For the next five days, Chen Mo rested at home, giving himself a short vacation and occasionally asking about the plasma situation on Science Island over the phone.
Five days later, Chen Mo returned to Science Island.
Science Island was bustling with activity.
When they saw Chen Mo enter the experiment command center, Wan Yuanxi and the others all came forward to greet him, their faces glowing with excitement.
Wang Nian and the others had not left. They remained there, keeping watch over the plasma that had achieved fusion.
The deuterium-tritium fuel left over after the Star Ring Experiment could only keep the Star Ring burning for three days, so Wang Nian and the others had applied for emergency deuterium-tritium fuel. The fuel had been delivered the very next day.
Five days had passed. The delivered fuel had continuously maintained the plasma's combustion, and the plasma remained stable, showing no sign of going out.
This was tremendous news. It meant that the Star Ring's nuclear fusion had truly succeeded. As long as fuel was supplied, the plasma could continue burning for a long time.
"How is the Star Ring operating?" Chen Mo asked as soon as he entered the Star Ring Experiment Command Center.
"The plasma is operating steadily. The institute's current generating capacity can reach 760,000 kilowatt-hours, equivalent to that of a medium-sized hydropower station," Wan Yuanxi said impatiently.
This was merely an experimental reactor, yet its generating capacity already rivaled that of a medium-to-large hydropower station. If a true Nuclear Fusion Power Station were built and fitted with turbine generators, its generating capacity could easily exceed 20 million kilowatt-hours. Two Nuclear Fusion Power Stations—or even one extra-large Nuclear Fusion Power Station—would be enough to supply electricity to an entire province.
By then, thermal power could be completely eliminated,