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Reactor Science Legacy

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

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1954

Enrico Fermi1954

Chicago · Science / Nuclear Power

Leaves a lasting reactor-science legacy through the experimental methods, neutron calculations and controlled-chain-reaction work that helped establish nuclear engineering.

Names involved

Enrico Fermi

Provenance

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