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Zoe Reactor Criticality

Name: Zoe Reactor Criticality – France factsheet records
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France · Science / Nuclear Power. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1948Date range

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Chronological records

1948

Lew Kowarski15 December 1948

Fontenay-aux-Roses · Science / Nuclear Power

Helps bring Frances first experimental nuclear reactor to criticality.

Names involved

Lew Kowarski

Provenance

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