Happy anniversary! 68 years ago today (December 2, 1942), Fermi and his team controlled the first chain reaction at CP-1

ByRod Adams

A great way to celebrate the birth of atomic fission power is to visit PopAtomic Studios to purchase an attractive desk display that includes a piece of history – a slice of graphite from CP-1. The additional gift that you receive from purchasing one is the knowledge that you are supporting the Michael Krupinski Memorial Foundation (MKMF). Here is how Suzy Hobbs at PopAtomic Studios described what that organization does:

MKMF is an effort to expand the pipeline of students entering the engineering field to support the growth of the nuclear industry’s workforce. They do this through real-time interactive reactor lab sessions that are done live via the internet using cameras in classrooms across America. We encourage you to learn more about their work and share this exciting project with anyone who might be interested in supporting this important cause.

The one I purchased looks very similar to the one pictured.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

4 Comments

  1. Cool. She doesn’t know it yet, but my wife has just found the Christmas gift she is going to give me this year.

  4. Cool, I should have known since I have a piece of the pile at home. I use a picture of it for my Huffinton Post profile picture. I traded a piece of Trinitite to an Idaho Nat. Lab. chemist for it.

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