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Friday Nuclear Matinee – Argonne Nuclear Pioneers: Chicago Pile 1

July 17, 2015, 6:04PMANS Nuclear Cafe

This week's feature is a six and a half minute video from Argonne National Laboratory.

"On December 2, 1942, 49 scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) went critical and produced the world's first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction. Seventy years later, two of the last surviving CP-1 pioneers, Harold Agnew and Warren Nyer, recall that historic day."

Click here to watch "Argonne Nuclear Pioneers: Chicago Pile 1."

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