George Weil
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George Weil was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and is noted for being the operator who withdrew the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Chicago Pile-1.
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| instanceOf |
human
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physicist → |
| collaboratedWith |
Enrico Fermi
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Leo Szilard → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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| dateOfBirth |
1907-09-18
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| dateOfDeath |
1995-07-01
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| educatedAt |
Johns Hopkins University
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University of Virginia → |
| employer |
Manhattan Project
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| event |
first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
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| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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| gender |
male
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| notableFor |
withdrawing the control rod to initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
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| notableWork |
Chicago Pile-1
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| occupation |
physicist
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| participantIn |
Manhattan Project
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development of the first nuclear reactor → |
| partOf |
Chicago Pile-1 team
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| placeOfBirth |
New York City
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| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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| placeOfWork |
Metallurgical Laboratory
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| role |
reactor operator
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| workLocation |
Chicago
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