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der Atommeiler (-)  nuclear reactor

Der erste Atommeiler (Kernreaktor) wurde am 2. Dezember 1942 von dem italienischen Physiker Enrico Fermi an der Universität Chicago ins Leben gerufen.
The first atomic reactor (nuclear reactor) was created by the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) at the University of Chicago on December 2, 1942.

Related: der Kernreaktor nuclear reactor, das Kernkraftwerk nuclear power plant, die Kernspaltung nuclear fission, der Meiler charcoal kiln, pile; (atomic) pile, (nuclear) reactor

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