Construction Starts on Brookhaven Nuclear Reactor
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: New York
- Date: 1947
Article abstract: The first nuclear reactor intended for fundamental research, rather than for the production of isotopes for nuclear bombs, was constructed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Summary of Event
The Brookhaven National Laboratory was one of a number of national facilities established by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) between 1947 and 1950 for fundamental nuclear research. The AEC had been established in 1946 under the leadership of David E. Lilienthal to take over from the Manhattan Project, the World War II U.S. atomic bomb...
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