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Enrico Fermi conducts first successful nuclear reactor test

Enrico Fermi conducts first successful nuclear reactor test

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Dr. Enrico Fermi conducts the first successful demonstration of a nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago football stadium. The reactor, code-named Chicago Pile-1, was a Manhattan Project test to simulate a critical man-made nuclear reaction. 

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1942
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