Chicago Photograph - First Nuclear Reactor Cp-1 by Gary Sheahan/us National Archives And Records Administration/science Photo Library

First Nuclear Reactor Cp-1 is a photograph by Gary Sheahan/us National Archives And Records Administration/science Photo Library which was uploaded on February 25th, 2021.

First Nuclear Reactor Cp-1

First nuclear reactor. Artwork showing the moment when the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), became self-sustaining. This... more

by Gary Sheahan/us National Archives And Records Administration/science Photo Library

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Title

First Nuclear Reactor Cp-1

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Gary Sheahan/us National Archives And Records Administration/science Photo Library

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First nuclear reactor. Artwork showing the moment when the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), became self-sustaining. This historic event took place at 15:22 local time on 2nd December 1942, in a racquets court at the University of Chicago, USA. The reactor, using uranium fuel with graphite control rods, was built under the supervision of Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. The final control rod was operated by George Weil (lower centre), while Fermi (upper left) monitored the nuclear activity. This work led to the production of the fuel for the first atom bombs, as part of the Manhattan Project.

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February 25th, 2021