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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2013 · 10 MIN

Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive?

from Curious City · host WBEZ Chicago

Our Geiger counter couldn’t detect any radiation footprint from the site of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction. (Whew!) But, was safety first and foremost when scientists ran their WWII nuclear experiment in Chicago?

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