The first nuclear reactor, explained
The world’s first reactor was built underneath the stands of a University of Chicago stadium as part of the Manhattan Project—kicking off the Atomic Age.
Robert Rosner
Title: William Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, the Enrico Fermi Institute and the College
Expertise: Theoretical physics, computational physics, Nuclear energy
Departmental website: https://astrophysics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/robert-rosner/