Li Qiu had also seen the press conference held by the Dragon Country in the news.
However, in this press conference, which was obviously held for the beautiful country and other countries, the Dragon Country deliberately played a word game. They did not directly announce that they were building a controllable nuclear fusion reactor, but instead used the nuclear reactor as their name!
After watching the press conference, the Beauty Nation, the Sun Never Sets Empire, the Francois Empire, and other countries all thought that the nuclear reactor that the Dragon Country was building was a nuclear fission reactor.
After all, in the consensus of all countries on the blue planet, controllable nuclear fusion technology was not something that could be solved in the next decade or two.
Therefore, they didn't think in this direction at all!
Although it was very rare for the Dragon Country to build ten large-scale nuclear power plants at once, in the eyes of these countries, it was not unacceptable based on the current size of the Dragon Country.
After all, in their eyes, both the number of nuclear power plants and the proportion of nuclear power in the country's total power generation were very low.
For example, the United States, which had the most nuclear power plants, had a total of 109 nuclear power plants. The power generation capacity was calculated in terms of gigawatts, and nuclear power generation accounted for more than 23% of the country's electricity generation.
Although the second largest country, the Francois Empire, only had 59 nuclear power plants, its nuclear power generation accounted for more than 85% of the country's electricity generation. It was a true nuclear power country.
The 55 nuclear power plants in Japan also accounted for 30% of the country's total electricity generation.
On the other hand, there were only 17 nuclear power plants in the Dragon Country, and nuclear power generation accounted for only 5% of the country's total.
In the eyes of these countries, even if the Dragon Country built another ten large-scale nuclear power plants, it would only have 27 nuclear power plants. There was not much change at all.
After paying attention to it for a few days, they gradually shifted their attention to other places. They no longer paid attention to this matter and let the Dragon Country do whatever it wanted.
At the same time, Li Qiu led the project team to research and develop the magnetic fluid power generator. They finally completed the technical breakthrough and handed over the design drawings to the major factories for emergency overtime manufacturing.
On December 31st, large-scale magneto fluid power generators were transported to the locations of the major "Golden Crow" construction sites and assembled.
On January 10th, the first Golden Crow was completed in the eastern region.
As this was the first Golden Crow blueprint designed by Li Qiu, it was expected that it would be completed first.
The construction of the remaining Golden Crows was also expected to be completed within ten days.
On January 11th, Li Qiu and General Zhou of the General Assembly took a private plane to the base of the first completed Golden Crow.
In the base's main control room, General Zhou looked around nervously.
Through the monitoring in the control room, he saw the operators checking all the equipment of the Golden Crow according to the safety and control manual. They were doing the last safety check before the ignition.
"Which step will we take today?"
General Zhou took a deep breath and asked Li Qiu with a hint of excitement in his voice.
" Although the 20 magneto fluid power generators have been assembled with the demonstration reactor, they have not been connected to the power grid yet. Therefore, we will only test the operation and power generation of the Golden Crow.”
"To truly connect the power grid to the entire country, we need to wait until all ten 'Golden Crows' have been built. After the national power grid has been integrated and sorted out, we can then unify the power supply.”
Li Qiu explained.
"Good!"
General Zhou nodded silently.
While the two of them were talking, the inspection reports from the various units and equipment departments were also reported to the main control room.
"Superconductor inspection complete. Enough liquid helium has been injected!”
"The first layer of inner wall has been checked. There are no hidden dangers!”
"Commander-in-chief, everything is ready. Please give your orders!”
When all the preparations were ready, Li Qiu looked at the heating start button in the center of the control room and then looked at General Zhou.
"Bureau Chief, please give the order!”
However, General Zhou looked at Li Qiu seriously and shook his head."
"No, you should do it yourself!"
"This is the result of the hard work of you, all the frontline researchers, and countless engineers and workers on site. It is only right for you, the chief engineer, to press this button on behalf of everyone!”
"At this moment when the world is about to change, I only need to witness it with my own eyes and have no regrets in my life!”
Hearing General Zhou's words, Li Qiu didn't waste time and walked straight to the red button.
Through the large monitor screen, Li Qiu could see all the frontline operators and engineers in front of the control panel. He could also see the construction workers waiting in the base with anticipation.
For this great project, each of them had not left the base for nearly six months.
Li Qiu took a deep breath and looked at everyone in the base."
"We are already at the forefront of the era. A new era is about to be created by us!”
"History will remember today, and future generations will remember the sacrifices of each and every one of you!”
"Each of you is the creator of history and this great era!”
Li Qiu pressed the red button solemnly.
" Preheating completed. The temperature has reached a critical value…"
" Superconductor temperature is at 100 million degrees, fusion reaction is happening…"
"The light of nuclear fusion has been ignited. We have succeeded!”
"It's a success!"
When the voices reached the control room, the sound of success immediately echoed throughout the entire base!
The purest energy, like the sun and the stars, burst forth from the Golden Crow, sending endless energy to the planet!
This was the purest and cleanest energy source!
There was no radiation or pollution in the process of its birth. In fact, with just a little bit of heavy water, endless energy burst out from the Golden Crow.
At the same time, the magneto fluid electric generator set officially began to work. The heat emitted by the Golden Crow carried energy and the magneto fluid electric generator set officially began to discharge!
"We succeeded!"
General Zhou and everyone else in the base were excited. This was a sign that a great era was coming.
Although many people only realized how great the work they had done in the past six months was after the project was completed, it did not stop them from crying tears of happiness after hearing the news of success.
Although they had suffered, the ones who were happy were all their descendants.
This was a truly great project that could make the Dragon Country's national fate flow like a star!
In a conference room in Yanjing, when the news that the first Golden Crow had successfully ignited and discharged electricity came back, even the core leaders who were indifferent to the collapse of Mount Tai revealed excited expressions on their faces.
They knew that this was not only the success of a large-scale project, but also the success of the Dragon Country's revival dream!
Eight hours later, all the equipment in the first 'Golden Crow' was functioning normally, and the discharge work was going on steadily.
According to the report of the power grid experts in the base, based on the current discharge, after the Golden Crow was integrated into the national power grid, each of them was expected to generate two trillion kWh of electricity per year.
The annual electricity consumption of the entire Dragon Country was only 8 trillion kWh.
Considering that the free electricity for all in the future would cause a certain amount of electricity waste, and that the industry would all upgrade to enter the era of full electrization, the electricity consumption would increase by a portion. The annual electricity consumption could not exceed 12 trillion kWh at most.
Therefore, after all ten "Golden Crows" were integrated into the national power grid, according to the annual power generation of 20 trillion kWh in the Dragon Country, the excess electricity production capacity would be seriously wasted.
Perhaps at this time, the Dragon Country would shout a slogan to the five countries in the Central Pan-Asia region and the neighboring countries in the Southeast Pan-Asia region:
"Electricity is unsalable. Help the Dragon Country!"
General Zhou had obviously thought of this as well. His lips trembled slightly. He was obviously too excited to speak because of this huge power generation.
One had to know that as a country with a large population and the world's factory, the Dragon Country currently used eight trillion kWh of electricity a year.
The electricity consumption of other countries was not as great as that of the Dragon Country.
Therefore, the current power generation of the ten "Golden Crows" could also meet the needs of most countries in Pan-Asia.
Although the Dragon Country was still the world's largest energy import country, in a few days, after all the projects were completed and ten large-scale controllable nuclear fusion reactors were connected to the national grid, the Dragon Country would become a Pan-Asia large-scale energy export country.
"Li Qiu, do you think the Far East region of the Furry Bear Country will rely on our cheap electricity supply in the future?”
General Zhou joked.
The Far East region of Furry Bear Country had always been rich in energy, but there was a price to pay for the conversion of energy from mining to electricity.
Was traditional thermal power generation cheaper than the clean and cheap electricity in the Dragon Country?
Therefore, it was not impossible for the Dragon Country to supply electricity to the Bear Country, which was a big energy export country.
" After all the projects are completed and we officially connect to the grid and announce the news to the whole world, we will begin the second phase of the Golden Crow Plan!”
Li Qiu nodded and said.
Admiral Zhou was only talking about the successful execution of the plan. It was not something that was far away!
After this, Li Qiu and General Zhou quickly flew back to Beijing on a flight of experts. Then, they had a meeting to discuss the implementation of the plan.
On January 21st, the construction of ten large controllable nuclear fusion reactors was completed!
On January 27th, all ten "Golden Crows" were ignited in the Dragon Country. The test was a success!
On February 5th, after more than six months of preparation, the national power grid was ready to welcome nuclear fusion power. It could supply free electricity to the whole country at any time!
At this time, the Lunar New Year of 2024 was only a few days away. Red lanterns were hung on the streets and alleys of the entire Dragon Country, and it was filled with the smell of the new year.
Yanjing City was no exception. The entire city seemed to have turned into a red ocean at night.
Li Qiu received the notice and took a private car to the Defense Department at eight o'clock in the evening to attend a meeting.
When Li Qiu arrived, Lieutenant General Liu Zhenguo, Lieutenant General Wang Hang, General Zhou, General Sun, and the others had all arrived.
Li Qiu had already predicted what would be discussed in such a grand meeting.
"Prepare to connect to the grid and hold a global press conference to announce it?”
Li Qiu asked tentatively after sitting down.
"Yes, the power grid is ready. It can be connected to the grid at any time!”
"However, we are not going to hold a press conference this time. We will announce it in another way!”
General Zhou said with a smile.
"Another method?"
Not only Li Qiu, but even Lieutenant General Wang Hang and Liu Zhenguo were puzzled.
It seemed that the summit had already made a new decision, but they had not been informed yet. Perhaps this meeting was to discuss this matter.
General Zhou saw everyone's puzzled expressions and smiled."
"There won't be a press conference this time. It'll be New Year's Eve in four days.”
"In the new lunar year, everyone will have free electricity. Take it as our red packets and best wishes to everyone!”
"The Spring Festival Gala's viewership ratings aren't any lower than our press conference's. Moreover, Chinese people, both at home and abroad, and even many foreigners, are paying attention to our Spring Festival Gala.”
"Isn't the New Year's atmosphere getting weaker and weaker these days? Many people are saying that the Spring Festival Gala isn't worth watching anymore, so let's give everyone a surprise this time!”
"The Tongzhi Association will arrange everything. Li Qiu, you just have to cooperate with them!”
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