Abstract: This study is one of the cases of nuclear scientific exchanges between the UK and China during the Cold War. With the leadership of Chadwick and Rotblat, the Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, became an important center of nuclear physics in the UK, mainly focusing on nuclear reactions using large cyclotrons. Chen-Tsoong Young collaborated with Holt, studying Deuteron Clipping Reaction from 1946 to 1950; Chuan-Tseng Tai was supervised by Rotblat from 1947 to 1951, in the study of nuclear emulsions and Deuteron Clipping Reaction. Both of them achieved doctoral degrees. This paper aims to review the research experiences of Young and Tai in Liverpool through primary archives and related literature. They were involved in the cutting-edge research and made significant progress by virtue of advanced research conditions. After returning to China, they made remarkable contributions to the development of nuclear science in China, especially their early research work clearly reflected their experiences during their time in Liverpool.

Key Words: Chen-Tsoong Young; Chuan-Tseng Tai; UK-educated; Experimental nuclear physics