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Chicago Pile-1

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From Chicago to Hanford
Birthplace of Atomic Energy
Boosting Morale in Chicago
Chicago Pile-1 Goes Critical
Eyewitness to the Atomic Age
Reflecting on CP-1
Sizing Up “Nuclear Energy”
Chicago Pile-1: A Brick History
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Quick Fact:
Manhattan Project scientists generated the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction under the West Stands of Stagg Field on December 2, 1942.