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Rudolf Schulten | |
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 Rudolf Schulten | |
| Born | August 16, 1923 |
| Died | April 27, 1996 (aged 72) |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Known for | the main developer of the pebble bed reactor design |
| Awards | Otto Hahn Prize(1972) Werner von Siemens Ring(1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Doctoral advisor | Werner Heisenberg |
Rudolf Schulten (16 August 1923 – 27 April 1996)—professor at RWTH Aachen University—was the main developer of the pebble bed reactor design, which was originally invented by Farrington Daniels. Schulten's concept compacts silicon carbide-coated uranium granules into hard, billiard-ball-like graphite spheres to be used as fuel for a new high temperature, helium-cooled type of nuclear reactor.