Rare Manhattan Project Photos Show The Birth Of The Atomic Age

Rare Manhattan Project Photos Show The Birth Of The Atomic Age

The Department Of Energy posted 21 photos onto its Flickr page a few weeks ago about Chicago Pile-1, the site of the first human-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, located in Chicago.

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The Department of Energy Wants To Make Better Batteries By Recreating the Manhattan Project

The U.S. Dept. of Energy has big plans. They want batteries that are five times more powerful than what we’ve got today, and they want them to be five times cheaper. All that in just five years. It’s a tall order, but they’ve got a plan: recreate the Manhattan Project. More »