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Nuclear family: A child of the Manhattan Project contemplates its 80th anniversary
16 Jul 2025 22:11 GMT
… the air-cooled Graphite Reactor and a plutonium-separation … Enrico Fermi and his team achieved the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear … assume responsibility for nuclear weapons and nuclear energy after … 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, let’s not …
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The race against Hitler to build the first nuclear bomb
03 Jul 2025 07:36 GMT
… physicist ‘probably understood more nuclear physics theory than anyone … ’, and was hailed by Enrico Fermi as a ‘magician’, in … established the concept of atomic numbers shortly before dying … (an essential moderator for nuclear reactors) out of Norway just …
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Inside Sanpete: Reuniting
16 Jul 2025 12:48 GMT
… from Enrico Fermi High in Enfield, Connecticut. If you know who Enrico Fermi was … building the first nuclear reactor, “the architect of the nuclear age.”)
I did …
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Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age
13 Jun 2025 08:15 GMT
… events like the first atomic imprint on a photographic … escaped their share of the nuclear limelight. He explains how … when the science of nuclear physics began”, writes Close … and Newton” by Enrico Fermi, creator of the nuclear reactor. Majorana vanished …
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Meta-Constellation virtual PPA could be first of many deals for existing reactor output: experts
12 Jun 2025 21:54 GMT
… stake in the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. Under that arrangement, … 835-MW reactor at the power plant formerly known as … Three Mile Island. Restarting a retired nuclear reactor … 110-MW reactor at DTE Energy’s Enrico Fermi plant …
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Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory review – a boosterish case for atomic energy
02 Jun 2025 08:12 GMT
… between the atomic bomb and the nuclear reactor. Both involve … the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi orchestrated the first human … world’s first commercial nuclear reactor in 1956, he … self-proclaimed “nuclear environmentalist” believes nuclear energy is the …
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Nuclear waste is more valuable than gold: Part two
26 May 2025 06:35 GMT
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Directed by Enrico Fermi, it was extremely crude … the dawn of the atomic age by opening a … with Enrico Fermi as director. Its mission was to develop nuclear reactors … small modular sodium-cooled reactor”. Nuclear Technology, Vol. 178 May …
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Amid Europe’s Push To Rearm, Would Italy — Home of Physicist Enrico Fermi — Revive Its Nuclear Weapons Program?
01 Apr 2025 08:13 GMT
… of quantum physics. And Enrico Fermi, who headed the Royal … world’s first nuclear reactor that led to the atomic bomb.
By … the 1960s and 1970s, the Italian nuclear … program sought to develop homegrown nuclear weapons. Though the program …
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Will Nuclear Fusion Soon Be The "Norm?"
16 May 2025 23:27 GMT
… German scientists build on Enrico Fermi’s discovery that … scientists began building nuclear fission-based power plants that today provide … and fusion energy in atomic energy’s American birthplace … introduced its fifth-generation reactor, named Norman, which …
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How To Solve Any Problem Using Enrico Fermi’s Back-Of-The-Envelope Math (And Some Common Sense)
30 Jan 2025 23:09 GMT
… the first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert, Enrico Fermi stood … for the world’s first nuclear reactor, was one of the foremost … Fermi Problem?
The amazing Enrico Fermi. Credit: Atomic Heritage Foundation – Nuclear Museum.
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