FIRST -- World's First Nuclear Reactor - Burr Ridge, IL
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N 41° 42.132 W 087° 54.726
16T E 424110 N 4617114
Site of the first Nuclear Reactor
Waymark Code: WM7BMA
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2009
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From the plaque:
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) were 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.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1943
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