On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi led an experiment at the University of Chicago demonstrating that a nuclear chain reaction could be initiated, sustained and controlled. “Chicago Pile – 1,” or CP-1 for short, catapulted forward the fields of nuclear physics and radiation biology and paved the way for such new fields as nuclear power generation and nuclear chemistry. CP-1 also was central to the formation of the nation’s first national laboratory, Argonne, to investigate peaceful uses of nuclear technology — since that time, Argonne has engaged in all of these fields and played a leading role in the development of current generation and advanced power reactors.

Featured speakers include Steve Binkley, Acting Director, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science; Ray Furstenau, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy, DOE; Paul Howarth, Chief Executive Officer, National Nuclear Laboratory, UK.

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Contact: Linda Young, lyoung@anl.gov