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Graphite Reactor Design Work

United States of America · Science / Nuclear Power. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1942

Eugene Wigner1942

Chicago · Science / Nuclear Power

Contributes reactor theory and neutron-economy calculations to early plutonium-production reactor designs.

Names involved

Eugene Wigner

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