Leona Woods
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Leona Woods was an American physicist who, as one of the few women on the Manhattan Project, played a key role in the development and operation of the first nuclear reactor.
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American physicist
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Manhattan Project scientist → physicist → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
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| employer |
Metallurgical Laboratory
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| familyName |
Woods
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| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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physics → reactor physics → |
| givenName |
Leona
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Manhattan Project
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| notableAchievement |
helped operate Chicago Pile-1 during its first controlled nuclear chain reaction
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one of the few women scientists on the Manhattan Project → participated in the construction of the first artificial nuclear reactor → |
| notableFor |
contributions to early nuclear reactor design
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participation in the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction → |
| notableRole |
assisted Enrico Fermi in reactor development
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measured neutron flux in early reactor experiments → |
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Enrico Fermi
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| notableWork |
Chicago Pile-1
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| occupation |
physicist
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scientist → |
| partOf |
history of nuclear energy
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history of women in science → |
| sexOrGender |
female
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| workLocation |
Chicago, Illinois
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University of Chicago → |