Alvin Weinberg
Alvin Weinberg · Science & Medicine
Physicist; nuclear reactor design and molten-salt reactors
1915, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 2006, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
United States
Alvin Weinberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; nuclear reactor design and molten-salt reactors
Alvin Weinberg was a physicist and long-time director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory who co-invented the pressurized-water reactor concept and championed molten-salt reactors and the safe, peaceful use of nuclear energy; he also coined the term 'Big Science.' He came from a Jewish immigrant family in Chicago.
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Physicist; nuclear reactor design and molten-salt reactors
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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