Witness to history reflects on first nuclear reaction: The story of teenager Ted Petry's atomic job

Описание: In 1942, Ted Petry was a teenager recruited to a secret government project at the University of Chicago that sought to achieve the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Working with scientists including Enrico Fermi, he helped construct the 20-foot reactor known as Chicago Pile-1 and was present on Dec. 2, 1942 for the historic experiment.

Now 93, Petry is the last known living person present that day under the west stands of Stagg Field—and who signed the straw wrapper of a Chianti bottle commemorating the achievement.

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