CP-1: The Past, Present, & Future of Nuclear Energy and the 70th Anniversary of the First Nuclear Chain Reaction
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 12:30pm
Event Info
Admission
Box lunch is $20. Please RSVP with CCST.
Venue
Hughes Auditorium, Northwestern University Chicago Campus
303 East Superior Street
Chicago,
IL
60611
Presenter
Chicago Council on Science and Technology
312-567-5829
This event will be recorded for WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified.
On December 2, 1942, 49 scientists, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1), under the west stands of the original Alonzo Stagg Field stadium at the University of Chicago, went critical and produced the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction.
Please join us for a lunch program to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction with Dr. Mark Peters, Deputy Laboratory Director for Programs Argonne National Laboratory, and Dr. Robert Rosner, Director, Energy Policy Institute Chicago at the University of Chicago. The two speakers will discuss nuclear energy from the history of CP-1 to what the future holds.
