Huang Shengnian
The renowned Chinese nuclear physicist Huang Shengnian died on Jan. 8 in Beijing at the age of 77. The academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences finished the neutron background measuring of metallic uranium components of China's first atomic bomb without any direct reference materials.
The former consultant of China Institute of Atomic Energy was born in 1932 in Jiangsu Province in south part of China. Huang studied physics at Tsinghua University from 1950 to 1952 and at Leningrad University of Russia from 1952 to 1955.
Back to China in 1956, the physicist pioneered China's research on neutron physics and nuclear fission physics. Huang was the first to discover some new phenomenon during low energy period of light charged particles. Later, he clarified certain key nuclear data used during nuclear energy utilization that had been at variance globally.
In 1991, Huang was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He had been working for China Institute of Atomic Energy of the CNNC.
The last respects to Huang were paid at Babaoshan Funeral Parlour in Beijing by a huge turn-out of Chinese national leaders including President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, etc.
