Image: Szilard and Hilberry
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Description: "Dr. Norman Hilberry (left) and Dr. Leo Szilard stand beside the site where the world's first nuclear reactor was built during World War II. Both worked with the late Dr. Enrico Fermi in achieving the first self-sustaining chain reaction in nuclear energy on December 2, 1942, at Stagg Field, University of Chicago. c. undated." The plaque reads: ON DECEMBER 2, 1942 MAN ACHIEVED HERE THE FIRST SELF-SUSTAINING CHAIN REACTION AND THEREBY INITIATED THE CONTROLLED RELEASE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
Title: Szilard and Hilberry
Credit: DOE Digital Archive Image 2017562.
Author: US Department of Energy
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