Melvin A. Miller of the Argonne National Laboratory, Public domain
Artifact
Chicago Pile-1
The first nuclear reactor, built under a grandstand at the University of Chicago.
- Dates
- 2 Dec 1942
- Wikidata
- Q284681
Connections 2
developed by
- Enrico Fermi 1942 Primary record 1
located in
Timeline 2 dates
- 1942 Enrico Fermi developed Chicago Pile-1
- 2 Dec 1942 Chicago Pile-1
Proof 1 source
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Manhattan Project: CP-1 Goes Critical, December 2, 1942, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet), 1999.
Primary record
As Fermi completed one final calculation his face broke into a broad smile and he announced "the reaction is self-sustaining."
In an abandoned squash court under the west grandstand of the University of Chicago's Stagg Field
Page history 1 change
- Add the stories of the bomb and the crash of 20087f68c15
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