Karl Rambusch
Karl Rambusch (born January 15, 1918 in Jena , † June 25, 1999 in Berlin ) was a German physicist and nuclear engineer .
Life
Karl Rambusch learned the profession of precision mechanic at the Carl Zeiss works in Jena and worked there from 1936 to 1938. From 1938 Rambusch studied at the Hildburghausen technical center. During the Nazi regime he participated in the resistance activities of the Neubauer-Poser group . In the last days of the war he blew up the NSDAP district leadership in Jena with an explosive charge , so that the organization of the Volkssturm was severely hampered.
After the Second World War , he studied physics at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena from 1946 to 1952 and, beginning during his studies, was involved in the development of the first electron microscope in the GDR . In 1953 he became head of the Nautical-Hydrographic Institute in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . In 1955 he was appointed head of the Office for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Technology . In November of the same year he also became secretary of the Scientific Council for the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy . Rambusch played a key role in the construction of the first research reactor delivered from the Soviet Union in the Central Institute for Nuclear Research in Rossendorf in 1957. In addition, as director of the VEB development and project planning of nuclear facilities, he prepared the construction of the Rheinsberg nuclear power plant , of which he was director 1963–1966 and 1967–1969. 1966–1969 he was also General Director of VEB Kombinat Kernenergetik and then technical director at VEB Kombinat Kraftwerkanlagenbau until his retirement in 1978 .
Rambusch was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in 1975 . In 1974 he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and 1978 in gold.
literature
- Horst Kant : Rambusch, Karl . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Honorable memory. Karl Rambusch (Obituary of the Leibniz Society ) (PDF file)
Web links
- Members of the predecessor academies. Karl Rambusch. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on May 29, 2015 (with short biography).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local history guide Thuringia, p. 155
- ^ Peaceful use of atomic energy in the GDR , In: Neues Deutschland , November 11, 1955, p. 1.
- ^ New members of the academy , In: Berliner Zeitung , May 31/1. June 1975, p. 13.
- ^ New Germany, 29./30. April 1978, p. 6.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rambusch, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and nuclear technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1999 |
| Place of death | Berlin |