Hearing what Xiao Yi said, Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou also took a deep breath again.
Even the old leader already knows?
In other words, there is a high probability that the old leaders also know that they plan to build a new tokamak equipment?
"How did the old leader know?" Zhao Zhanyou couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Yi shrugged and said, "National Science and Technology Awards Conference, when I came on stage to receive the award, the old leader said a few words to me. At that time, many people were guessing what the old leader said to me. In fact, he just asked me about this matter."
At that time, the old leader also said that if he needed any support, just contact him directly. It seems that this original promise can now be fulfilled.
At this time, Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou looked at each other. They had also gone to the award conference. Although they didn't have the chance to win, it was good to have a look. The most important thing was to communicate with their friends, have a drink or something. This kind of social interaction was still necessary.
Therefore, they all saw with their own eyes that the old leader whispered a few words when awarding Xiao Yi.
However, no one knows what was said specifically, and no relevant information has been disclosed, and no video of National Science and Technology Awards Conference has been leaked, so people can only make a rough guess that it is an encouragement to Xiao Yi.
Unexpectedly, now Xiao Yi told them personally that this was what he was talking about.
For a moment, the two people couldn't help but shake their heads.
Obviously they are Plasma Institute's people, but they don't know such crucial information.
Of course, the main reason actually involves White House's concern that Xiao Yi has begun researching nuclear fusion. It is normal for them to not know such news.
Xiao Yi didn't explain much, and then said, "Okay, the next thing to do is, you Plasma Institute will first apply to the superiors for project approval. After Director Liu comes over, I will explain the details to him."
"Above all, keep it secret."
Afterwards, Xiao Yi continued to explain the details of the next plan to them, and Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou also listened carefully.
Time passed quickly.
The next day, Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou held a meeting at Plasma Institute, emphasizing that they would jointly apply for a project with Science Island Laboratory to build a new nuclear fusion experimental device that would be larger than EAST.
Regarding this matter, everyone at Plasma Institute has no doubts, because there has been relevant news about this matter before, so there is nothing surprising.
And it's just an experimental device. It's just for experiments, so it's even less surprising.
Of course, they were quite happy because they finally had a new nuclear fusion device for them to use.
For a time, the researchers in Plasma Institute were also very happy.
Then, the project application was submitted on the same day.
Some people may ask, how can the project application be completed so quickly?
In fact, such project application forms are completely ready-made in Plasma Institute, so you can choose them at will.
After all, in the past, in order to apply for the construction of new equipment, they had to submit a lot of versions of the project application. From the first version to the Nth version, they kept reducing the budget and never passed it. But now they can directly take out the first version of the application, or even double the original budget, or if they are bolder, just add a zero at the end, it is completely fine.
Anyway, the superiors will understand the purpose of their application by then.
Of course, that's what they thought, but in the end they sent it according to the original budget. After all, it had to be kept secret and couldn't be too high-profile.
As for the final budget required, that will be discussed at that time.
Soon after the application was sent out, Director Liu came to Plasma Institute in person on the second day and met Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou, and Xiao Yi was naturally not absent either.
"Professor Xiao is here."
It was still in the safer small room from last time.
As soon as Xiao Yi walked in, he saw Director Liu who was already sitting inside and waved to him.
"Sorry, I'm late. I just rushed here from school."
Xiao Yi stepped forward and shook hands with Director Liu and said.
Director Liu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, but having said that, now you have started classes."
Xiao Yi nodded.
Director Liu smiled again and said, "Okay, then I hope that you can cultivate more talents like you for our country."
Xiao Yi twitched the corners of his mouth, and then said, "I... will try my best."
Could he still send a message to others?
After the greetings ended, several people sat back on their seats. Director Liu also looked at Xiao Yi again and asked, "So, the key research you mentioned at the beginning is now completed?"
Director Liu remembers this matter very clearly.
That is, in March this year, before the NS equation certification report meeting held by Fei City, Director Liu met Xiao Yi in the backstage of the conference hall.
When he asked Xiao Yi about his thoughts on achieving nuclear fusion, Xiao Yi replied that he needed to complete a key research before he would have the opportunity.
Xiao Yi nodded. "It's done."
Director Liu asked, "Now can I know what those key studies are?"
"Of course you can."
Xiao Yi once again handed the relevant information about MHT-7 to Director Liu.
Director Liu took it and took a look, and quickly focused on its resistance to radiation damage.
Although he is not a professional scientist, he still knows a lot about these things.
It's just that he doesn't know the specific value.
In the column of radiation damage resistance, there is quite a lot of data involved.
The atomic displacement threshold is greater than 69eV, the critical irradiation dose is greater than 100dpa, the critical He pinning concentration is greater than 5000appm, and the swelling rate is less than 5%...
A total of seven types of data, in addition to the four mentioned above, also include changes in thermal conductivity, changes in mechanical properties, and chemical stability.
He could probably understand the last three, but he was a little confused about the first four.
However, he did not ask, but directly asked another question, "So, how good is this material's resistance to radiation damage?"
Before Xiao Yi could explain, Zhao Zhanyou next to him said excitedly, "Of course it can be called the top level!"
"Just look at this dpa value. dpa means that under given irradiation conditions, each atom in the material has experienced one displacement on average. If it is greater than 100dpa, it means that after the atoms in this material have accumulated 100 displacements caused by irradiation, their performance will still not change much."
"This means that this material can last for more than ten years in nuclear fusion. This directly means the life of the nuclear fusion facility! How long can it be used for one ignition!"
Hearing Zhao Zhanyou say this, Director Liu already understood.
He knew very well that the main problem with previous nuclear fusion technology was the lifespan of the first wall material. If those ordinary materials could last for one year, it would be considered good. As for ten years?
That's really a bit science fiction.
But now, such science fiction materials have appeared.
However, Director Liu quickly asked, "How many people know the synthesis method of this material now?"
Xiao Yi smiled slightly, "I am the only one."
Director Liu nodded with confidence, "That's good, that's good."
The fewer people who know, the better. The more people know, the more dangerous it will be.
Then he looked at Xiao Yi a few more times. Should he arrange more protection for Xiao Yi?
If only Xiao Yi knew about it, it would be bad if something happened to him.
As for asking about the synthesis method of this MHT-7 material, Director Liu did not do it. Now nuclear fusion has not been created yet, so we should not do anything that may cause leakage.
After coming back to his senses, now that these few things have been determined, he smiled and asked the last question, "So, now that we are close to achieving controllable nuclear fusion, are you 20% sure?"
Xiao Yi told him at the beginning that once this key research is completed, there is a 20% certainty that controllable nuclear fusion can be completed.
Xiao Yi smiled and nodded, "Well, the payment has arrived."
In fact, probably because of the confidence that MHT-7 gave him, he dared to say that he was 30% or even 40% sure.
Director Liu laughed loudly, then stood up and said, "Okay, then I will leave the rest of the research to you."
"I'm going to go back to Shangjing now and report this matter. The old leader also gave instructions before I came here. Just wait for the news."
"Of course, you must remember to keep it secret. Although there is no guarantee that it will be kept secret forever, this news can be kept as long as it lasts. It would be best if it is not revealed until the day when we officially achieve nuclear fusion."
Director Liu emphasized the last sentence.
"Definitely!"
Xiao Yi, Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou also stood up and responded solemnly.
"Finally, come and give this plan a name, a name for the plan on the surface and a name for the plan secretly."
Before leaving, Director Liu asked again.
Zhao Zhanyou said, "The name on the surface is just EAST-S."
"Eastern Hyperloop-Super!"
Li Jiangan rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Can you give me a better name?"
Zhao Zhanyou spread his hands and said, "Then what name did you mention?"
"Uh..."
Li Jiangan doesn't know either.
The naming difficulty occurred again.
"It's a pity that we can't find the person who originally named the Oriental Super Ring."
After all, it needs to be kept secret.
But I have to say that the name EAST is indeed very good. The four letters are separated into four letters: Experimental, Advanced, Superconducting, and Tokamak.
Xiao Yi next to him twitched his lips, looked at his watch, and then said, "Okay, I'll just give you a name, Zaori, as the name of the secret plan."
"Artificial sun, aren't we just making it?"
"Okay, it's up to you whether you choose or not. I'll go back to school first. Today is my first time teaching students, so I can't be late."
After that, he said goodbye and left here.
The three people who were still struggling with their names were stunned when they heard Xiao Yi's proposal.
Ignoring Xiao Yi's departure, they thought about it carefully and really thought the name was good.
"It's really good."
Li Jiangan nodded, "It feels like our Chinese mythology."
Kuafu chased the sun, Houyi shot it, and now, what they want to do is to create the sun!
Is this a myth?
Of course it is!
What they did next would have been a true myth in ancient times!
But it is a myth created by mortals!
"Okay, the name of the secret plan has been decided!" Director Liu directly finalized. "Now, let's continue to think about the name on the surface."
As a result, the three people fell into difficulty in naming again.
On the other hand, Xiao Yi didn't think about the name issue.
Names are important, but not important either.
It is important to people, but to him, the person responsible for "making the sun", this name is not important.
I hurried to school and looked at the time. There were only 10 minutes left before class. There was definitely no time to go to the office to get books or anything.
Fortunately, he remembered clearly what was to be taught in the first period.
Driven by Wang Li, we finally parked directly under the teaching building.
The classroom is on the first floor, and it is a large staircase classroom that can accommodate more than 300 people. It is used for lectures most of the time. However, because Xiao Yi has such great influence, there are too many people who want to listen to his lectures, so the classroom is arranged here.
There are only 30 students in Hua Loo-Keng Class, and the remaining seats are reserved for other people who come to attend the class.
However, although Xiao Yi was mentally prepared, when he arrived outside the classroom, he was already stunned by the scene.
Looking in from outside the door, you can see that it is almost full of people, whether on the seats or in the aisles. Outside the door, there are quite a few people queuing up, wanting to get in. Fortunately, the school has also arranged members of the student union to maintain order. The classroom is already full of people, so others are prevented from entering.
"It's full! We really can't go in anymore!"
shouted the student union officer at the door.
"How many more people can come in!" the person at the door said reluctantly.
At this time, Xiao Yi also walked up, patted the outermost person on the shoulder, and said, "Please give way."
The man said impatiently, "Don't be crowded. Anyone who didn't see the student union won't let us in?"
Xiao Yi said helplessly, "But without me, this class wouldn't be possible."
The man in front immediately turned his head and said angrily, "Do you think you are Scholar Xiao... I am super, really Scholar Xiao?!"
As soon as he turned his head, he immediately recognized that the person standing behind him was Xiao Yi, right?
And his voice made all the students present look over and shout, "Scholar Xiao!"
"Please give way, I have to go in for class." Xiao Yi said.
Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, and the teachers who were responsible for the class were blocked outside by them.
However, soon they all made way for Xiao Yi.
But when Xiao Yi walked to the door, someone couldn't help shouting, "Scholar Xiao, we also want to listen to your class!"
Others said the same thing.
Xiao Yi turned his head helplessly, and after thinking about it, he said to these students, "I know that everyone wants to take my class, and they even take their own free time to come to my class."
"I'm grateful for the love everyone has shown me."
"But actually, this class is just my first time taking it, and I don't know what it will be like."
"So you are here, most likely just for my reputation."
"Actually, that's not necessary."
"Going to class is not about chasing stars. I'm not a celebrity, nor am I an internet celebrity."
"So I hope that you come to class because of my good class, and that you can learn from my class, not because of my reputation."
"Of course, if I do well in class, my class content will be recorded and broadcast in the future, and you can also learn through those videos when you study."
"As for today, please leave for now."
Hearing what Xiao Yi said, what else could the students present say?
Although it is a bit regretful, my admiration for Xiao Yi is even deeper.
Not a celebrity, not an Internet celebrity, but a real teacher! scholar!
As the students at the door left, Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
When you go to class after that, you need to plan carefully to avoid this kind of thing happening again.
I expressed my gratitude to several officers of the Student Union.
Afterwards, Xiao Yi officially entered the classroom.
Looking at so many students in front of me, there are probably more than 400 students in the seats and in the aisles.
However, at this moment, a burst of applause suddenly occurred in the classroom.
Someone shouted, "Scholar Xiao, what you just said was great!"
Obviously, they all heard what Xiao Yi said at the door just now.
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Of course, what I just said outside is also what I said to you."
"I guess many of the students present came here because of my reputation."
"Maybe it's not even Mathematics Department's."
"Anyway, I hope you can spend your time focusing on your own majors."
"Otherwise, I'm afraid that teachers in your major will come over and scold me for misleading students."
There was laughter in the classroom.
At this time, the bell also rang.
Xiao Yi felt relieved for a moment.
When he heard this ringtone, it was to gain knowledge.
Now, it has become a matter of imparting knowledge.
"Okay, classmates, let's go to class!"