Met Lab

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Met Lab was the secret World War II research group at the University of Chicago that played a central role in developing nuclear reactor technology for the Manhattan Project.


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instanceOf Manhattan Project site
World War II research group
nuclear research laboratory
alsoKnownAs Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
Metallurgical Laboratory
contributedTo design of plutonium production reactors at Hanford Site
development of chemical separation processes for plutonium
development of reactor control methods
development of reactor shielding and safety procedures
country United States
dateOfEvent 1942-12-02
director Arthur H. Compton
dissolvedInto Argonne National Laboratory
University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies
employed Enrico Fermi
Eugene Wigner
George Weil
Glenn T. Seaborg
Harold Urey
Herbert L. Anderson
James Franck
John A. Wheeler
Joseph J. Katz
Leo Szilard
Leona Woods
Louis Slotin
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Nathan Sugarman
Robert F. Christy
Samuel Allison
Walter Zinn
Willard F. Libby
endTime 1946
era World War II
fieldOfWork health physics
metallurgy
nuclear engineering
nuclear physics
radiation biology
foundedBy Arthur H. Compton
hasEthicalDebate use of atomic bombs against Japan
hasResearchFocus neutron physics
nuclear reactor design
plutonium production
radiation safety
radioactive materials handling
legacy predecessor of Argonne National Laboratory
predecessor of the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois
Illinois
United States
University of Chicago
locationOfEvent Stagg Field, University of Chicago
notableAchievement construction of Chicago Pile-1, the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
notableWork Chicago Pile-1
partOf Manhattan Project
startTime 1942
subjectOf Franck Report
supervisedBy Office of Scientific Research and Development
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan Engineer District

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Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
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