Savely Feinberg

Savely Feinberg
Савелий Фейнберг
Born(1910-12-24)24 December 1910
Died20 October 1973(1973-10-20) (aged 62)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality Russia
Citizenship Soviet Union
Alma materAzerbaijan Polytechnic Institute
Known forVVER reactors, Traveling wave reactor
AwardsStalin Prize (1953)
Lenin Prize (1960)
Kurchatov Medal (1973)
USSR State Prize (1974)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsSemenov Institute of Chemical Physics
Kurchatov Institute
Gromov Flight Research Institute
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

Savely Moiseevich Feinberg (Russian: Саве́лий Моисе́евич Фе́йнберг; 24 December 1910 – 20 October 1973) was a Soviet nuclear physicist who contributed to the design and development of VVER nuclear reactors.