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Chicago Pile-1

Chicago Pile-1

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Sep 14, 2026

Herman PoppleberryHOST
12:07
splits.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
12:09
Then December 2nd, 1942, Chicago Pile 1.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
12:13
Fermi again.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
12:15
360 tons of graphite, 53 tons of uranium oxide, 5.5 tons of uranium metal.
Mark DonovanGUEST
8:31
Which poet, famous for her passionate love letters and for sonnets from the Portuguese, lived with her husband in Casa Guidi in Florence, Italy? Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Mark DonovanGUEST
8:48
Which Italian-born physicist led the team that built the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile? One in 1942.
Mark DonovanGUEST
8:53
Answer, Enrico Fermi.
Mark DonovanGUEST
9:02
Which Shakespeare play features the character Constable Dull? Love's Labour's Lost.

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