Chapter 638: The first exchange meeting of the research institute

On January 18th, the tranquility of the research institute was broken by the first wave of experts and scholars coming for exchanges.

At the entrance, Xu Qingzhou led several main people in charge of the research institute to receive the vehicles of the ITER experts.

Leading the team on the opposite side was the current ITER Director-General, Bernard Bigot.

Besides that, there were magnetic confinement experts from Germany, the United States, and Japan, plasma physicists from France and Russia, as well as ITER materials engineers and the EU legal team.

Fifteen people.

Domestically, experts from the Institute of Plasma Physics and the Xia Nuclear Group also came over.

"Welcome."

Xu Qingzhou reached out to shake hands with the team leader, Director-General Bernard Bigot.

"Professor Xu, very happy we meet again." Bernard Bigot smiled.

At the Oxford World Physics Frontier Report Meeting, the two had a brief conversation. This old gentleman was a technical pragmatist, emphasizing the realistic application of nuclear fusion technology.

To be honest, Xu Qingzhou quite admired Bernard Bigot, being able to move freely among the wrangling of many countries.

Energy is the strategic high ground of the future. Countries must be rigorous and rigorous, cautious and cautious in intellectual property protection and technical confidentiality, so it is difficult to reach a consensus on technical convergence and direction issues.

Advantageous countries hope that disadvantaged countries will pay, but they don't want to share too much technology; disadvantaged countries want to pay less, but they don't want to be choked by the neck, hoping to share more technology.

Another thing is the divergence in technical choices. Different countries tend to have different technical choices, and manufacturing standards and management processes also differ, such as the cooling system problems that appeared and the situation where vacuum vessel sizes didn't match.

The complex management structure brought about by multinational cooperation made project management extremely complicated.

Bernard Bigot being able to make ITER advance in an orderly manner was remarkable.

Despite this, a considerable number of people believed that the risk of ITER being left unfinished was high, because the interest wrangling during the period was really a bit complicated. Compared to ITER, it was the controllable nuclear fusion projects of various countries that were booming and had achieved many breakthroughs.

However, Xu Qingzhou was still optimistic. Although there were many countries making trouble in ITER, which might cause delays, it was unlikely to fail. Its physics was based on the understanding of twenty years ago, much more conservative than the current devices. If even such a conservative machine couldn't be realized, the nuclear fusion of other countries would all be finished.

Among the visitors, there were still quite a few of his acquaintances.

Omar Harikenni, Chief Scientist of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (NIF) in the United States.

Thomas Klinger, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.

"Professor Xu, I seem to see the rise of a world-class research institute."

"You are overpraising."

"Unexpectedly, it has only been a short month since we last met, and you have brought a miracle to the world."

Everyone exchanged pleasantries and headed toward the auditorium in the southeast corner of the research institute.

The exchange meeting was kept simple.

Compared to usual, there were just a few more signs on the side of the road.

There was a simple ceremony in the auditorium at 9:00 AM.

Ji Yunshi presided, Xu Qingzhou made a 3-minute welcome as the main person in charge, introducing the projects currently being done by the research institute, followed by ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot and the authority of the Xia Nation physics community, Professor Li Gang, the person in charge of the Institute of Plasma Physics.

The research institute adopted a relatively unique management method, without too many leadership-style speeches, and soon reached the academic stage. Li Yi, as the representative of the research institute, gave a performance explanation of the superconducting thin film.

Offstage.

Xiao Chenghan spoke to Li Gang in a low voice, "To be honest, the pure academic atmosphere of Professor Xu's research institute makes people a bit moved. Sometimes it really feels like an exchange abroad."

"Let's not think about it, the burden is too heavy, it's impossible to implement this management model." ===== CHAPTER 639 =====