The achievements achieved by the Daybreak Fusion Device will inevitably sting the sensitive nerves of some countries.

But no one expected that after the major breakthrough of 45 minutes in the first operation in October, under the leadership of Professor Xu, less than two months later, the dawn device would once again

Created a new record.

Two hours of high-density plasma operation and one minute of deuterium and tritium raw material fusion ignition operation.

What this means is clear to almost all scholars working on controllable nuclear fusion.

Even those government officials who know little about controllable nuclear fusion technology also know what it represents.

The United States probably did not expect that in just two months, while they were still trying to find out information and discuss countermeasures, China would be able to advance controllable nuclear fusion technology to a new level.

It has to be said that when faced with the second creation of the Dawn Fusion Device, they finally became anxious.

Moreover, for the United States, if China and Soviet Russia, which are regarded as the same lineage, gain an advantage in a certain technology or field in which everyone is still competing together, it will sting the nerves even more.

The conflict in the last century has left too deep a memory in the United States.

Although that behemoth has disintegrated now, its spirit is still going on.

For the United States, the two countries that have inherited that behemoth spirit must undoubtedly be taken seriously.

Several decades have not been enough for it to completely eliminate its fear of that spirit.

After all, there are still people who lived through that generation today.

On the other side, Europe.

When the U.S. energy industry spoke publicly to the outside world.

At the Planck Institute for Plasma Research, Helix 7 is undergoing the second round of high-density plasma operation experiments.

It has to be said that the achievements of China's Dawn Fusion Device have indeed stimulated the sponsors behind the Planck Plasma Research Institute.

After the Dawn Device completed its two-hour operation, a new batch of scientific research funds were quickly provided to them, and only then did Helix 7 become qualified to start the extreme test for the second time in a short period of time.

After all, this kind of extreme test will cause certain damage to the controllable nuclear fusion experimental reactor. Although this damage is not irreparable, since it is damage, repairing it will definitely require additional funds.

Walking into the main control room, Robert Mack, director of the Planck Plasma Institute, looked at Tillman Lunt who was presiding over the experiment and asked:

"Is there any hope of breaking through an hour this time?"

Looking at the data on the monitor screen, Professor Tillman Lunt thought for a moment and said, "It's difficult."

"In the past two months, we have tried to improve the control scheme of the stellarator. The constraint time has been slightly improved, but there is still some distance from long-term constraint of one hour."

"unless."

"Unless what?"

Taking a deep breath, Tillman said: "Unless the temperature of the plasma is lowered and the first wall is damaged, it may be possible to reach one hour."

"But I don't recommend doing this. To be honest, even if we can do it for one hour, there is still a big limit compared to Professor Xu's two hours. I recommend taking it slowly."

Hearing this, Robert Mack sighed and said: "It's too late. At least we need a result to boost our confidence. At least, we can't be pulled too far."

Hearing this, Tillman Lunt also fell silent for a moment.

Although he is a scholar who prefers scientific research, sitting in his position, he does not understand what Robert said.

It would be fine if Helix 7 was a tokamak device. Based on the achievements made by Professor Xu with a tokamak-like device, all countries will definitely invest in tokamak devices without exception.

However, Spiral Stone 7 is a star-simulating device. If it cannot keep up, I am afraid that a large part of its budget will be cut off, and it is not impossible that it will even be abandoned directly because of this.

Thinking about it, Tillman sighed and said, "I'll try my best."

Robert Mack patted his shoulder and looked at Spiral Stone 7 silently.

If there is anyone who least wants Helix 7 to shut down, he is definitely one of them.

This is not only about his fate, but also about the hard work invested in Spiral Stone 7 over the past ten years.

Spiral Stone 7 was like a child to him, and he watched it grow up little by little.

After a moment of silence, Robert remembered something and spoke again: "By the way, the contract signed with Cern for Professor Xu's high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material may be terminated."

Upon hearing this, Tillman Lunt turned his head and looked at Robert with a question mark on his face.

"Um."

Robert nodded and continued: "Not only that, as for the purpose, maybe you want to force Professor Xu to provide high-temperature superconducting material technology?"

"Of course, it could be others."

"Are they crazy?" Professor Tillman looked incredulous and said, "You must know that it is not Professor Xu who needs to sell high-temperature superconducting materials now, but other research institutions."

"In the field of high-temperature superconducting materials, currently no material can compare to copper-carbon-silver composite materials. It has significantly improved various equipment that require superconducting materials as systems."

"If this kind of material is placed here, I'm afraid it is prohibited from being sold to outsiders. Even if it is sold, it should only be selectively provided to allies."

"With the current output of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, I am afraid that it cannot even meet China's own internal needs. Does that mean anything to him?"

Looking at the picture on the surveillance screen, Robert squinted his eyes and said: "Sometimes, letting others lose something that you can't get has the same purpose as letting your competitors not get it."

"Given the relationship between China and the United States, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the United States to obtain high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials from Professor Xu, while other countries, such as Europe, still have hope."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "In this case, it is better to ban it all together."

After a pause, he continued: "And if Cern reneges on the order, Professor Xu's losses will probably be quite large. Coupled with the material problem, international orders in the field of high-temperature superconducting materials will be vacant.

From this point of view, you can imagine who is more beneficial.”

Tillman asked: "Will Cern agree? You must know that other high-temperature superconducting materials are far inferior to the superconducting properties of Professor Xu, which can be seen from our spiral stone 7."

Robert shrugged and said: "Cern scholars probably don't agree, but the final decision is made by the directors of Cern who provide scientific research funds. If the funders don't agree, the board of directors may not be able to do anything."

Sighing, Tillman looked at Spiral Stone 7 in silence.

Too much political interference in the development of science is extremely detrimental to the development of science.

But there is no way. If science wants to develop, it must rely on government funding.

This is an endless cycle that no country can avoid.

Fortunately, they have successfully completed the transaction.

As for other research institutions, there is nothing that can be done, and he cannot control that much.

On the other side, China.

Naturally, Xu Chuan, who is still busy finishing the finishing work at the Qixia Mountain Controlled Nuclear Fusion Engineering Base, is not clear about the actions of the United States.

But even if it becomes clear, he won't care too much.

As Professor Tillman Lent said, with the current output of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, it is very difficult to meet domestic demand, let alone the world's demand.

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.

Xu Chuan responded, "Come in," and in came Gao Hongming and another middle-aged man, tall and thin, wearing a pair of glasses, about forty years old.

He had never met this person, but after being introduced by Gao Hongming, he learned about his background. The person from National Energy was named Tan Yangxu.

After the three of them arrived in the living room, Tan Yangxu smiled and said hello first: "It's an emergency, so I'm sorry to bother you in your research work, Academician Xu."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "You're welcome. If you have anything to do with Director Tan, you might as well just say it directly."

Tan Yangxu nodded and said, "In this case, I will tell you directly."

"The first thing is that we have received news that the United States is preparing to join forces with other countries to launch an investigation into the Sichuan and Sea Materials Research Institute under your name. The main direction is high-temperature superconducting materials, which may affect you and Cern.

The order contract signed may be cancelled.”

"?????"

After hearing the news, Xu Chuan was a little confused for a moment, with questions in his head.

Launch an antitrust investigation into high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials?

What the hell? Has the United States lost its mind?

There are more than just this kind of high-temperature superconducting materials. The Bi-based high-temperature superconducting materials from the small island country, the lanthanum-based high-temperature superconducting materials from Europe, and the United States’ own yttrium-based high-temperature superconducting materials are all high-temperature superconducting materials.

Materials are available, but they cannot compete with copper-carbon-silver composite materials in terms of superconducting properties.

From this perspective, the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material under his name does not constitute a monopoly at all.

And more importantly, this is not a buyer's market, but a seller's market.

At present, various countries need the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials in his hands, and he does not have to squeeze into other people's homes to sell them.

In this case, if an investigation is launched against him, the only thing that can be said is that the person who came up with this idea is a real genius.

As for canceling the order from cern?

To be honest, he would still feel a little sad if it was really cancelled. After all, this is an order worth several billion.

As for other aspects, are his high-temperature superconducting materials prohibited from being sold in other countries?

This may be a trouble in the future, but for now, domestic order production cannot be met, let alone exported abroad.

The significance of exporting high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials now is not to make money, but to exchange some technologies.

For example, this is the value of the ade device that we previously cooperated with the Planck Institute for Plasma Research.
To be continued...