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feb 4, 1943 - FIrst self-sustained nuclear reaction

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Under the direction of Italian scientist Enrico Fermi, the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction is achieved in the Chicago Pile-1 nuclear reactor.

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feb 4, 1943
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~ 82 years ago