Chicago Pile-1
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Chicago Pile-1 was the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, achieving the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942 under the leadership of Enrico Fermi.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago Pile-1 canonical | 13 |
| Chicago Pile-1 site | 2 |
| Chicago Pile-1 experiment | 1 |
| Chicago Pile-1 experiments | 1 |
| Chicago Pile-1 team | 1 |
| Chicago Pile-2 | 1 |
| Chicago Pile-3 | 1 |
| helped construct and operate Chicago Pile-1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Chicago Pile-1 Context triple: [Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, associatedEvent, Chicago Pile-1]
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A.
K-West Reactor
K-West Reactor is one of the plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington State, historically used to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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Frisch–Peierls memorandum
The Frisch–Peierls memorandum was a pivotal 1940 document by physicists Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls that first outlined the feasibility of a small, practical uranium-based atomic bomb, helping to catalyze British and later Allied nuclear weapons research.
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C.
D Reactor
D Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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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E.
MAUD Report
The MAUD Report was a secret 1941 British scientific assessment that concluded an atomic bomb was feasible and helped spur the U.S. Manhattan Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Chicago Pile-1 Target entity description: Chicago Pile-1 was the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, achieving the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942 under the leadership of Enrico Fermi.
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A.
K-West Reactor
K-West Reactor is one of the plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington State, historically used to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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B.
Frisch–Peierls memorandum
The Frisch–Peierls memorandum was a pivotal 1940 document by physicists Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls that first outlined the feasibility of a small, practical uranium-based atomic bomb, helping to catalyze British and later Allied nuclear weapons research.
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C.
D Reactor
D Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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D.
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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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E.
MAUD Report
The MAUD Report was a secret 1941 British scientific assessment that concluded an atomic bomb was feasible and helped spur the U.S. Manhattan Project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical experimental facility
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nuclear reactor ⓘ research reactor ⓘ |
| achieved | first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Enrico Fermi
ⓘ
Herbert L. Anderson ⓘ Leo Szilard ⓘ Samuel K. Allison ⓘ Walter Zinn ⓘ |
| chiefDesigner | Enrico Fermi ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
graphite
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uranium metal ⓘ uranium oxide ⓘ |
| controlMechanism | cadmium control rods ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfFirstCriticality | 1942-12-02 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1943 ⓘ |
| fuel | uranium ⓘ |
| fuelType | natural uranium ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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surface form:
Manhattan Engineer District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
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| heritageStatus |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
National Historic Landmark (site)
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| inception | 1942 ⓘ |
| locatedAt | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | Stagg Field ⓘ |
| locatedInStructure | squash court under the West Stands of Stagg Field ⓘ |
| maximumPowerDuringOperation | about 200 watts ⓘ |
| memorial | Henry Moore sculpture "Nuclear Energy" ⓘ |
| memorialLocatedAt |
University of Chicago
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surface form:
University of Chicago campus
|
| moderator | graphite ⓘ |
| operator |
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
ⓘ
surface form:
Metallurgical Laboratory
University of Chicago ⓘ |
| partOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| projectLeader | Enrico Fermi ⓘ |
| purpose |
demonstrate feasibility of a controlled nuclear chain reaction
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provide data for reactor design ⓘ support development of nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| reasonForDecommissioning | safety concerns about operating in a densely populated area ⓘ |
| relocatedTo |
Argonne National Laboratory
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surface form:
Argonne site in Palos Park, Illinois
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| safetyFeature |
emergency safety control rod (ZIP rod)
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squad of men with buckets of cadmium-salt solution ⓘ squad of men with buckets of indium-salt solution ⓘ squad of men with buckets of manganese-salt solution ⓘ |
| shape | roughly spherical pile ⓘ |
| significance | world’s first artificial nuclear reactor ⓘ |
| structure | stacked graphite blocks with uranium ⓘ |
| successor | Chicago Pile-2 ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Arthur H. Compton ⓘ |
| thermalPower | about 0.5 watts at first criticality ⓘ |
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Subject: Chicago Pile-1 Description of subject: Chicago Pile-1 was the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, achieving the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942 under the leadership of Enrico Fermi.
Referenced by (21)
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