Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

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The Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory was a key Manhattan Project research center at the University of Chicago where scientists developed nuclear reactor technology and laid the groundwork for the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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instanceOf Manhattan Project research laboratory
nuclear research facility
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Chicago Pile-1
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codeName Met Lab
contributedTo design of Hanford production reactors
development of nuclear fuel fabrication techniques
development of reactor control methods
country United States of America
surface form: United States
director Arthur H. Compton
endTime 1946
fieldOfWork metallurgy
nuclear physics
plutonium production research
radiation chemistry
reactor engineering
historicalSignificance early center of nuclear reactor theory and experimentation
major scientific component of the Manhattan Project in the Midwest
keyPerson Enrico Fermi
Eugene Wigner
Glenn T. Seaborg
Herbert L. Anderson
James Franck
John Archibald Wheeler
surface form: John A. Wheeler

Leo Szilard
Walter Zinn
locatedIn University of Chicago
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surface form: Metallurgical Laboratory building
locatedInCity Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
locatedInState Illinois
militaryBranchPartner United States Army
notableAchievement laid groundwork for first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
operatedBy University of Chicago
operatedFor Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
partOf Manhattan Project
primaryFocus design of plutonium production reactors
development of nuclear reactor technology
researchArea graphite-moderated reactors
health physics
heavy-water-moderated reactors
plutonium metallurgy
radiation safety
uranium metallurgy
sponsoredBy United States government
startTime 1942
successor Argonne National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Manhattan Project site Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Met Lab alsoKnownAs Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Met Lab alsoKnownAs Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Met Lab dissolvedInto Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
this entity surface form: University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies
Chicago Pile-1 operator Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Argonne National Laboratory predecessor Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Leo Szilard workedAt Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Eugene Wigner employer Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Manhattan Project sites hasPart Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Stagg Field, University of Chicago usedBy Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Stagg Field, University of Chicago associatedWith Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Franck Report commissionedBy Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Walter Zinn employer Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Leona Woods employer Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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British Mission to the Manhattan Project location Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
George Weil placeOfWork Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Szilard petition createdAt Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Wigner Jenő Pál employer Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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Samuel Allison workLocation Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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