Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 609

Chapter 609: Chapter 271: Extracting Uranium Element_3 Chapter 609: Chapter 271: Extracting Uranium Element_3 Yan Fei said, “Your equipment is too cutting-edge, others may not be able to produce it. Therefore, you can design a manufacturing process to guide others on how to produce the equipment.”

Yang Qi said, “The technology extrapolation system already has a large number of industrial product manufacturing processes, and we already have the relevant technology, so just give me a bit of time, and I will be able to design a complete set of manufacturing processes. However, the equipment our nuclear power station needs requires very high production precision, and it also has special material requirements. I believe that currently, there is not a single factory capable of producing products that meet our needs.”

As Yang Qi completed the Technology Tree, some technologies had already reached the world-leading level, and most of the technologies were in line with the world level, with only a few lagging behind the advanced world standard. Therefore, in terms of technological level alone, Yan Fei's technological level had already surpassed The United States of America, and the gap he now faced with The United States was in manufacturing process and production capacity.

Manufacturing processes require accumulation over time, and production capacity also needs to be gradually improved, so Yan Fei's strength would not catch up with The United States in a short period of time. But when it came to producing high-tech products, The United States was no longer Yan Fei's match. With the mini-production workshop in hand, as long as he was willing to expend energy points, he could significantly increase production precision, allowing him to quickly produce high-tech products that other countries would need a long time to manufacture. His only worry was the lack of manufacturing processes.

Therefore, Yan Fei said, “Don't worry, as long as you provide me with the manufacturing process, I will naturally be able to find a place to help you produce the equipment.”

Yang Qi nodded and said, “Give me a few days, and I will definitely give you a complete manufacturing process.”

Having solved one problem, Yan Fei felt somewhat happy and continued to ask, “Is there any other preliminary work that needs to be prepared?”

Yang Qi said, “We are going to build a nuclear power station, and for that, we need uranium as the nuclear fuel. Before the nuclear power station officially begins to operate and generate electricity, we must acquire a sufficient amount of uranium.”

Yan Fei said, “Uranium is a strategic material and very sensitive, indeed difficult to obtain. Do you have any good suggestions?”

Yang Qi said, “Uranium is widely distributed in nature, not just buried in the ground.”

Yan Fei's interest was piqued, and he asked, “Is there any other place where we can obtain uranium?”

Yang Qi said, “To my knowledge, sea water contains a large amount of uranium, though it exists in the form of ions, and the concentration of uranium ions in sea water is very low. However, I have designed a piece of equipment that can extract uranium from sea water, and the working principle and design plan of this equipment have been verified by the technology extrapolation system. With this equipment, we will be able to continuously obtain uranium from sea water.”

In fact, as soon as Yan Fei had learned they would be building a Super Nuclear Power Station, he had already considered the issue of obtaining uranium. There are many nuclear power stations in operation on Earth, but their technology is very outdated. The nuclear fuel cannot be completely burned, so they generate a large amount of nuclear waste. This waste has a very long half-life, and due to its strong radiation, it causes great harm to the natural environment. In order to deal with this nuclear waste, people bury it underground or seal it in lead barrels and throw it into the deep-sea trenches.

Therefore, Yan Fei planned to use drones to collect these discarded nuclear wastes from deep sea trenches for the nuclear power station's electricity generation. Yang Qi's Super Nuclear Power Station technology was very advanced, and even these nuclear wastes with very low uranium content could be used to generate electricity at the nuclear power station. If worse came to worst, Yan Fei would send out drones to quietly enter other countries' uranium mines underground to collect their uranium resources for use in electricity generation at the nuclear power station.

Yan Fei had his own plans, but he hadn't expected that a casual question to Yang Qi would give him a huge surprise. Yang Qi had actually given Yan Fei the ability to extract uranium from sea water. It was estimated that the uranium content in sea water amounted to 4 billion tons, more than 500 times the amount found on land – truly inexhaustible.

With this ability to extract uranium, Yan Fei no longer had to worry about obtaining uranium. Naturally, he no longer fancied stealing others' uranium resources or picking up their nuclear waste. Uranium resources are very sensitive; any quantity of them is calculated and accounted for by others, and even dumped nuclear waste is regularly checked. Should a shortage be discovered, it would surely incite a worldwide search, potentially causing trouble for Misty Island. Extracting uranium from sea water, however, would not be detected by anyone – a very safe and preferred method for Yan Fei.

Nevertheless, Yan Fei was still somewhat concerned and asked, “What is the principle behind this technique of extracting uranium from sea water?”

Yang Qi explained in detail, “The basic principle of my Uranium Extraction Equipment is the Superconducting Magnetic Separation Method. By utilizing the superconducting magnetic field of the superconducting magnets and the high gradient of the magnetic medium in the sorting chamber, a tremendous magnetic field is created to adsorb the uranium ions within a certain range of sea water. Then, these uranium ions undergo a reaction to be reduced back to uranium. Forming a superconducting magnetic field requires a large amount of electric energy, so a large amount of electricity needs to be invested at the start. However, once our Super Nuclear Power Station starts operating and we have the station's electricity supply, we won't have to worry about a shortage of electricity anymore.”

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