CP 1 Site

Six members of the "team" which achieved mankind's first sustained controlled, nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942 pose at another historic site. Following successful operation of the first reactor, CP-1, under the West Stands of Stagg Field, this facility was rebuilt at a new site  in the Palos Hills Forest Preserve. The rebuilt reactor was designated CP-2. When Argonne National Laboratory released the Palos Hills site, CP-2 and a third reactor, CP-3, were dismantled and the remains buried From left to right: Robert E. Johnson, Executive Assistant of the Reactor Engineering Division at Argonne; Dr. Gerard S. Pawlicki, an Associate Physicist in the International Institute et Argonne; David P. Rudolph, Director of the Technical Services Division, the Chicago Operations Office of the Atomic Energy Commission; Robert G, Nobles, an Associate Technical Specialist in the Reactor Engineering Division at Argonne; Anthony J. Matz, Receiving and Stores Supervisor, Materials Handling Department at Argonne; and Dr. William J. Sturm, an Associate Physicist in Argonne's International Institute., Credit Line: Argonne National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Six members of the "team" which achieved mankind's first sustained controlled, nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942 pose at another historic site. Following successful operation of the first reactor, CP-1, under the West Stands of Stagg Field, this facility was rebuilt at a new site in the Palos Hills Forest Preserve. The rebuilt reactor was designated CP-2. When Argonne National Laboratory released the Palos Hills site, CP-2 and a third reactor, CP-3, were dismantled and the remains buried From left to right: Robert E. Johnson, Executive Assistant of the Reactor Engineering Division at Argonne; Dr. Gerard S. Pawlicki, an Associate Physicist in the International Institute et Argonne; David P. Rudolph, Director of the Technical Services Division, the Chicago Operations Office of the Atomic Energy Commission; Robert G, Nobles, an Associate Technical Specialist in the Reactor Engineering Division at Argonne; Anthony J. Matz, Receiving and Stores Supervisor, Materials Handling Department at Argonne; and Dr. William J. Sturm, an Associate Physicist in Argonne's International Institute.
Subject(s): College campuses
Laboratories
Portraits, Group
Credit Line: Argonne National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: University of Chicago E9