Günter Wirths
Günter Wirths | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1, 1911 |
| Died | January 26, 2005 (aged 93) Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Known for | Soviet program of nuclear weapons |
| Awards | Stalin Prize (1950) Order of the Red Flag (1950) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear chemistry |
| Institutions | Auergesellschaft AG Plant No. 12 in Elektrostal Degussa AG |
| Thesis | Komplexe in einigen salzschmelzen (1936) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Noddack |
Günter Wirths (1 June 1911 – 26 January 2005) was a German nuclear chemist in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons and an authority on the uranium metal production, especially on the reactor-grade.
Until the fall of Berlin in 1945, Wirths was employed with the Auergesellschaft AG in the production of uranium for the Heereswaffenamt as part of their Uranverein club.
After taken into the Soviet custody, he became one of many German nuclear physicists who were involved in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons in Russia and returned to Germany in 1955 where he later worked at the Degussa AG chemical company.