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If you mean the first person who actually demonstrated a nuclear fission reaction, it was Enrico Fermi. The first pile was built using graphite blocks as the moderator, at the University of Chicago, and went critical on Dec 2 1942, under Fermi's control.
Previous to this, many physicists had contributed to the theories about fission, including Fermi himself, but it had to be demonstrated. This first Chicago Pile-1 was the forerunner of the Hanford piles which were much larger and built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Fermi was born in Italy, but emigrated to the US in 1938, largely because his wife was Jewish and he was afraid for her in the Fascist era. He became a US citizen in 1944.
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For a sustainable fission reaction each fission must produce exactly additional fission reaction(s).?
A stable nuclear fission reaction will be sustained if every fission produces one additional fission reaction.
What term describes the reaction process in a fission reaction?
another name for nuclear fission is: E=MC squared
What is the role of control rods in a fission reaction?
what is the role of control rods in a fission reaction
Is the bomb little boy a fission or fusion reaction?
Little Boy is a Nuclear Fission Reaction
What type of reaction happens in a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear fission
For a sustainable fission reaction each fission must produce exactly additional fission reaction(s).?
A stable nuclear fission reaction will be sustained if every fission produces one additional fission reaction.
If For a sustainable fission reaction each fission must produce exactly how many additional fission reaction(s).?
To sustain a fission chain reaction, each fission reaction must result in one more fission reaction. And that one should result in one more, and so on.
What term describes the reaction process in a fission reaction?
another name for nuclear fission is: E=MC squared
When was fission reaction invented?
The first time a fission chain reaction was produced was in 1942
What is the role of control rods in a fission reaction?
what is the role of control rods in a fission reaction
Is reaction on sun a fusion or fission?
fission..sup
Is the bomb little boy a fission or fusion reaction?
Little Boy is a Nuclear Fission Reaction
What type of reaction happens in a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear fission
What is splitting of atomic nuclei?
FISSION. nobody on this website knows the answer..... SHAME
What is an example of uncontrolled nuclear fission reaction?
Atomic fission bomb.
Is it a fission or fusion reaction?
Fission and fusion are different nuclear reactions.
What particle is used to start nuclear fission?
In actuality, a spontaneous fission event begins a nuclear chain reaction. It kick starts a nuclear chain reaction. And a neutron from that fission will initiate another fission to continue and rev up that nuclear chain reaction.
