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Chicago Pile 3

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Also known as CP-3

first heavy water reactor in the world, going critical on 15 May 1944

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Within Vinony's link graph, Chicago Pile 3 is referenced by 173 other articles, and connects out to Chicago, nuclear power and nuclear reactor.

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It sits within the topics Argonne National Laboratory, Manhattan Project sites and Nuclear history of the United States.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

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Located in
Palos Hills
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located in/on physical feature
Argonne National Laboratory
service entry
1944-05-15
service retirement
1950-01-00
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Chicago Pile-3

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