Under the command of Xiao Yi, the speed of the entire project has been accelerated again.
However, just as Xiao Yi had expected, as the installation noise became louder and louder, they, who had already received all kinds of attention, unsurprisingly attracted the attention of "foreign friends".
There are more and more cooling pipes installed, as well as various cooling equipment, coils, etc., especially those that are obviously power generation devices when transported in, making it even more difficult to hide here.
That is to say, nuclear fusion power generation does not require the construction of cooling towers like thermal power stations, but uses other more advanced cooling technologies. Otherwise, with the shape of the cooling tower, people may have guessed that the purpose of this new nuclear fusion device they built is to generate electricity.
For a time, whether it was United Nations or the ITER Council, China was once again confronted with each other.
"Director Zong, you still say that you have not made significant progress in controllable nuclear fusion power generation?"
At another session of ITER's Board of Directors, Director Yamamoto Shigeru from Japan launched a direct attack at the beginning, then threw out a pile of information and handed it to every director present, saying, "According to the information we have, at least twenty turbine generators have been transported to China's Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute during this period, which is where the EAST-S project is located."
"Why bring so many turbine generators there if it's just for experiments?"
"Whether it is from the perspective of experimental cost or experimental planning, this is something that should not happen in normal nuclear fusion research. I think Director Zong should explain this. Otherwise, I will be very suspicious that China has not fulfilled its obligations as an ITER member!"
The council representatives of other major member states also looked at the relevant information in their hands and nodded, expressing their recognition of Yamamoto Shigeru's words.
"We at South Korea also very much agree with Japan's view. China's performance is definitely a betrayal of ITER!"
"China has obtained so many advanced technologies in the field of nuclear fusion from ITER in the past to develop their own nuclear fusion technology. But now that they have made a breakthrough, they have not shared the technology with the organization as promised. I think this is a betrayal of ITER."
"I propose to launch a vote to remove China from ITER!"
The American director representative also said, "Director Zong, I think you should really explain why this happened in your project."
"I hope you can understand clearly what the purpose of ITER is, which is to achieve the major goal of nuclear fusion power generation within the scope of all mankind. This is a task that can benefit all mankind, and all the board members present are all developed countries in the world today, and they are also the most important countries. Each of our countries should be aware of such obligations."
Afterwards, other representatives of the European Union also spoke out and expressed their response to the United States.
As for Zong Chengping, looking at the information in his hands at this time, he felt puzzled.
Now he himself began to doubt that nuclear fusion was really going to be achieved in their country.
Otherwise, why would there be such a big fuss?
Yes, in fact, even he, the representative of China's ITER board of directors, doesn't know what Xiao Yi is researching. Even if he asked the country before, the replies given to him by the country were basically "It's just an ordinary nuclear fusion research institute!", "It's no different from other nuclear fusion devices!", "Don't think too much, if we really achieve nuclear fusion, do we still need to stay in ITER to accept their bird air?" and so on.
Of course, he basically believed these statements in his heart.
After all, he himself doesn't believe in things like nuclear fusion, and it's just a matter of words in their country.
As a member of the council, he still knows how difficult this thing is.
But now, why does this movement seem to be real?
However, as a member of the board of directors of China, he certainly would not allow these guys in front of him to spread rumors and cause trouble here, so he immediately began to refute.
"South Korea's Director Kim, look, you have started again. You have already said it before, if we really achieve nuclear fusion, do you think we still need to stay in ITER? What you said is really unreasonable."
"As for everyone thinking that if some generators are transported there, we have achieved nuclear fusion. This is even more nonsense."
"Generators and successful nuclear fusion are not synonymous. I hope you understand this."
"Judging from the current situation, I think you are basically making unreasonable troubles. As Director McLaren said just now, the purpose of our organization is to achieve nuclear fusion for all mankind and to benefit all mankind, instead of turning our council into a noisy place like you are now like children..."
The sharp remarks finally made the directors from other countries blush with anger, but they didn't believe any of Zong Chengping's words.
Until the end, the meeting ended like an anticlimax.
After returning to Huaguo's office, Zong Chengping took a swig of water and moistened his throat. At this time, another Huaguo deputy director next to him said, "Speaking of which, Director Zong, have we really achieved nuclear fusion in our country? After reading that information, why do I feel that we have really achieved nuclear fusion?"
Zong Chengping twitched the corners of his lips and said, "You think so now, and I think so too now."
"The current movement does seem like some big move is being made."
He thought for a while and then said, "Let me ask what the situation is now in China."
He said half-jokingly, "I really hope that we can really realize nuclear fusion. In this case, we can return to China early, and maybe we can enjoy the difference that the nuclear fusion era has brought to our lives."
When several people present heard this, they all laughed.
Indeed, who among them doesn't want their country to actually realize nuclear fusion?
Soon, Zong Chengping called the country. After some inquiries, the final answer was not much different from before.
It just means: Don't think too much, you will know when the time comes.
They could only shake their heads in disappointment.
Time also passed quickly again.
2026 is gradually coming to an end.
"Still strong despite being struck hard by countless blows, no matter how strong the winds are, from east to west, from north to south."
Inside the Institute of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, a piece of bamboo was planted. It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and under the biting cold wind, bamboo, the three friends of the cold winter, was still strong and tall.
Xiao Yi Standing in front of this piece of bamboo, he couldn't help but read this verse that is familiar to all Chinese people.
"Chief Designer Xiao read this poem. Could it be that he was thinking of our current situation?"
Beside, Li Jiangan and many other people were standing here, and Li Jiangan said with a smile.
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, became interested, and asked, "How do you say it?"
Li Jiangan said, "In order to build this thing, we are facing a lot of things now. It can be said that we are surrounded by wolves. There are so many countries outside, all of them are staring at us, and they will almost eat us alive!"
Everyone around him nodded, approving Li Jiangan's words.
Judging from the current international environment, this is indeed the case.
After hearing this, Xiao Yi smiled and said, "If you are surrounded by wolves, you should be surrounded by wolves. When the jackals come, they will have shotguns, so they will not dare to rush in."
Then he waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go. Since our reactor has been built, let's go take a look first."
Then he no longer stopped next to the bamboo, but walked towards the white building in the distance.
The white building that originally looked like a semi-finished building is now complete.
Various pipes, or strange-looking things, are intricately scattered around, and quite a few other buildings have been built around it, stretching for several kilometers.
And these other newly built buildings are the most critical generators.
In the design of Xiao Yi, the peak power generation of Sun-Making Reactor is as high as 40GW, equivalent to 40,000MW. However, the largest thermal power plant in China has a total installed capacity of only 7,000MW, which is almost six times the gap.
Of course, it is naturally impossible for Sun-Making Reactor to generate peak power as soon as it comes up. It mainly supplies power to Fei City and several nearby cities. The combined average annual electricity consumption of these cities is 100 billion, and only 15GW is sufficient.
After all, losses during the power transmission process must be taken into consideration, so if we want to provide power to other cities in the future, it is naturally best to build a fusion reactor around other cities to generate electricity.
Just wait until electricity consumption rises in the future, and then gradually increase it to the peak.
Due to these considerations, the current total power of turbine generators near Sun-Making Reactor is only 20GW. However, the area occupied by a 20GW generator set is naturally quite huge. These generators stretch for several kilometers, which is no joke.
All in all, the area occupied by the entire Sun-Making Reactor plus other supporting facilities is almost a few square kilometers.
No wonder those foreign organizations are so anxious. The cost of building such a large nuclear fusion reactor is probably tens of billions. How can they not be anxious?
How can any single country spend so much money on nuclear fusion experiments?
The estimated cost of ITER is only about 20 billion euros, but this money was jointly funded by seven members and lasted for decades. On average, it is less than 1 billion euros a year. If you average it out, it will be even less.
But this reactor was funded and built by China itself, and it only took more than a year and less than two years.
How could they not pay attention to this?
But unfortunately, with China's unique industrial capabilities and mobilization capabilities in the world, this huge device was built like this.
Entering the white building, Xiao Yi and the others began to circle around the entire device.
The entire UO Device is actually embedded in the ground. After all, the size of this device is too large, a thousand times that of UOmini. In order to make the entire device stable, it is naturally the most stable to build it underground.
Coupled with various pipes, superconducting coils or cooling devices may be arranged in them.
The cooling pipes can be said to be the most numerous, because they not only need to cool the superconducting coils, but also cool the Sun-Making Reactor. They need to take away the heat generated by fusion and bring it to the nearby turbine generators to promote the operation of the generators.
It's intricate, like a jungle of pipes.
As the people present watched more and more, they became more amazed at the brain of their Chief Designer Xiao.
They wanted to know how Xiao Yi was able to design such a complex device with the ability of one person, and it was almost accurate in every place.
This is simply... not like something a human can do.
If it weren't for being a little rude, they would most likely want to ask, "Are you a human?"
After inspecting all the places, Zhao Zhanyou asked, "Chief Designer Xiao, now that all the components have been installed, when will we start the ignition?"
As soon as this question came out, everyone present looked at Xiao Yi.
When does the ignition start?
Everyone is very concerned about this matter.
Only after igniting it can they know whether the thing that took so long to build can be successful.
Xiao Yi took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.
Looking at the huge device in front of me, I can feel a cold feeling if I touch it.
But then he has to decide when to let the device release the sun's energy.
"Organize everyone to conduct final inspections in the next month, and be sure to check every part to make sure there are no problems."
"Then... at the end of next month, let's officially conduct the ignition experiment."
"By the way, by then we can also officially make the name of the 'Sun Making' project public."
Everyone present was shocked, and then nodded.
This giant device, which has consumed countless manpower and material resources and has a total cost of tens of billions, is finally about to be officially launched.
Make the sun, Mortal Sun Creation.
Can mortals like them really seize the power of the sun?
This month, the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute has seemed particularly quiet. Although many people can be seen walking around the research institute from time to time, which seems quite busy, after all, it is much calmer than before.
But almost everyone observing the situation here knows that something big may happen soon.
And the day when the coffin will be finalized is finally approaching.
January 30, 2027.
A piece of news quickly appeared on major search lists.
[The EAST-S plan was renamed Sun-Making Plan].
The message is such a short message.
But netizens always feel that the fewer words, the bigger the matter, and there are quite a lot of people discussing it on the Internet at one time.
Of course, with the announcement of this news, various international organizations have once again begun various speculations.
Including the name [Sun-Making Plan], there have been quite a few translations, such as [Artificial Sun Project] and [Fusion Energy Project], and some media, in order to exaggerate the significance of this plan, directly named it [Prometheus Project], which is the Prometheus plan. In Western mythology, Prometheus brought fire to mankind, and nuclear fusion can also represent such fire to a certain extent.
However, no matter what the outside world thinks and what they want to do, they cannot stop the arrival of time.
January 31st is officially here.
Ignition Day of Sun-Making Plan has arrived.