In other words, if the speed of grain boundary reconstruction can keep up with the speed of destruction, then it can be maintained forever and keep nuclear waste sealed.

Of course, this is only theoretical.

In fact, due to various external environmental interferences, grain boundary reconstruction cannot cycle indefinitely, but its current value has far exceeded that of traditional nuclear radiation protection materials.

Looking at Xu Chuan, who was standing aside with great indifference, Xi Xuebo's eyes were full of admiration.

Is this the strength of a Nobel Prize winner? Even if he crosses over into the materials industry, he can easily break the boundaries.

If he had developed this material by himself, he would have jumped up with excitement, but Xu Chuan remained calm, as if it was just a trivial matter.

.......

After getting the first round of radiation intensity confrontation test results, Xu Chuan held the results in his hand with a smile on his face.

As he expected, the modified and optimized ‘crystalline erbium zirconate’ material showed stronger performance in terms of radiation resistance or radiation stability.

The grain boundary loss rate of 2/10,000 in the first round of testing is the best proof.

Nuclear radiation, the sharp ion scalpel, has received a shield that can restrain it.

Using optimized ‘crystalline erbium zirconate’ materials to make storage containers, if there is no other interference, nuclear waste can be stored for at least 100,000 years.

When this time passes, nuclear waste will no longer be highly polluting.

After all, it takes time for atomic decay to release harmful radiation.

Although some nuclear waste will take 200,000 or 300,000 years, or even longer, to completely complete decay, most of the spent fuel rods in nuclear power plants only need a few thousand years.

In other words, within thousands of years, its harm can be reduced to a minimum.

If this project is just to develop a new type of nuclear waste preservation material, it can be said to be a success at this point.

As long as the optimized 'crystalline erbium zirconate' material passes other tests, it can be applied to the preservation of nuclear waste.

However, Xu Chuan’s purpose is not to develop a new type of nuclear waste preservation material. It is to reuse nuclear waste and turn it from an extremely difficult to treat pollutant into a new energy source!

For this goal, the successful development of ‘crystalline erbium zirconate’ materials is only the first step.

.......

After leaving the subsequent testing of the 'crystalline erbium zirconate' material to Han Jin, Xu Chuan returned to his laboratory with three scientific researchers.

For others, the successful development of the 'crystalline erbium zirconate' material is great news, but for him this is just the first step.

There are still many difficulties waiting for him in the future.

"Xi Xuebo, your job is to oxidize the gadolinium material in a pure oxygen environment, and then grind it into a powder with a diameter of less than ten nanometers."

"Lu Shun, your job is to purify boron carbide materials. The purity requirement is above 99.99..."

"Zhou Baht, your job is..."

In the laboratory, Xu Chuan assigned the preliminary preparation work for each project.

The success of the 'crystalline erbium zirconate' material proves that atomic recycling technology is feasible in the face of high-intensity nuclear radiation. The next step will naturally be to follow this idea to develop a material that can be used for nuclear waste.

Strong protective clothing for experimental work.
Chapter completed!