Chicago Pile-5
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Chicago Pile-5
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Chicago Pile-5 (CP-5) was the last of the line of Chicago Pile research reactors which started with CP-1 in 1942. The first reactor built on the Argonne National Laboratory campus in DuPage county, it operated from 1954-1979. CP-5 was a thermal-neutron reactor using enriched uranium as fuel and heavy water as coolant and as a neutron moderator. It produced neutrons for use in research. The reactor had an output rating of 5 megawatts. Cleanup and decommissioning of the site of CP-5 was started in
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Thermal-neutron research reactor at Argonne National Laboratory (1954–1979)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-5
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2023-11-07T16:24:10Z
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