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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Predicate Object
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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