Wilfrid Bennett Lewis
Wilfrid Bennett Lewis , CC , CBE , FRSC , FRS (born June 24, 1908 in Castle Carrock, Cumberland , England , † January 10, 1987 in Deep River , Ontario ) was a Canadian physicist and nuclear technician who played a major role in the development and its Organization for the Canadian CANDU nuclear reactor was involved.
Life
Lewis graduated from the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory with a PhD in physics in 1934. He continued his research in nuclear physics there until 1939. From 1939 to 1946 he worked for the Air Ministry , most recently as Chief Superintendent of the Telecommunications Research Establishment . In 1946 he moved to Canada in exchange for JD Cockcroft , where he worked as head of the nuclear energy research department at the National Research Council of Canada at Chalk River Laboratories . From 1952 he worked for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), from 1952 to 1963 as its Vice President for Research and Development, then from 1963 to 1973 as Vice President and Scientific Director.
From the mid-1940s, Lewis led the development of the CANDU system, which uses natural uranium as a nuclear fuel and heavy water (deuterium oxide) to control the flow of neutrons. In commercial operation, this system is characterized by its particular economy and high level of security. The AECL also became the world leader in the production of radioisotopes for medical purposes.
From 1973 until his death in 1987, Lewis was a Distinguished Professor of Science at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
From 1955 to 1987 he represented Canada on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Secretary General of the United Nations , and until 1971 also at the Geneva nuclear conferences . He was also a member of the scientific advisory board for the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In 1994 Ruth Fawcett published his biography under the title Nuclear Pursuits .
Honors
- In 1945 he was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society in London.
- In 1946 he was appointed Commander of the British Empire .
- In 1964 he received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Saskatchewan .
- In 1966 he was the first to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Public Service of Canada .
- In 1967 he was accepted as a Companion in the Order of Canada .
- In 1967, on November 14th, together with Isidor I. Rabi and Bertrand L. Goldschmidt, he received the American Atoms for Peace Award from the Ford Foundation.
- In 1972 he received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of London.
- In 1981 he received the from the United States Department of Energy awarded Enrico Fermi Award .
literature
- DM LeBourdais: Canada and the Atomic Revolution , Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1959.
- Wilfrid Eggleston: Canada's Nuclear Story , Toronto, Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1965.
- G. Bruce Doern: Science and Politics in Canada , Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1972.
- G. Bruce Doern, Robert W. Morrison (eds.): Canadian Nuclear Policies , Montreal, The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1980, ISBN 0-920380-25-5 .
- Robert Bothwell: Nucleus: The History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited , Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8020-2670-2 .
- Ruth Fawcett: Nuclear Pursuits: The Scientific Biography of Wilfrid Bennett Lewis , Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.
- Eugene Critoph (project coordinator): Canada Enters the Nuclear Age: A Technical History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited , Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-7735-1601-8 .
- Paul Litt: Isotopes and Innovation: MDS Nordion's First Fifty Years, 1946-1996 , Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-7735-2082-1 .
- G. Bruce Doern, Arslan Dorman, Robert W. Morrison (Eds.): Canadian Nuclear Energy Policy: Changing Ideas, Institutions, and Interests , Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8020-4788-2 .
- Michael D. Mehta: Risky Business: Nuclear Power and Public Protest in Canada , Lanham, Maryland, USA, Lexington Books, 2005, ISBN 0-7391-0910-3 .
- Duane Bratt: The Politics of CANDU Exports , Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8020-9091-5 .
swell
- Wilfrid Bennett Lewis (September 1, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive ) on cns-snc.ca, the Canadian Nuclear Society website, December 7, 2009
- Wilfrid Bennett Lewis ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
Remarks
- ^ According to the Canadian Nuclear Society, the Canadian Encyclopedia gives London .
- ↑ a b IAEA Bulletin 134 ( Memento from September 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), viewed December 14, 2009 (PDF, English; 369 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lewis, Wilfrid Bennett |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lewis, Bennett; Lewis, W. Bennett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian nuclear physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castle Carrock, Cumberland , England or London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1987 |
| Place of death | Deep River , Ontario |