equipment part can still not be domestically produced.

However, South Korea puts it in several companies to do it. Today, they can produce a full set of equipment and export it to countries such as the UAE. This is the gap. What is the only difference? We are monopolized by the state to conduct research and construction, and they are giving it to enterprises to do it.

There are many domestic private enterprises with strength and ability. Many enterprises are close to the top 500 in terms of scale and technical level. Although companies like Dushi Heavy Industry have not yet increased in sales scale, their technology has entered the world's leading level.

Two years ago, who would have thought that domestic companies could develop world-class CNC core systems? Who dares to say that they could develop world-leading special steels? But Du's Heavy Industry did it, which shows that domestic companies often have a short time to get a chance. When they encounter a talent like Dr. Duke, who is rare in a century, it will naturally come naturally.

CNC and materials research are two majors that Dr. Duke studied at MIT, but don’t forget that nuclear reaction research is also Dr. Duke’s major. And judging from the achievements of the paper, experts just said that this is the most outstanding achievement in nuclear research in the past 30 years. So I am very confident that Duke Heavy Industry can also make outstanding achievements in nuclear power, as long as we give them the right soil for growth."

The leader surnamed Liu insisted on saying that when he was in a military war, he often relied on intuition. The leader surnamed Liu now had a kind of intuition, feeling that Duke could really make breakthroughs in nuclear power, just like in war. The fact that Duke had won many battles in scientific and technological breakthroughs in the past gave the leader surnamed Liu a strong confidence.

"Vice Chairman Liu," said the State Councilor in charge of nuclear industry, politely. Although he is a vice-national boss, he is much smaller than the prestige and real power of the leader Liu, so he cannot speak as casually as the executive vice-premier. He has joined the Great Presbyterian Church, and he only enjoys the treatment of the vice-national.

"The adjustment of the country's nuclear industry policy is a very complex systematic project. We have to consider all aspects of the impact. If we rashly open this opening with private enterprises, it will be difficult to collect this opening at that time.

Nuclear power is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and has great ties to the public, and safety affects thousands of households. Without a complete solution, we should not act lightly."

Although the State Councilor said it was a fair and mature way, it was still too conservative. Seeing that the government's tone was basically disagreeable, the leader surnamed Liu sighed. It seems that he doesn't have to expect everyone's support today.

Although he has a high position and power, there is a difference between military and political affairs. People are willing to listen to him to him to give him face. If they don’t listen, they are just like that. These people are at the center of the center. Who is not the most talented person? If they don’t expect to continue to reach the top, the leader Liu will not be able to do anything to the military.

However, those bigwigs who still need to compete for the position of No. 1 chief are more concerned about the military.

Therefore, the leader surnamed Liu didn't want to argue anymore. At their level, everyone's opinions were not easily evident. Let's take a look at this matter.

"Duke, sorry, the superiors have not agreed to the private enterprises entering the nuclear power production field." After receiving the notice, Qin Tairan found Duke and said apologetically. "But the leader said that if the experimental reactor can succeed, it will fight for you again."

When Duke heard this, he was a little disappointed, but he quickly left it behind. This matter was originally a bit delusional and had to rely on himself, but in this way, the difficulty of opening the market in the future will increase a lot out of thin air.

This is not an ordinary commodity. It is not a common commodity to open the first gap to achieve demonstration in a country. Although it is not as difficult as it can be, it is not much different. However, this is also a matter of no matter how difficult it is, it has to continue to do it.

"Please, Brother Qin, let's talk about this matter in the future, and we are not in a hurry now. However, the matter of the experimental reactor, I think it can start construction now. I hope that the general construction of this experimental reactor can be completed this year. As for the construction cost, all of it will be borne by our Dushi Heavy Industry." These thoughts flashed, and Duke quickly said to Qin Tairan with a smile.

After the successful development of the CNC core control system, Shenda Machine Tool, which is already relatively strong in hardware, should be able to successfully develop advanced machine tools with new processing progress within a few months. In this way, Duke's factory has the high-precision machine tools needed to process nuclear power equipment. Although Qin Tairan said that the most advanced part of this batch of machine tools should be used first, Duke must first requisition the first batch of advanced CNC machine tools Duke must use it himself.

In Xincheng Special Steel, several new alloy materials that have been successfully developed have begun mass trial production. Although the process is still being adjusted and the output is not high, there is no big problem in quality, and they have basically reached the initial sample level. There is no problem in quantity to support the production of spare parts of Duke, the experimental reactor.

For this miniature experimental reactor, Duke is basically ready to stop working in all aspects and there are no major technical problems anymore.

In addition, Duke is now rich and not only has more than 20 billion US dollars in cash on hand, but its companies can also contribute more than 10 billion US dollars in new revenue every year, which can fully support Duke's current funding needs for large-scale nuclear power plants.
Chapter completed!