Chapter 71: Controllable Fusion Energy

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Chapter 71: Controllable Fusion Energy

Regardless of whether he wants to manufacture aircraft or various research equipment, he must rely on these 3D printing devices to complete the task.

However, Wu Hao's current goal is not to manufacture such advanced printing devices because his base's current conditions do not allow it.

Only by first solving the energy problem can he gradually proceed with all the subsequent work. After organizing all the materials and components in the warehouse, Wu Hao began to consider how to solve the energy issue at the base. It is certain that the base's energy needs a nuclear reactor for power generation, but there are several types of nuclear reactors.

With the technologies currently mastered by several nuclear powers in the world, they have only achieved a certain level of control in the field of thermonuclear fusion. As for nuclear fusion, with the technology currently available to humanity, it can only be used as a weapon, known as a "light egg."

The explosion of a light egg is an uncontrollable nuclear fusion process.

The reactors currently used by humans for power generation are based on nuclear fission, which is a more stable and controllable process.

However, controlled nuclear fusion is still under research. Although in recent years, many scientists around the world have claimed to have developed controllable fusion energy technology, achieving this specific goal will still require another ten to twenty years because the requirements for nuclear fusion power generation are numerous.

However, in recent years, Lockheed Martin, a company in the United States, has stated that they are researching a fusion reaction device that is only the size of a truck container. If successful, the electricity generated by this reactor would be sufficient to meet the needs of a small city.

However, the conditions required for nuclear fusion reactions are extremely demanding and require extremely high temperatures and pressures to be achieved. This fusion process exists in nature, as the sun generates its powerful light and heat through this method. Therefore, controlled nuclear fusion is often referred to as an artificial sun.

Currently, the main approach for humans to achieve nuclear fusion is by using lasers to generate temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees and creating an electromagnetic device to create a magnetic field that contains this high temperature and pressure, enabling fusion reactions between hydrogen isotopes, deuterium, and tritium. As for the fusion approach used in nuclear fusion weapons, known as "light egg," it is relatively simple and violent. In this case, a small atomic bomb is placed inside the light egg, and the bomb is detonated, causing high temperatures and pressures that trigger fusion reactions between hydrogen atoms inside the light egg, resulting in a series of high-temperature explosions and intense nuclear radiation.

Since Wu Hao has decided to study nuclear fusion, he naturally wastes no time.

First, he created a high-frequency satellite signal receiving station for his base. The materials for making this receiver were obtained from the materials he previously ordered.

Although his laptop could receive satellite signals in certain locations in the Qinling Mountains, it became completely ineffective inside the base.

Therefore, in order for the base to have constant access to satellite networks, he needed to set up a signal receiving station. Wu Hao's receiving station is not large and is located in a concealed position outside the base on a mountain.

After setting up the satellite signal receiving station, Wu Hao proceeded to assemble a high-performance computer himself.

Apart from the chips he purchased from abroad, other electronic components and displays were bought domestically. These items are relatively common, and since Wu Hao has no plans to build a supercomputer or require top-of-the-line hardware, there is no need for excessive equipment.

Moreover, many domestically produced hardware components are of good quality, as demonstrated by our country's self-developed supercomputer Tianhe series...