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Where was the world's first nuclear reactor built and by whom?

Question #149693. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 23 2023.
Originally posted Aug 23 2023 8:10 PM.

psnz

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psnz

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Did they tell the neighbours?

Chicago Pile 1 was the world's first nuclear reactor, built in 1942 by Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi. The reactor was built underneath the University of Chicago's Stagg Field football stadium.

https://www.ne.anl.gov/About/reactors/early-reactors.shtml

This and other early nuclear reactors were designed by the Metallurgical Laboratory (Manhattan Project), the predecessor of Argonne National laboratory. The latter was founded by Enrico Fermi and others from the Manhattan Group.

Response last updated by psnz on Aug 23 2023.
Aug 23 2023, 8:11 PM

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