Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 342: X nuclear energy

After the establishment of the Ares Company, it deservedly became the world's number one arms dealer. At present, the total number of employees in Ares has 220,000!

  

  Many countries or organizations sent congratulatory messages to Ares, and Xie Guoan, the mayor of Beijing, who had dealt with Henry, even called to express his congratulations. In his words, he euphemistically expressed that he hoped Ares Company could sell weapons to China, but Henry refused.

  

   The US government prohibits the sale of weapons to China. Although the Ares Company is powerful, it is still an American company.

  

   Although it was rejected, it was as early as Xie Guoan expected. Later, he said tactfully that he hoped that the Ares Company would not sell too much arms to Taiwan.

  

   Lockheed Martin is Taiwan’s largest arms supplier. If Lockheed Martin’s arms supply is lost, Taiwan’s military will immediately be paralyzed.

  

   Henry heard this and smiled without saying a word.

  

   neither refused nor agreed. The meaning of this depends on the Chinese government's own understanding...

  

  At this time, Henry also successfully completed the acquisition of Westinghouse Electric's nuclear energy division. Westinghouse Electric's nuclear power technology is the world's first. Combining this technology, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines can be even more powerful! In the future, rockets, space shuttles, and spacecraft will definitely use nuclear energy!

  

   Henry merged Westinghouse’s nuclear energy department into the WilliamsX laboratory and named it "X Nuclear Energy Company", and transferred many British energy company engineers to the company to strengthen its technical capabilities. The reason for this name is obviously high hopes, mainly for the study of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

  

  Nuclear fission is the splitting of a large-mass atom into two smaller atoms, and nuclear fusion is the synthesis of two small-mass atoms into a larger atom. Whether it is split or synthesis, huge energy must be released in the process!

  

  Nuclear fission has entered commercial use, and nuclear power plants use nuclear fission to generate electricity.

  

   However, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are far from each other.

  

  The energy released by nuclear fusion is much higher than the energy released by nuclear fission! The energy of the sun comes from nuclear fusion. One can imagine how powerful nuclear fusion is! ! ! The hydrogen bomb is made on the principle of nuclear fusion, and if you want to detonate the hydrogen bomb, you must first detonate a nuclear fission atomic bomb. it's here. The atomic bomb is just for ignition!

  

   In addition, the nuclear fuel reserves of fission reactors are extremely limited, not only producing powerful radiation. The waste material that harms the human body and has been left for thousands of years is also difficult to dispose of, while the radiation of nuclear fusion is much less, and the fuel for nuclear fusion can be said to be inexhaustible. Inexhaustible.

  

  The fuel for nuclear fusion reaction is hydrogen isotope deuterium, tritium and the noble gas 3He, of which deuterium and tritium are extremely abundant on the earth. It is measured that every 1 liter of sea water contains 30 mg of deuterium, and the energy produced by 30 mg of deuterium fusion is equivalent to 300 liters of gasoline, which means that 1 liter of sea water can produce the energy equivalent to 300 liters of gasoline. The calorific value of tritium is equivalent to 20 million times that of the same coal. There are 4.5 billion tons of deuterium naturally present in seawater. Converting seawater into energy through nuclear fusion, according to the current world energy consumption level, can be used by mankind for hundreds of millions of years!

  

   However, unlike radioactive deuterium and tritium, 3He is an inert gas, which is safer to operate, and is cleaner and more efficient than deuterium and tritium fusion! Scientists believe that 3He is the most suitable and ideal fuel for nuclear fusion! but. There are no 3He deposits on the earth. But there is one on the moon, which can provide 700 years of use for the earth. And the 3He on Jupiter and Saturn is almost endless!

  

   At present, 3He research centers have been established in countries all over the world, and X Nuclear Energy's research will also include 3He.

  

  The time is right, Henry wants to let SpaeX go to other planets to mine.

  

  Henry doesn’t rob mines on the earth with those people, there is a kind of them coming to the space to rob...

  

   Nuclear fusion requires extremely high temperatures to react. In addition to using atomic bombs to ignite, lasers are the most commonly used. The output power of lasers can reach tens or even hundreds of gigawatts, which is enough to "ignite" nuclear fusion!

  

  Henry's Hughes Laboratory is one of the strongest research institutions in the laser field!

  

   Obviously. Henry has done a lot of work to study nuclear fusion.

  

   In Henry's cognition, nuclear fusion is probably the ultimate energy source for mankind. Whoever masters nuclear fusion has the right to speak!

  

   Build an "Ark Reactor" like Iron Man, and then build an Iron Man armor, it looks awesome! However, steel armor is inconvenient to wear. If it can be made into biological armor, it will be even more hanging! Of course, Henry was just thinking about it. God knows when it will happen?

  

   Nuclear fusion research can be said to have a long way to go, and the required R&D funds may be an astronomical figure! But to be a man, one must have dreams. Since the rebirth has passed through, some difficult and challenging things must be done! Desperately making money and burning hard, there will always be a day when dreams come true!

  

  Henry waved his hand and gave $10 billion to X Nuclear Energy Company to burn it!

  

  ……

  

After the establishment of   X Nuclear Energy Company, Henry also immediately strengthened the cooperation between X Nuclear Energy Company and Neport-Nes Shipyard! The nuclear energy research of the Neport-nes shipyard should not be underestimated, because Neport-nes needs nuclear energy researchers. Therefore, Henry did not transfer the technicians from the Neport-nes shipyard to X Nuclear Energy. But the two companies cooperate, X Nuclear Energy Company can directly take back the technology of the shipyard for research, so it doesn't matter.

  

   Currently, Neport-nes Shipyard is not merged into Ares Corporation ~lightnovelpub.net~ but exists alone. Henry's plan is that in the future sea, land, and air will each form a system, but they must be connected to each other, and they must be the hegemons of their respective fields!

  

   Now, God of War has become the king of the air force, and the Neport-nes shipyard is also regarded as the overlord of the sea, except for the army! However, it doesn't matter, take your time... Maybe there will be space forces in the future!

  

   After a week or two, eo George Joy of the Neport-nes shipyard arrived in San Jose by plane. He was accompanied by two engineers in their 30s and 40s.

  

   "Mr. Williams, the Adastra you designed last time has been modified by us and is now complete."

  

   Henry said happily: "Did you bring the design drawings?"

  

  George Joy pulled out a document from his bag and handed it to Henry.

  

   Henry took it over and compared it with the previous one. It did make a lot of changes, but it still looks like before, except that all the ship’s data have been changed...

  

   (To be continued.)