Aviva Gileadi

Aviva Gileadi
אביבה גלעדי
Aviva Gileadi in Soreq Nuclear Research Center in 1963
BornNovember 26, 1917
Budapest, Hungary
DiedJune 8, 2001
Tampa, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Budapest
University of Michigan (M.S.)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear Engineering and Physics
InstitutionsTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Argonne National Laboratory, Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) Reactor Facility
Aviva Gileadi in the Soreq Nuclear Research Center

Aviva E. Gileadi (In Hebrew: אביבה גלעדי, born Eva Fischmann November 26, 1917 – June 8, 2001[1]) was an Israeli nuclear scientist, a professor at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in the department of Nuclear Engineering. She was a specialist in the use of Nuclear reactors for energy production and Desalination. She was the first woman in the Western Bloc to receive a license for the operation of a nuclear reactor and the only one with such a license in 1963.[2]

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  2. ^ "No nuts in class". Maariv. November 22, 1963. pg. 42 (In Hebrew)