On 2 December 1942, in a squash court beneath the stands of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, the reactor called Chicago Pile-1 went critical under the direction of Enrico Fermi: the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Energy from the atomic nucleus passed that afternoon from theory to engineering.
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Milestone Year Milestone Date LocationUniversity of Chicago, Illinois, United States 1 Connections
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Szilard co-built Chicago Pile 1 with Enrico Fermi and co-holds the chain reaction patent.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.Britannica, 'nuclear reactor' article, History of reactor development section
On December 2, 1942, Fermi reported having produced the first self-sustaining chain reaction. His reactor, later called Chicago Pile No. 1 (CP-1), was made of pure graphite in which uranium metal slugs were loaded toward the centre with uranium oxide lumps around the edges.
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Chicago Pile-1, first self-sustaining chain reaction
On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1 during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi.
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On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1 during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi.
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