Chapter 354: A Trip to Switzerland 2
Since the elderly were very interested and had no objection, Duke and Shuya began to study the tour schedule. Although Switzerland is a small country, there are quite a lot of tourist attractions in China. Although many historical and legendary holy places are nonsense for people like Duke, Shuya is very interested. On the one hand, it is rare to have such an opportunity to travel together, and on the other hand, he is very curious about those legends.
So, it took nearly an hour before the two of them discussed a trip chart, which was filled with dozens of Swiss domestic attractions. If they wanted to play them all, Duke would have a hard time even if it took half a month. Fortunately, this time it was just for fun.
Duke doesn't have to worry about anything in the company. He and Shu Ya have entrusted the company's management rights. Shu Ya has long resigned from the position of general manager of Feihong Co., Ltd., and the two are now indifferent.
Of course, the four old men followed the arrangements of the two young men. Although Shu Ya's parents had seen more worlds, they would not point fingers at the couple's arrangements in such occasions. For them, it is actually not important to play where to play, and playing with their families is the most important thing.
Unfortunately, the plan is beautiful, but life is very messy. Duke has just completed the itinerary and before he can go out, Duke's cell phone rang. Looking at the unfamiliar phone number, it was still a local number in Geneva. Duke couldn't help but feel confused when he saw it. Could it be that this five-star hotel he stayed in Switzerland also has special door-to-door service?
But it looks very early. And I haven’t registered my phone number in the hotel. How did the other party get it?
However, Duke's confusion was immediately unraveled as the phone was connected.
On the phone is a man with a German accent in English greetings.
"Dr. Duke, forgive me for taking the liberty to disturb me. I am Jeff Hertz from the Exchange Office of the European Hertz Institute. I called you today and received a message from Professor Zhu Yunqian of your country that you have arrived in Switzerland." After confirming Duke's identity, the visitor directly introduced himself. Although Duke knew the cause of the call, he was still confused about the consequences of the other party's call.
Professor Zhu didn't seem to have told him about this, nor did he say he wanted to contact someone here, so why did this happen suddenly?
Duke spent some time at MIT and was certainly familiar with the most authoritative organization in CNN. In fact, it is the center of high-energy physics research in Europe and even the world. The headquarters of the CNNN is located in the Mehan area near Geneva.
The center has the advanced high-energy physics research infrastructure in the world today, including particle accelerators, supercomputers used to analyze data, etc. There are about 6,500 scientists and engineers from 80 nationalities conducting experimental research work all year round, and has achieved many world-class results. Since its establishment, several scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Physics alone.
This can be said to be a paradise for the world's particle physics research circle.
But Duke has never dealt with this research center. To be honest, this research center is too far away for him, and Duke doesn't know what this has to do with him.
"Hello, Dr. Hertz, can I ask if there is any place to help you?" No matter what, the other party was introduced by Professor Zhu, so Duke still asked politely what was wrong.
"It's like that, Dr. Duke. After receiving a call from Professor Zhu, we knew that Dr. Duke's research results in natural nuclear reactions have now been verified and applied in actual reactors. There is no doubt that this is a major breakthrough in the physics community. We want to learn more about this breakthrough result, so we would like to ask Dr. Duke to take time to come to the Nuclear Research Center to give a special report to exchange your experimental results on the Lotus Reactor."
"Make an academic report on a lotus pile?" Duke was a little confused when he heard this request. Could this be the result of Professor Zhu's push behind the scenes?
The research on the first generation of Lotus Pile has basically come to an end, and the relevant research results have not been published yet. Logically, it is somewhat inappropriate for Duke to give a report now, because those things can be discussed, those things cannot be discussed, and there is no comprehensive consideration yet.
The CERN is also a collection of top scientists in the physics community. Some things are accidentally said casually, which may save people several years or even decades of effort. This is equivalent to giving up the scientific research results to others in vain.
Duke is not the one who is waiting to publish a paper and gets mixed-professional title, so he is absolutely unwilling to do this kind of thing.
So Duke hesitated a little, and he instinctively wanted to refuse.
"Yes, in your exploration of the principle of natural nuclear reaction, we know that now we can directly use natural uranium ore to trigger fission reactions in a safer way close to nature. Many experts want to know how safe and efficient the lotus pile built using this principle is? I think Dr. Duke will definitely not refuse the opportunity to promote the lotus pile to the world, right?"
Dr. Hertz seemed to see through Duke's psychology, and in the face of Duke's hesitation, he quickly added.
"The CERN has gathered many outstanding physicists in Europe and has many heavyweight experts in nuclear energy research. It has considerable advice on the development of nuclear energy in Europe and many countries around the world. I think if the Lotus Reactor is to be commercialized, it must be reviewed by various nuclear energy decision-making committees.
If Dr. Duke is willing to communicate with these earlier, it will definitely be very beneficial to pass the review of various national nuclear energy decision-making committees in the future." Dr. Hertz said in a row. It seems that Professor Zhu also revealed a lot of information about him, which made Dr. Hertz so interested in the lotus pile.
It is probably Professor Zhu who released the information that the lotus pile is going to be commercialized. From this point of view, it is also a good thing to talk to experts from the CERN.
Duke couldn't help but feel a little moved. He launched this lotus pile and had great considerations in commercialization. He even formed Du's Heavy Industry Group to produce supporting items for nuclear power plants. If he could not make money, he would not be able to implement the huge seawater deuterium refining plan.
That's why Duke agreed to cooperate with the Li family to promote this lotus pile. Because it cannot be operated commercially, Duke will not be able to establish a huge nuclear power project on the earth in the future.
"Okay, Dr. Hertz, thanks to the warm invitation, how will you look tomorrow morning? If there is no problem, I will share with you some research results of this lotus pile with you tomorrow? I wonder how long I need to prepare the film for the right one?" Duke agreed.
"Thank you, Dr. Duke, we have no requirements for time. Everything depends on your convenience." Dr. Hertz replied with a hearty smile. "Then we will make a decision. At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, our center will send a car to the hotel to pick you up? What hotel are you staying in?"
"Ok, I'm staying at No. 1903 of the Red Maple Hotel." Duke replied.
"Okay, I'll write it down, No. 1903, Red Maple Hotel." Hertz repeated, signaling that he really remembered Duke's room number.
After answering the phone, Duke smiled apologetically at Shu Ya, "I'm sorry, I still can't get rid of my job even when I get here."
"It's not your fault," Shu Ya waved her hand and signaled that she was really not dissatisfied. "This is a good thing. I think you will definitely gain something if you can communicate with so many excellent top scientists."
Shu Ya was open-minded, "It's just that I saw some things, you may need to coordinate with Professor Zhu to see how to do this academic exchange." When answering the phone, Shu Ya sat next to Duke, and Shu Ya was always listening to the causes and consequences of this matter.
"That's right, this matter is a bit sudden. It's probably the decision made by Professor Zhu when we were on the plane. Let me ask Professor Zhu what the general situation is?" Duke heard Shu Ya's mention, picked up the phone and started dialing Professor Zhu's number.
The phone soon passed. Sure enough, after Duke got on the plane, Professor Zhu called Duke to ask something, but found that Duke's phone could not be reached. Then he called and found out that Duke's whereabouts were found from the salon company Cai Siqiang.
Professor Zhu once worked as a visiting scholar at the CERN for a period of time. He was originally the best in this field and has achieved many outstanding results there. In addition, he is humble, so he has a good relationship with many famous physics scientists in the center.
Professor Zhu certainly knew that these experts had a huge influence on the use of nuclear energy in Europe, so he thought about it and wanted to take this opportunity to officially launch the lotus repository to the world. The best way to promote it is to gain the recognition of these top experts. After all, nuclear energy is a very special energy.
Professor Zhu did it as soon as he said that he would do it. He contacted Dr. Hertz, who was familiar with him, and said what he meant. Dr. Hertz had of course read Duke's paper on the zoology field. He was very surprised that Duke had verified the principles in the paper so quickly through the experimental stack.
Compared with the discovery of other principles of physics that can only be converted into practical application products for more than ten years or even decades, Duke's conversion speed is really amazing.
This heavyweight achievement was released for the first time in the CERN. It is of course an honor for the CERN. So Dr. Hertz not only agreed immediately, but also asked Professor Zhu for some basic information on the Lotus Drop. After seeing some parameters of the Lotus Drop, he became more interested in this pile.
If the lotus reactor can really meet these parameters provided by Professor Zhu, with Hertz's academic ability, it can certainly be judged that the development of nuclear power in the world will enter a new stage. How to improve the safety of nuclear power plants has always been the top priority in nuclear power research, and the safety of nuclear power plants has been gradually improving over the years.
However, experimental reactors like the Lotus Reactor that claim to be almost no risk of nuclear radiation leakage have not been released. So this is indeed a milestone progress in nuclear power safety research. Not to mention other nuclear physicists, even Hertz himself is full of expectations.
That's why Hertz called shortly after Duke arrived in Geneva and invited Duke to give an academic report on the Lotus Pile.
Professor Zhu quickly explained the cause and effect behind this. When Duke heard that it was indeed the sound of Professor Zhu's release, he couldn't help but feel amused and amazed. This elder was too good at watching the time for help. He refused to let go of this little leisure time.
Duke had no choice but to admit it. Next, Duke humbly asked Professor Zhu what can be said and what can't be said. This degree is actually not easy to grasp. If nothing is revealed, the lotus pile will not be recognized by these experts, but if too much information is disclosed, it is easy to reveal the secrets.
Fortunately, Professor Zhu is familiar with this and carefully taught Duke relevant principled skills. Duke knew about these principles and how to make this demonstration film for communication.
(I'm very sorry, there are so many things happening in the unit today. I didn't catch up at the first update at noon. I gave it a big seal of more than 3,000 words)
Chapter completed!