First Fission Reactor

Discuss fusion-related developments, personalities, and events. Explore how we got to where we are today.

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First Fission Reactor

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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.

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As an aside, my dad has a piece of the graphite from this pile.
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Cool that's a piece of history!

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