Experts from two American analysis organizations said that China seems to be establishing a large -scale laser fusion research center in the southwestern city.
They said that they can help nuclear weapons design and work explore the development of power generation.
Satellite photos (such as the following photos) show four remote “weapons”. They will accommodate laser brackets and a central experimental bay that will accommodate a target room containing hydrogen isotopes. Energy, Decker Eveleth, Decker Eveleth, Decker Eveleth, researchers, researchers in the United States Independent Research Organization CNA CORPexplain.
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The layout of this website is similar to $ 3.5 billion US National ignition facility (NIF) Compared with laser, in 2022, it has more energy-“scientific lubrication” from the fusion reaction compared with laser.
EVELETH estimated by Analysts of James Martin's Non -Proliferation Research Center (CNS) estimates that the Chinese factory's experimental bay is about 50 % of the current NIF NIF.
The development has not been reported.
“Any country with NIF -type facilities can also increase their confidence and improve existing weapon design, and promote the design of future bomb design without testing the bomb design in the future.” Henry L (Henry L (Henry L .) Nuclear policy analyst William Alberque. Steimson Center said.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Reuters questions to “competent authorities”. The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology did not respond to the request of comment.
The Office of the National Intelligence Director refused to comment.
In November 2020, Marshall Billingslea released satellite images, Marshall Billingslea, who said the establishment of Chinese nuclear weapons support facilities. It includes a mianyang image, which shows a picture of a picture marked as a “new research or production area since 2010”.
According to the architectural files shared with Eveleth with Reuters, the picture is the location of the fusion research center, called Laser Fusion's main device laboratory.
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Relding fusion fuel enables researchers to study this way of reaction, and one day they may use the most abundant resources (hydrogen) of the universe to create clean power supply. It also enables them to check the subtle differences of explosion, otherwise explosive testing is needed.
The comprehensive nuclear test ban, China and the United States are signed by China and the nuclear explosion is prohibited in all environments.
The national “sub -critical” explosion test is allowed, and these tests will not produce nuclear reactions. Laser fusion research is also allowed, called inertial restrictions.
Senior researcher at the Institute of Freman Stapigri International Institute, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and another major nuclear weapon research institution in the United States, Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Sigfrid Hick (SIEGFRied Hecker) said that in the test, tests were prohibited, and the sub -critical and laser fusion experiments were prohibited from maintaining the reliability of safe, security, security and security, and security.
However, for countries that have not performed too much testing, he said that-China has tested 45 types of nuclear weapons, while the United States is 1,054 nuclear weapons-the value of this experiment is not so valuable because they do not have a large number of data sets as the basis.
Heck said, “I don't think this will change a lot.” “So … I don't care about China to lead its nuclear facilities.”
Other nuclear powers such as France, Britain, and Russia also operate inertial restrictions in integration facilities.
Omar Hurricane, chief scientist operating NIF inertia limit fusion plan, said the scale of these facilities reflects the estimation of the target to ignite to achieve ignition.
Hurricane said: “These days, I think you may be able to build a facility with the same energy, even more energetic than NIF and larger footprints.” However, he added that in the case of too small, the experimental fusion seems to seem to be too small. It is impossible.
Hurricane said that the fusion research center operating laser -driven in other countries itself is not the cause of alarm.
He said: “It is difficult to stop scientific progress and shrink back.” “People can use science for different means and different purposes. This is a complicated issue.”
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