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Chicago Pile-1 Chain Reaction

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

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1942

Leo Szilard2 December 1942

Chicago · Science / Nuclear Power

Participates in the Chicago Pile-1 experiment proving a controlled self-sustaining neutron chain reaction.

Names involved

Leo Szilard

Provenance

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