Pangu - 1

The three - day public naming activity has ended.

The naming results are placed on the desk of Lü Yongchang, the chief engineer of the project.

Looking at the name in front of him, Lü Yongchang's mouth twitched slightly twice.

He looked at the sweating staff in front of him speechlessly. "This name... can't we change it?"

" 'Patrick Star'? Do you really think this can be the name of a nuclear fusion demonstration reactor?!"

"By the way, can I give a name?"

The staff member's face turned red, and he nodded hastily. "Of course, of course it can be changed!"

"You're the chief engineer, so you definitely have the right to name it!"

Lü Yongchang looked at the A4 paper in front of him filled with strange names, stroked his chin, and fell into deep thought.

The staff member looked at Lü Yongchang in front of him nervously.

To be honest, he was a bit scared that Lü Yongchang would come up with a strange name for it too!

After all, he knew Lü Yongchang's age.

"Hmm... let's call it Pangu," Lü Yongchang's eyes moved slightly, and he made a decision. "What about the Pangu - 1 Fusion Reactor?"

"Pangu created the world, which just corresponds to the Xia Kingdom that has mastered controlled nuclear fusion."

The staff member's eyes lit up, and a hint of excitement appeared on his face.

"This, this name is good!"

"Let's settle it like this!"

...

At this time, the hardware facilities inside the Pangu - 1 Fusion Reactor have all been installed.

Besides the four reactors, it is equipped with 20 sets of large - scale magnetohydrodynamic power generation units!

Each unit is equipped with 10 magnetohydrodynamic generators.

And the rated power generation capacity of each magnetohydrodynamic generator is 2000MW!

Calculated in this way, the rated power generation capacity of the Pangu - 1 Fusion Reactor has reached an astonishing 400,000 megawatts!

You know, the power generation capacity of a Three Gorges Hydropower Station is only 22,500 megawatts!

A full 17 - fold difference!

This is the power of nuclear fusion!

However, at this moment, no reaction is taking place inside the Pangu - 1 Fusion Reactor.

As for the reason... it lies in the main control program.

...

Late at night.

"Sigh!"

A heavy sigh came from the internal control room of the Pangu - 1.

"What should we do now..."

The camera zooms in.

An old man with graying temples, around sixty - something years old, frowns as he looks at the green - glowing code on the computer screen in front of him. From time to time, he shakes his head and then sighs deeply.

The old man's name is Yuan Hongwei, an academician of the Xia Academy of Sciences.

When he was young, he once led a team to develop the control program for controlled nuclear fission. As a result, he was elected as an academician of the Xia Academy of Sciences in one fell swoop!

As one of the few people in the Xia Kingdom with relevant experience, he was naturally invited to be the main person in charge of the development of the main control program for this controlled nuclear fusion.

Next to Yuan Hongwei is a young man in his thirties. He is Yuan Hongwei's "last disciple" and can be said to have learned most of Yuan Hongwei's skills.

But at this moment, both of them are looking at the computer screen in front of them with melancholy expressions.

"Old Yuan, this can't be rushed. It took over a year to develop the main control program for nuclear fission back then. This is nuclear fusion!"

The young man said softly to comfort him.

Hearing this, Old Yuan's face froze, and the white beard at the corner of his mouth twitched slightly twice.

"This... how can I not be in a hurry!"

"The Pangu - 1 Fusion Reactor is now stuck because of us!"

"Now, everyone in the entire research institute is looking at us expectantly!"

Old Yuan's words made the young man fall silent.

After a while, the young man also sighed deeply. "Old Yuan, I'm not trying to be discouraging."

"To control the high - temperature plasma in the stellarator reactor, we have to solve the turbulence problem that has puzzled the physics community for countless years."

"In my opinion, this is almost impossible!"

A hint of bitterness appeared in Old Yuan's eyes.

How could he not know this truth.

But he also knew how much the Xia Kingdom valued the controlled nuclear fusion technology at this time!

As an academician of the Xia Academy of Sciences, he was not willing to give up!

"Knock, knock, knock!"

A rhythmic knock on the door came.

Old Yuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and walked towards the door of the control room.

"It's so late... who else would come here..."

A hint of confusion appeared in Old Yuan's eyes. Then he cleared his throat and shouted loudly towards the door, "Ahem... who is it?!"

"Old Yuan, it's me, Lü Yongchang."

Old Yuan was stunned again, then reacted and quickly reached out to open the door.

Outside the door, Lü Yongchang's eyes showed a bit of fatigue, but there was a faint smile on his face.

"Professor Lü, why are you here so late?" Old Yuan quickly stepped aside to welcome Lü Yongchang in.

Entering the main control room, Lü Yongchang glanced around.

When he saw the computers on the desk with green - glowing lights, he sighed deeply.

"Old Yuan, the main control program of the fusion reactor still can't be completed?"

Hearing Lü Yongchang's sigh, a hint of bitterness appeared in Old Yuan's eyes, and he slowly shook his head.

Lü Yongchang pondered for a moment and then asked again.

"Is there some difficulty?"

"Of course there are difficulties!"

Before Old Yuan could speak, a young man in his thirties standing aside spoke up.

Old Yuan frowned slightly and softly scolded, "Su Cheng! What are you talking about!"

Then, Old Yuan composed himself, turned his head, and looked at Lü Yongchang. "Professor Lü, give us some more time. The fusion reactor is different from the fission reactor. There are quite a few complex things to consider."

Lü Yongchang raised his eyebrows and looked at the young man beside Old Yuan. "Old Yuan, this is your student, right?"

Old Yuan nodded and introduced, "Su Cheng. He has a pretty good talent."

Lü Yongchang smiled at Su Cheng in a friendly way and asked, "Can you tell me about the difficulties you mentioned just now?"

"Maybe I can help you solve them."

Su Cheng subconsciously glanced at Old Yuan.

Seeing that Old Yuan frowned but didn't object, Su Cheng swallowed slightly and started to explain.

"Professor Lü, I won't elaborate on the differences between the fusion reactor and the fission reactor. I'm sure you know more about this than I do."

Lü Yongchang nodded slightly.

Su Cheng continued, "In the fission reactor, we only need to manipulate the control rods in the fission reactor to compensate for fuel consumption and adjust the reaction rate."

"But the fusion reactor is different."

"Inside the reactor, the movement of high - temperature plasma is extremely complex."

"And this involves a problem that has puzzled the physics community for decades, the turbulence problem."

"In other words, it's the Navier - Stokes equation (NS equation)."

"To achieve perfect control of the high - temperature plasma in the reactor, we must fully master the NS equation."

"This is why the main control program for nuclear fusion has been unable to be completed."