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

Apr 17, 20130
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Episode description

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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