15 ore 25 min, 2 dic 1942 anni - First Nuclear Reactor
Descrizione:
Enrico Fermi initiates the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the Chicago Pile-1. The reactor's development was part of the Manhattan Project, the Allied effort to create atomic bombs during WWII. Fermi described the Chicago Pile-1 as "a crude pile of black bricks and wooden timbers".Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
15 ore 25 min, 2 dic 1942 anni
Adesso
~ 82 years ago