[DOC] [TLE] How the first chain reaction changed science - University of Chicago [PAR] By Steve Koppes Photo by Robert Kozloff. The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on 
Dec. 2, 1942quietly, in secrecy, on a squash court under the west stands of... [DOC] [TLE] Chicago Pile-1 - Wikipedia [PAR] Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the world's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality. Its 
construction ..... The next day, 2 December 1942, everybody assembled for the 
experiment. There were 49 scientists ... CP-2 was joined by Chicago Pile-3, the 
first heavy water reactor, which went critical on 15 May 1944. Image of the granite
... [DOC] [TLE] Fermi produces the first nuclear chain reaction - Dec 02, 1942 ... [PAR] On this day in History, Fermi produces the first nuclear chain reaction on Dec 02, 
... bleachers of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, ushering in the nuclear 
age. ... Fermi was given permission to leave Italy and go to Sweden to receive his
... [DOC] [TLE] Enrico Fermi - Physicist, Scientist - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Physicist Enrico Fermi built the prototype of a nuclear reactor and ... elected 
professor of theoretical physics at the University of Rome. ... setting off a chain 
reaction that would release enormous amounts of energy. His experiments led to 
the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in Chicago, on December 2,... [DOC] [TLE] History of Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association [PAR] Outline History of Nuclear Energy, history of atomic theory, discoveries by ... 
Villard found a third type of radiation from pitchblende: gamma rays, which were 
much .... was set up in Britain and supervised research at the Universities of 
Birmingham, .... of Chicago in December 1942 ?the first controlled nuclear chain 
reaction. [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion [PAR] The first artificial nuclear reactor was built by Enrico Fermi and co-workers ... 
University of Chicago's football stadium and brought on line on December 2, 
1942. .... days later touched off a violent debate after World War II about the 
building of... [DOC] [TLE] Harnessing of Nuclear Fission [PAR] Why had not the chain reaction of uranium fission actually occurred? ..... Hall at 
the University of Chicago, Dec. 2, 1946. Back row, left to right: Norman Hilberry, ... 
Let's go to lunch," said Fermi, and his staff eased off to return to the pile at 2 o'
clock in ... December 2, 1942 marked the first time in history that men had 
initiated a... [DOC] [TLE] The First Pile [PAR] Fieldthe University of Chicago's athlet- ... He and his family went to Sweden to 
re- ... sustaining nuclear chain reaction. ... of the experiment that was successfully 
completed on December 2,. 1942, was of such significance that it should ..... off. 
Five minutes later, Fermi called: Pull it out another foot. Weil withdrew the rod. [DOC] [TLE] Argonne marks 70th anniversary of first man-made nuclear chain ... [PAR] Dec 2, 2012 ... 2, 1942, World War II was raging overseas, and Enrico Fermi and 48 ... court 
beneath the football stadium at the University of Chicago. ... to witness the first 
self-sustaining nuclear chain reactionsoon to be a ... Seventy years ago today 
on Dec. 2 ... The loose neutrons shot off and split open other atoms. [DOC] [TLE] Those early days as we remember them - Nuclear Engineering ... [PAR] remote part of the building so that the radiators would fail to shut off and we .... 
University of Chicago "on the south side of Chicago", as that popular song of a 
few years ago put it, seem all .... program which culminated on December 2, 1942
, in a historic achievement ... This first reactor was moved early in 1943 to the 
original. [DOC] [TLE] The Manhattan Project [PAR] From the study of nuclear physics and chemistry to the practical engineering and 
processing ... playing field beneath the University of Chicago stadium on 
December 2, 1942. ... [3] From the first controllable chain reaction to the dropping 
of atomic .... atomic bomb was based upon using uranium 235 in

Question: On Dec. 2, 1942 the first nuclear reaction of this type was set off at the University of Chicago
Answer: Chain reaction