Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

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The Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory was a key Manhattan Project research center at the University of Chicago where scientists developed nuclear reactor technology and laid the groundwork for the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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instanceOf Manhattan Project research laboratory
nuclear research facility
associatedEvent Chicago Pile-1
associatedWithFacility Chicago Pile-1
Chicago Pile-2
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codeName Met Lab
contributedTo design of Hanford production reactors
development of nuclear fuel fabrication techniques
development of reactor control methods
country United States
director Arthur H. Compton
endTime 1946
fieldOfWork metallurgy
nuclear physics
plutonium production research
radiation chemistry
reactor engineering
historicalSignificance early center of nuclear reactor theory and experimentation
major scientific component of the Manhattan Project in the Midwest
keyPerson Enrico Fermi
Eugene Wigner
Glenn T. Seaborg
Herbert L. Anderson
James Franck
John A. Wheeler
Leo Szilard
Walter Zinn
locatedIn University of Chicago
locatedInBuilding Metallurgical Laboratory building
locatedInCity Chicago
locatedInState Illinois
militaryBranchPartner United States Army
notableAchievement laid groundwork for first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
operatedBy University of Chicago
operatedFor Manhattan Engineer District
United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf Manhattan Project
primaryFocus design of plutonium production reactors
development of nuclear reactor technology
researchArea graphite-moderated reactors
health physics
heavy-water-moderated reactors
plutonium metallurgy
radiation safety
uranium metallurgy
sponsoredBy United States government
startTime 1942
successor Argonne National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Manhattan Project site Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory locatedInBuilding Metallurgical Laboratory building
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Met Lab alsoKnownAs Metallurgical Laboratory
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Met Lab alsoKnownAs Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Met Lab dissolvedInto University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies
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Chicago Pile-1 operator Metallurgical Laboratory
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Argonne National Laboratory predecessor Metallurgical Laboratory
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Leo Szilard workedAt Metallurgical Laboratory
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Eugene Wigner employer Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago
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Manhattan Project sites hasPart Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago
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Stagg Field, University of Chicago usedBy Metallurgical Laboratory
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Stagg Field, University of Chicago associatedWith Metallurgical Laboratory
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Franck Report commissionedBy Metallurgical Laboratory
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Franck Report placeOfOrigin Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago
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Walter Zinn employer Metallurgical Laboratory
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Leona Woods employer Metallurgical Laboratory
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British Mission to the Manhattan Project location Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
George Weil placeOfWork Metallurgical Laboratory
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Chicago Pile-2 managedBy Metallurgical Laboratory
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Szilard petition createdAt Metallurgical Laboratory
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Atomic Quest workDescribed Metallurgical Laboratory (Chicago Met Lab)
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Wigner Jenő Pál employer Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago
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Samuel Allison workLocation Metallurgical Laboratory
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