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This resource describes the world's first nuclear reactor and the role which it played in the Manhattan Project. Also discussed are topics such as the goal of plutonium development for nuclear weapons, the goals of the top-secret, top-priority Manhattan Project and the post-war reaction to their success.
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atomic weapon, chain reaction, fission reactor, graphite reactor, irradiated uranium slugs, nuclear actor, nuclear bomb, plutonium, radioisotopes, self-sustaining chain reaction, enrico fermi, manhattan project, oak ridge national laboratory, stagg field, university of chicago, atomic bomb, nuclear reactors
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)