Lin Junde (Chinese: 林俊德; pinyin: Lín Jùndé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Chùn-tek; 13 March 1938 – 31 May 2012) was a Chinese explosion mechanics scientist and researcher at Xinjiang Malan Nuclear Test Base. He had spent 52 years working in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, participating in the nuclear tests there.[2]
Lin Junde | |
|---|---|
林俊德 | |
 | |
| Born | March 13, 1938 |
| Died | May 31, 2012 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Malan Nuclear Test Base[1] |
| Alma mater | Zhejiang University |
| Spouse |
Huang Jianqin
(m. 1967; died 2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanics of explosion |
| Institutions | Xinjiang Malan Nuclear Test Base |
He held the rank of major general (shao jiang) in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Biography
editLin was born in Jiefu Township of Yongchun County, Quanzhou, China on March 13, 1938. After graduating from Zhejiang University in 1960, he was assigned to study at PLA Military Institute of Engineering in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. In May 1963 he was transferred to the PLA General Equipment Department, where he headed the development of pressure recorder for measuring nuclear explosion shock wave. From the explosion of China's first atomic bomb in 1964 to the last underground nuclear test in 1996, he participated in all 45 nuclear tests in China.
In 1993 he was promoted to the rank of major general (shao jiang).
In 2001 he was accepted as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
On May 31, 2012, he died of cholangiocarcinoma at the Tangdu Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi.[3] Before he died, he said: "I've only done one thing in my life, nuclear test. I'm very satisfied."[4]
In February 2013, he was honored as one of the "Ten People Who Moved China".
Personal life
editIn 1967 Lin married Huang Jianqin (Chinese: 黄建琴), who was his colleague at Xinjiang Malan Nuclear Test Base.[5]
Awards
edit- 1969 3rd Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award
- 2013 Order of Heroic Exemplar for Distinguished Scientist (Devoted to the cause of National Defense Technology)
References
edit- ^ 林俊德院士：死后将我埋在马兰. chinamil.com.cn (in Chinese). 2012-09-29.
- ^ "China honors army role models to boost morale". Chinadaily. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ 核试验领域院士林俊德病逝 身上插满管子仍在工作. 163 (in Chinese). 2018-04-26.
- ^ 林俊德是谁？! 14亿中国人 ,欠他一句谢谢！. 163 (in Chinese). 2018-04-30.
- ^ 马兰谣——林俊德院士的妻子黄建琴如是说. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2012-09-24.