Nuclear Reactions: A Complex Legacy — The Complicated History of the First Nuclear Chain Reaction
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Nuclear Reactions: A Complex Legacy — The Complicated History of the First Nuclear Chain Reaction
The first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction (Chicago Pile 1, "CP1") occurred on December 2, 1942 at the University of Chicago. Seventy-five years after the dawn of the Atomic Age, scholars illustrate the complex legacy of nuclear energy and the discovery that profoundly changed warfare, science, medicine, energy, and ...
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