Chicago Pile-1
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Chicago Pile-1 was the first artificial nuclear reactor. 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.
Stagg Field reactor
Pupin Hall at Columbia University
One of at least 29 experimental piles that were constructed in 1942 under the West Stands of Stagg Field. Each tested elements incorporated into the final design.
Carpenter Augustus Knuth, in the process of jointing a wooden block for the timber frame
Manhattan Project
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The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingd
Chicago Pile-1
…was initiated in CP-1 during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi. The secret development of the reactor was the first major technical achievement for the Manhattan Project, the Allied effort to create nuclear weapons during World War II. Developed by the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago, CP-1 was built…
K25 Aerial
Hanford B Reactor
HD.4G.053
German Experimental Pile Haigerloch April 1945