Enrico Fermi2 December 1942
Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor goes critical at the University of Chicago under the leadership and design of Enrico Fermi
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Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor goes critical at the University of Chicago under the leadership and design of Enrico Fermi
Leads the first controlled self-sustaining uranium chain reaction.
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