Tag Archives: University of Chicago

Roger Hildebrand, U. of C. physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, dies at 98 via Hyde Park Herald

Roger Hildebrand, who worked on the Manhattan Project as a teenager before becoming a particle physicist and astronomer at the University of Chicago, died on Jan. 21 in Lexington, Massachusetts. Hildebrand, who lived in Hyde Park for more than 65 … Continue reading

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South Side teen saw history made when scientists conducted first nuclear chain reaction via UChicago News

In early 1942, Ted Petry was recruited out of high school to a secret government project at the University of Chicago, told only that it had “something to do with the war effort.” Little did the 17-year-old from the South … Continue reading

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Nuclear Carnival via The Point

By Emilio Comay del Junco This critical stopover in the Midwest is not one that the University of Chicago would like anyone to forget. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the first artificial nuclear reaction, it staged a series … Continue reading

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SPECIAL: U-Chicago Atomic Propaganda Orgy Decoded by Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen & NEIS – Errors, Omissions & Lies, Oh My! – via Nuclear Hotsat

The University of Chicago produced a month-long orgy of pro-nuclear self-congratulations to celebrate the first atomic pile, the chain reaction which started our collective nuclear nightmare.  The events culminated in a Symposium, “Nuclear Reaction,”  held on December 1, 2017, featuring … Continue reading

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UChicago, Argonne scientists gather to discuss nation’s energy future via UChicago News

Speakers at the most recent event included Mark Peters, deputy laboratory director for programs, Argonne; Leah Guzowski, energy policy scientist, decision and information sciences, Argonne; Hussein Khalil, director, nuclear engineering division, Argonne; Peter Littlewood, professor of physics, UChicago, and associate … Continue reading

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Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive? Um, No. But did the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi consider the risk to Chicago? via WBEZ

[…] Chicago Pile 1 was never meant to be under the University of Chicago’s former football field. Project managers originally wanted the full experiment to run in the Red Gate Woods, southwest of the city. But builders at Red Gate … Continue reading

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Marshall Islands citizens take Nuclear fall out to the United Nations via Global Trabel Industry News

September 13 was a historic day at the United Nations for the Marshall Islands. The Human Rights Council considered for the first time the environmental and human rights impacts of radioactive and toxic substances in nuclear fallout. And Marshall Islands … Continue reading

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【Event announcement】A Structure of Deceit: The Japanese Nuclear Energy Program, by Akio Igarashi

“A Structure of Deceit: The Japanese Nuclear Energy Program” by Akio Igarashi, political scientist and Professor Emeritus of law and politics, Rikkyo University October 10 at 4:30pm International House Chicago 1414 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL. 60637 Free and open … Continue reading

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Exelon’s ‘Nuclear Guy’: No New Nukes via Forbes

Nuclear power is no longer an economically viable source of new energy in the United States, the freshly-retired CEO of Exelon, America’s largest producer of nuclear power, said in Chicago Thursday. And it won’t become economically viable, he said, for … Continue reading

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Group: Lessons to be learned from tsunami Anti-nuclear activists gathered at University of Chicago via WGNTV.com

CHICAGO— A small group of anti-nuclear activists gathered at the University of Chicago Sunday to reflect on the lasting impact of Japan’s nuclear disaster and the lessons learned. The memorial was held in front of a statue that marks the … Continue reading

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