Nicknamed “Chicago Pile-1,” the world’s first nuclear reactor kicked off the Atomic Age and has ... chemists and engineers of the time—including Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner. Hundreds ...
All U.S. nuclear reactors, which currently provide more than half of the nation's carbon-free power, are first- or ...
December — Dr. Enrico Fermi achieves the ... uranium device moderated with graphite. Fermi conducted the process using the first demonstration reactor, known as Chicago Pile 1.