China Academy of Engineering Physics was founded in October 1958. The CAEP is China's organization conducting the research, development, and testing of nuclear weapons and related science. Formerly called the Ninth Institute, CAEP was initially located in Beijing. Major components of its nuclear program were relocated to Qinghai Province in the 1950s. After China's first nuclear test in 1964, major components of the CAEP and China's nuclear weapons research, development, and production were moved to Sichuan Province to avoid detection by foreign powers. The academy was formerly named the Ninth Academy of the Second Ministry of Machine Industry. It was renamed the China Academy of Engineering Physics in the 1980s.
Organization and notable scientists
The CAEP headquarters, since the 1980s, is in the 839 area of Mianyang and covers a land area of 5 km2. It's nicknamed Scientific Town. It has multiple components located in Beijing, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Chengdu and Shanghai. The CAEP staff has included as many as 10,000 researchers and technicians. Prominent Chinese scientists that have been leaders of the academy, include:
The CAEP has included as many as 14 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and 15 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, as well as many other outstanding Chinese scientists. Since the 1990s, the CAEP has included 12 research institutes and 15 national key laboratories. Its research areas include theoretical physics, plasma physics, engineering and material sciences, electronics and photo-electronics, materials chemistry and chemical engineering, computer science, and computational mathematics. Most of the names of the research organizations in the Mianyang area include "Southwest Institute" in their titles because they are located in the southwest part of China. The CAEP institutes include
Terahertz Research Center, Mianyang, Sichuan Province
Research Center of Laser Fusion, Mianyang, Sichuan Province
Selected papers and web sites
In addition to nuclear weapons research, CAEP performs basic research other applied research related to nuclear weapons research fields. Scientific papers published by members of the CAEP and the web sites of the CAEP include those listed below. Affiliations of CAEP institutes is included in the selected publications listed below.
"Investigation of Resonator BWO-Based Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere in the THz Region"; Yuwen Wang, Zhiwei Dong, Xun Zhou3, Zhenfei Luo; JCC> Vol.4 No.3; March 2017; Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China; Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China.; Terahertz Research Center, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China; Research Center of Laser Fusion, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China.
"Performance Evaluation of the Thick Pinhole Gamma Rays Diagnostic System", Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods, and Instruments; Vol.8 No.3, September 2018, Hongwei Xie, Jinchuan Chen, Linbo Li, Qiang Yi; Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China.
, Jul 24, 2017; abstract 275, "Shaped Charged Design and Experimental Research of Penetrating Concrete, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP
ICCS19 19th International Conference on Composite Structures, Abstract 1160, "Dynamic Behavior of Composite Shells Under Internal Blast Loading", August 1, 2016; Institute of Chemical Materials, CAEP, China
Materials for Advanced Energy Systems and Fission & Fusion Engineering: Proceedings of the Seventh China-Japan Symposium, Lanzhou, China; 29 Jul to 2 Aug 2002; "Leakage Rate of Combined Hemispherical Shells with D-T Neutrons", Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, PO Box 919-213, Mianyang 621900
