First nuclear reaction | The Day Tomorrow Began
As World War II raged, a group of Manhattan Project scientists gathered beneath the football stands at the University of Chicago to work on a secret experiment that would radically reshape the 20th century.
Led by Enrico Fermi, they worked feverishly to build a 20-foot-tall structure of graphite and uranium called "Chicago Pile-1," and on Dec. 2, 1942, achieved the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
The breakthrough marked the beginning of the Atomic Age—and it would change everything from energy to medicine to the geopolitical landscape. It resulted in a devastating weapon, a new way to make electricity, a new blueprint for scientific research and the creation of the first national scientific laboratories, new tools to understand biology and a new global landscape.
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