15 December 1948
First French Controlled Chain Reaction
Achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction on French territory.
Historical place archive
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Achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction on French territory.
Leads work culminating in France's first nuclear reactor.
Helps bring Frances first experimental nuclear reactor to criticality.
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