About George Weil

George Leon Weil was an American physicist. On December 2, 1942, he removed the control rod from the Chicago Pile-1 nuclear reactor, initiating the first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

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George Weil

American physicist (1907–1995)

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July 1, 1995

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Method for Measuring Neutron-Absorption Cross Sections by the Effect on the Reactivity of a Chain-Reacting Pile Columbia University Harvard University United States

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Method for Measuring Neutron-Absorption Cross Sections by the Effect on the Reactivity of a Chain-Reacting Pile Columbia University Harvard University United States

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