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nOnnthis day in 1942, scientists Arthur Compton and Enrico Fermi producednthe first nuclear chain reaction beneath the West Stands of StaggnField at the University of Chicago. When an atom of uranium is splitnby a neutron, it emits more neutrons that can split more atoms…andnthat chain reaction can result in explosive nuclear power!
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nOnnthis day in 1957, the first full-scale atomic electric generatingnstation in the U.S. began operation in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
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nThis YouTube video tells more about fission of uranium and chainnreactions.
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nLearnnabout nuclear power…
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nwithn a chain-reaction demonstration.
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nwithn these videos.
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nwithn the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Nuclear Energy Student Zone.”
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