Fermi's account of the first nuclear chain reaction on December 2,1942 (from the colloquium of the 10th Anniversary of the event), with artwork of the reactor by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Due to the secrecy of the event, no photographs were taken of the reactor. Introduction by Crawford Greenwalt. Courtesy of ANL (5749K; 3 minutes, 50 seconds)
Opening segment of "To Fermi - with Love" with Enrico Fermi speaking about the nuclear chain reaction that took place on December 2, 1942, with context by narrator Jay Andre. (149K; 1 minute, 26 seconds)
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