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"Little red schoolhouse" history question (crosspost from s.s.h.)
In article , Ian Stirling wrote:
Umm... No. A research reactor in a pool bears almost no resemblence to a power reactor. IIRC, the first reactor was built on a tennis (badminton?) court. Was the court restored to its former usage afterwards, and does it still exist? Univeristy of Chicago squash court, if memory serves. [googles] Fermi built the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear pile there, in late 1942. The squash court was in the West Stands at Stagg Field, Chicago; the building was torn down in 1960, and a bronze scuplture built on the site in 1967. Can't find out if anyone played squash there in the interveing eighteen years, though... -- -Andrew Gray |
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