In the morning, near ten o'clock, just as the ITER meeting was about to begin, a little snowflakes started to fall outside the ITER headquarters building.
Soon, the scattered snowflakes turned into heavy snow.
For France, especially the southern region, due to the influence of the Mediterranean climate, although winter is cold, snow is not very common, and sometimes there is no snow all year round.
A scene like today with heavy snowfall has not been seen for several years.
The heavy snowfall seems to be a sign of something.
Arriving at ITER's headquarters again, Chen Mingji looked out the window in silence.
Today, the results will probably be available.
The boss has no hope for ITER, and he will probably leave by the end of the day.
Seventeen years have passed since 2003, and more than ten years of hard work have been lost. Chen Mingji doesn't know what his mood and feelings are.
But Xu Mofu, who was sitting next to him, didn't think so much. He looked at his watch. It was nine fifty, and in ten minutes, the meeting would start.
Compared to them who were stuck here, the directors of other member states had already arrived.
If it were the past, they would definitely be the first ones to arrive. As for now, they don't care at all.
Looking at the American ITER director who was looking at him, Xu Moze glanced at each other indifferently, and then looked away lightly.
Five minutes passed quickly.
At ten o'clock sharp, Professor Bernard Bigot, Director General of the ITER Council, chaired the meeting.
The first thing to do was the construction schedule and related reports of the ITER demonstration reactor, but this was just a side dish for the meeting and was completed quickly.
Immediately afterwards, there was a discussion about the ITER Consortium Technology Sharing Agreement.
When Director General Professor Bernard Bigo announced the start of this agenda, the American council representatives couldn't wait to stand up.
"Regarding the technology sharing agreement in the ITER Agreement, we once again reiterated our investigation into the principle of sharing controllable nuclear fusion technology."
"This is an investigation report. Since China joined ITER in 2003, it has received a total of 73 technologies related to controllable nuclear fusion from ITER."
"However, while China was using the ITER Contract Technology Sharing Agreement to receive technology, it failed to fulfill its obligations."
"If China continues to refuse to fulfill its obligations during this investigation and trial, we will join forces with Sakura Country and Korea to initiate a vote on the application to the Council to discuss whether China is qualified as an ITER member. .”
As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion in the conference room.
Although everyone sitting here today has received the news in advance and knows that the United States may be impatient and does not want to delay it any longer.
But the operation of showing the trump card directly from the beginning still makes most people feel a little surprised.
According to common sense, shouldn't we communicate for a while first and then go through the process?
It seems that the United States is really anxious this time.
Do you want to kick the opponent out and then focus on building the ITER demonstration reactor?
After all, if you want to catch up with or even surpass China in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, it would be fastest to directly build a demonstration reactor.
Professor Xu pointed out a way for them. With the combination of plasma turbulence numerical control model + high-performance superconducting materials, it seems feasible to use the tokamak device to achieve controllable nuclear fusion.
If we really bring together the capabilities of other ITER member countries, I believe the progress will be much faster than that of China.
But, can it really be done?
In the conference room, the German council representative looked at the expressionless Chinese representative, feeling vaguely uneasy in his heart.
If China is kicked out of ITER, it will make them fall behind ITER in controllable fusion research. I believe other member countries will be happy to see this situation.
But from the current point of view, the two core superconducting materials and numerical control models of controllable nuclear fusion technology are in the hands of Professor Xu.
After removing China from ITER, they will have no chance to obtain these two technologies.
At least when it comes to controllable nuclear fusion, no country would be so stupid as to give up its huge advantage.
One step first, every step first.
Now China has achieved two hours of high-density plasma operation, and has even begun to experiment with fusion ignition of deuterium and tritium raw materials.
The ITER experimental reactor has not yet been established, and most of the controllable nuclear fusion projects in various countries are conducting experiments in seconds.
Judging from this alone, China is far ahead of the world.
How easy is it to rely on removing the other party from ITER and slowing down their research progress?
What's more, the person in charge of Qixia's controllable nuclear fusion project is Professor Xu.
Ever since he began to rise in the world of mathematics, he has been creating legends.
Perhaps, inviting China out of ITER is really not a good choice.
It's just a matter like this, and the opinions of a small person like him are of little use.
Listening to the chatter in his ears and watching the changing expressions on the faces of the member states' representatives, Xu Mohe met the somewhat aggressive gaze of the American representative.
From the other party's eyes, he could see three parts of pride, three parts of arrogance, and three parts of confidence in controlling the overall situation.
Glancing at the other party indifferently, Xu Mohe stood up, looked around, and slowly said: "There is an old saying in our country, there is no need to blame someone if you want to."
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"As for your accusation, we have given a complete and detailed explanation as early as two months ago in the first meeting. In order to comply with the rules of the ITER Consortium Technology Sharing Agreement, we have disclosed the relevant Progress and necessary data”
“However, despite the lack of evidence and violation of principles, you still accused us unreasonably of not complying with the ITER Technology Sharing Agreement, and continued for up to two months, trying to use ITER to give us Apply pressure to hand over technology that has nothing to do with the ITER Contract Technology Sharing Agreement.”
"Judging from your performance over the past two months, ITER does not have the basis for fair cooperation, and it can even become an excuse for you to suppress other member states without reason. We, on the other hand, are not aware of this lack of fairness. International organizations that are cooperative and unreasonable have always maintained a vigilant view.”
"Therefore!"
Xu Mofu took a deep breath, stared at the American board member with cold eyes, and continued calmly and forcefully:
"Here, on behalf of foreign ministers, I announce that from now on, we will officially withdraw from the ITER organization!" As the words fell, the entire conference room was as silent as the dead sea, and you could hear a needle drop.
Xu Mohe ignored these stunned representatives and directors. He smiled softly and said, "That's it for now. Goodbye, everyone!"
After that, he sorted out the contracts and documents on the table, turned around and left.
On the side, Chen Mingji glanced at the representatives from various countries whose faces were full of astonishment, surprise, and other expressions. He sighed slightly in his heart, turned around, and left with the others.
On the other side, at the head of the desk, Professor Bernard Bigot, the director general of ITER, looked at the Chinese representatives who stood up and left with a look of shock and confusion.
Did they voluntarily leave ITER?
Why?
This is just the first confrontation. Although the United States wants to clear them out, the voting has not started yet, and the final result has not yet been determined.
At least Europe will not necessarily side with those Americans in this vote.
Rather than removing China from the ITER organization, Europe hopes to use the ITER relationship to trade the two technologies of CNC models and superconducting materials from that Chinese country and that Professor Xu.
But now, hope is dashed.
On the other side, opposite the desk, the American board member looked at the back of the Chinese representative leaving gracefully, with the same astonishment on his face.
For some reason, when he saw the back of the man leaving gracefully and the empty door, a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
It seems that they made a wrong decision?
As Xu Mofu, Chen Mingji and others left, the silent conference room gradually became noisy.
Looking at the messy conference room, Director General Professor Bernard Bigot sighed again.
China voluntarily withdraws from ITER, which is really not good news for ITER, an international organization.
In fact, ITER may even fall apart as a result.
But for him, the work that needs to be done still has to continue.
I only hope that the Americans can fulfill their promise this time and take the initiative to take on the funding vacancies and scientific research personnel vacancies left by China after China withdraws from ITER.
Otherwise, he could see ITER collapse tomorrow.
After leaving the conference room in chaos for a while, Director General Professor Bernard Bigot reorganized his language and said: "Let's start the next agenda"
No matter what, today's meeting must be concluded.
Moreover, taking advantage of the opportunity of China's departure, ITER must obtain funds and resources from the promised United States. Time cannot be delayed, otherwise God knows whether the United States will regret it in the next second.
This is not the first time those Americans have done this to turn a good international organization into a mess.
With the end of this rare snowfall in ten years, news related to the last ITER meeting also spread widely.
With reports from news media and domestic news broadcasts, this news quickly set off a big wave on the domestic Internet, and even became a hot search topic.
Although the ranking is not high, it has also aroused a lot of discussion among people who eat melons.
[How domineering! It’s the first time I’ve seen us speak so forcefully! 】
[What’s the use of domineering? Wasn't he forced to quit ITER? Domination cannot solve the problem. Without ITER, I really don’t know how far our controllable nuclear fusion can go. All in all, I'm pessimistic. 】
【? ? ? ? What you said above is really a sheepdog. Your impression of the development of domestic controllable nuclear fusion is still in the last century, right? The Daybreak led by Chuan Shen has achieved operation for more than two hours. The ITER reactor has not been completed yet, and whoever leaves will have no way to survive! 】
[ITER is still very strong. Although Dawn has achieved a two-hour time, Spiral Stone 7X has also achieved a one-hour operation. Other countries will soon catch up. But now, we have been kicked out, and we will probably fall behind other countries soon, ε=(ο｀*))) Alas. 】
[I heard that the United States is targeting us in this way because Professor Xu did not abide by the rules of the ITER Contract Technology Sharing Agreement. According to the agreement, Professor Xu should disclose the research progress and related details to ITER, but Professor Xu did not, which led to us being kicked away. 】
[So it’s Professor Xu’s fault? 】
[Well, because he developed the superconducting material and he doesn’t want to hand it over. I heard that CERN has signed an order with him. The upgrade of the LHC requires billions of superconducting materials. With so much profit, I definitely don’t want to pay it. 】
【Hiss~】
[What are you talking about? The first thing that is linked to ITER is the domestic EAST. Dawn led by Chuan Shen has nothing to do with ITER, and has no obligation or responsibility to disclose it to ITER! Secondly, with so many countries participating in ITER, which country has disclosed all its technologies to ITER? Can you ride a horse with brains? 】
[Leave aside the problems of other countries, can you guarantee that the dawn will not be linked to ITER at all? Do you dare to say that ITER’s technology is useless at dawn? If you dare, why not just let the United States investigate? Why leave the group? 】
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At the same time, the news that China has voluntarily withdrawn from the ITER organization has also spread in the field of nuclear fusion, triggering discussions among many scholars in the nuclear energy field around the world.
Compared with the opinions of those netizens who have only a little knowledge, most scholars in the field of nuclear energy have a deeper understanding of this matter.
It seems that China has taken the initiative to withdraw from ITER, but in fact it is still the United States that is messing around in the middle.
Compared with the concerns of some netizens about China's development in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, most scholars have the opposite opinion. They have a pessimistic attitude towards ITER.
Many scholars in the field of nuclear fusion believe that ITER may stop its progress with the withdrawal of China, and it is not impossible that ITER may even be disbanded in the near future.
Not only because China is currently at the forefront of the world in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, but also because China has always played a very important supporting role in ITER.
Compared with the United States, China has promptly borne its share of scientific research funds every year, and has spared no effort in supporting ITER in terms of scientific researchers and scientific research technology.
It is undeniable that China intends to use ITER to cultivate its own talents in this regard, but this is what all countries participating in ITER do.
And compared with scholars from other member countries, scholars from China are more diligent and serious in research, work harder, and are better able to promote the development of ITER.
So for ITER, China is undoubtedly an important pillar.
Now that this pillar is gone, no one knows how long the pieced-together ship ITER can sail.
PS: In yesterday’s chapter, the dark room was closed.