Chicago Pile-1

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Chicago Pile-1 was the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, achieving the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942 under the leadership of Enrico Fermi.

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Generate an image of Chicago Pile-1 (Chicago Pile-1 was the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, achieving the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942 under the leadership of Enrico Fermi.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical experimental facility ⓘ
nuclear reactor ⓘ
research reactor ⓘ
achieved first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ⓘ
associatedWith Enrico Fermi ⓘ
Herbert L. Anderson ⓘ
Leo Szilard ⓘ
Samuel K. Allison ⓘ
Walter Zinn ⓘ
chiefDesigner Enrico Fermi ⓘ
constructionMaterial graphite ⓘ
uranium metal ⓘ
uranium oxide ⓘ
controlMechanism cadmium control rods ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfFirstCriticality 1942-12-02 ⓘ
decommissioned 1943 ⓘ
fuel uranium ⓘ
fuelType natural uranium ⓘ
fundedBy Manhattan Engineer District ⓘ
United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark (site) ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
locatedAt University of Chicago ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Stagg Field ⓘ
locatedInStructure squash court under the West Stands of Stagg Field ⓘ
maximumPowerDuringOperation about 200 watts ⓘ
memorial Henry Moore sculpture "Nuclear Energy" ⓘ
memorialLocatedAt University of Chicago campus ⓘ
moderator graphite ⓘ
operator Metallurgical Laboratory ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
partOf Manhattan Project ⓘ
projectLeader Enrico Fermi ⓘ
purpose demonstrate feasibility of a controlled nuclear chain reaction ⓘ
provide data for reactor design ⓘ
support development of nuclear weapons ⓘ
reasonForDecommissioning safety concerns about operating in a densely populated area ⓘ
relocatedTo Argonne site in Palos Park, Illinois ⓘ
safetyFeature emergency safety control rod (ZIP rod) ⓘ
squad of men with buckets of cadmium-salt solution ⓘ
squad of men with buckets of indium-salt solution ⓘ
squad of men with buckets of manganese-salt solution ⓘ
shape roughly spherical pile ⓘ
significance world’s first artificial nuclear reactor ⓘ
structure stacked graphite blocks with uranium ⓘ
successor Chicago Pile-2 ⓘ
supervisedBy Arthur H. Compton ⓘ
thermalPower about 0.5 watts at first criticality ⓘ

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Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory → associatedWithFacility → Chicago Pile-2 ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory → associatedWithFacility → Chicago Pile-3 ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Met Lab → notableWork → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Enrico Fermi → significantProject → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Leo Szilard → coDesigned → Chicago Pile-1 experiments ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Chicago Pile-1 site ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
X-10 graphite reactor → relatedFacility → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
X-10 Project → precededBy → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Walter Zinn → notableWork → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Leona Woods → notableWork → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Herbert L. Anderson → notableAchievement → helped construct and operate Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Woodlawn, Chicago → hasLandmark → Chicago Pile-1 site ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
George Weil → notableWork → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
George Weil → partOf → Chicago Pile-1 team ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Nuclear Energy → commemorates → Chicago Pile-1 experiment ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Chicago Pile-2 → predecessor → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Chicago Pile-2 → builtFromComponentsOf → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Stagg Field → associatedWith → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Chicago Pile-3 → predecessor → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
A Petition to the President of the United States → associatedWith → Chicago Pile research group ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Metallurgical Laboratory → notableEvent → Chicago Pile-1 criticality ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Pile-1
Metallurgical Laboratory → locationOf → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
Walter H. Zinn → notableWork → Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ