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Enrico Fermi

Department of Energy-Office of Public Affairs, restored by Yann, Public domain

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Enrico Fermi

Physicist who led the team that built the first nuclear reactor, in Chicago.

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Dates
1901–1954
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Q8753

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  1. 1901–1954 Enrico Fermi
  2. 1942 Enrico Fermi developed Chicago Pile-1
Proof 2 sources
  1. Manhattan Project: Debate Over How to Use the Bomb, Late Spring 1945, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of History and Heritage Resources (OSTI OpenNet), 1999. Primary record
    Robert Oppenheimer , Enrico Fermi , Arthur Compton , and Ernest Lawrence served as scientific advisors
  2. 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."
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