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First French Controlled Chain Reaction

France · Science / Nuclear Power. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1948

Lew Kowarski15 December 1948

Fontenay-aux-Roses · Science / Nuclear Power

Achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction on French territory.

Names involved

Lew Kowarski

Provenance

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