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Description: Site A/Plot M Disposal Site. Marker at Site A. Text of the inscription: The world's first nuclear reactor was rebuilt at this site in 1943 after initial operation at the University of Chicago. This reactor (CP-2) and the first heavy water moderated reactor (CP-3) where major facilities around which developed the Argonne National Laboratory. This site was released by the laboratory in 1956 and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission then buried the reactors here.
Title: Marker at Site A
Credit: Site A/Plot M Fact Sheet
Author: Federal Government of the United States
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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