Anhui Province, Institute of Plasma Physics.
Inside his office, Li Jian carefully reviewed research materials and papers, searching for a breakthrough in their technical challenges.
He was an Academician of the Academy of Engineering, the former Director of the Plasma Institute, deputy general manager of the Superconducting Tokamak Device, and head of the Tokamak Experiment.
In the last Controlled Nuclear Fusion experiment, the steady-state operation of the fusion reaction had surpassed the hundred-second threshold. Their next task was to keep the fusion reaction running steadily for longer.
The current Tokamak was merely an experimental device. Although net total energy output was within their scope of consideration, their primary technical challenge at present remained extending the duration of steady-state fusion reactions.
Only after fusion reactions could proceed stably would net total energy output become the next major challenge.
In the field of Nuclear Fusion, technology always seemed to be twenty-five years away from practical application. That was the problem before them.
Sometimes, a flash of inspiration could lead to a technical breakthrough by the next month. But when technology could not break through, even several more twenty-five-year waits would not be enough.
For their next experiment to surpass the current record, they needed constant technological innovation. They had privately modeled and simulated many trials; without new technological innovations, they likely could not achieve a better breakthrough anytime soon.
Ding ding ding...
As Li Jian pondered possible directions for a technical breakthrough, the doorbell interrupted his thoughts.
"Academician Li, the director asked me to notify you to go to his office. He said it was urgent."
"Urgent?" Li Jian frowned, put away the materials in his hands and locked them in the safe, then walked out of his office. "Did he say what it was about?"
"I'm not sure. The director asked