Chicago Pile-1 Criticality
Enrico Fermi and the Manhattan Project team achieve the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), a pivotal moment in the development of atomic energy and weaponry.
Key Figures
Causal neighbors · 142 linked moments
D
2010
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1945
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1941
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1941
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1942
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1942
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C
1942
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1947
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1947
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1948
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1948
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E
1946
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I
1947
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H
1944
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E
1945
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D
1951
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I
1947
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D
1946
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I
1948
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P
1936
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A
1936
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U
1945
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T
1945
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E
1946
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I
1947
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P
1948
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T
1945
· same era
E
1946
· same era
P
1948
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E
1946
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I
1947
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H
1944
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E
1945
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D
1951
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I
1947
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D
1946
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