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First Fission Reactor
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:34 am
by MSimon
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:43 pm
by ohiovr
Enrico Fermi operated the first self sustaining chain reacting pile. Its power output was about 100 watts IIRC. This was a while before the atomic bomb.
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:13 pm
by pfrit
As an aside, my dad has a piece of the graphite from this pile.
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:25 am
by ohiovr
Cool that's a piece of history!
