Should He Go or Not?

Miniaturized controlled fusion?!

WTF?!

Upon hearing that, Feng Shuqing nearly dropped the phone in his hand.

The Demonstration Reactor Project had barely gotten underway—how were they already considering miniaturizing fusion reactors?

Although he did not work in nuclear fusion, he was still an outstanding graduate of Tsinghua University. Besides, after working at the Ministry of Science and Technology for so many years, he was now responsible for reorganizing the STAR demonstration reactor project team. He had at least some understanding of the relevant research.

There was no sound from the other end of the line for a long while. Lu Zhou hesitated slightly before asking,

"Is there a problem?"

"No problem. Just send the list... to my work email," Feng Shuqing said. After hesitating for a moment, he could not help adding, "Miniaturized controlled fusion... isn't this research a little too far ahead? I think second-generation controlled fusion would be somewhat more realistic."

Any research that was ahead of its time was rarely easy.

Though he knew Chief Engineer Lu was incredible, he still could not help giving that reminder.

The moment he heard the question, Lu Zhou understood what he was thinking. But he could not be bothered to explain in detail, so he simply said,

"Although nuclear batteries can also be considered small fusion reactors, they are still quite different from true controlled fusion reactors. If you really cannot understand it, just compare fission reactors with radioisotope batteries. I know perfectly well whether the research can be done, so you do not need to worry about that."

That answer was decidedly blunt.

Yet hearing his decisive tone, Feng Shuqing actually felt much more at ease.

There were quite a few academic bureaucrats in the Ministry of Science and Technology. People like them generally spoke and acted in much