Chicago Pile-3
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Chicago Pile-3
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Chicago Pile-3 (CP-3) was the world's first heavy water reactor. One of the first research reactors, it was constructed in 1943 at Site A, a research facility around ten miles outside the city of Chicago. Joining CP-1/CP-2, it first went critical on 15 May 1944, and was at first used in the experimental physics work of the Metallurgical Laboratory for the Manhattan Project. After a rebuilding in 1950, its useful research-life ended when it was deactivated in 1954. CP-3 was initially fueled with
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First heavy water reactor in the world
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-3
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2024-03-31T14:37:29Z
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