Yu Min is a famous nuclear physicist in China. Born in 1926, Tianjin, with strong learning ability. 1944 was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering in Peking University, and 1946 was transferred to the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science to start studying theoretical physics. 1949, he just came to the graduate school of Peking University Forestry College with the first grade in the whole department.

Because the research on nuclear physics in China is very urgent, Yu Min responded to the call of the country and spent four years studying from scratch. Although his study materials are extremely limited, he still grasps the overall development trend and related research hotspots of international nuclear physics, and has written many internationally sensational papers in this field.

At that time, Japanese expert Asanaga Ichiro came to China to visit Min. When he learned that Yu Min had neither been abroad nor been taught by any foreign tutor, he admired Yu Min as the first soil expert in China.

1952165438+1October, the first hydrogen bomb developed by the United States exploded successfully. Because the relevant countries have developed hydrogen bombs one after another, China has naturally included its research in its upcoming development plan. 196 1 years ago, Qian Sanqiang secretly called Yu Min to his office and asked him to explore the hydrogen bomb theory. Although Yu Min doesn't like this task, he knows the great significance of this task to the country and accepts it gladly.

1964, China's first atomic bomb exploded successfully. The superior instructed everyone to complete the 1968 hydrogen bomb explosion experiment.

Therefore, he and the relevant task team he led worked around the clock to calculate.

During this period, he finally solved various important technical problems of the hydrogen bomb. 1965, Yumin configuration was proposed. There are only two hydrogen bomb configurations in the world, one is the T-U configuration of the United States, and the other is the civilian configuration of China. The sensitive configuration is more stable, safer and has a longer validity period.

After that, Yu Min immediately participated in and led the research and development of the second generation strategic nuclear weapons. 1986, Yu Min analyzed the development trend of nuclear weapons in the world, and thought that the development of the United States and weapons was close to the limit, so in order to monopolize the project, he would definitely speed up negotiations and prevent other countries from conducting nuclear tests.

His report won China ten years. During these ten years, China has mastered the neutron bomb technology and become a country with considerable voice in the field of nuclear technology.

Yu Min's contribution to China's hydrogen bomb is indelible. He has been buried for more than 30 years, but his great achievements will remain in the history of China's development forever.