Chicago Pile-1
Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) adalah reaktor nuklir buatan pertama di dunia. Pada tanggal 2 Desember 1942, reaksi berantai nuklir mandiri buatan manusia pertama dimulai di CP-1, selama percobaan yang dipimpin oleh Enrico Fermi. Pengembangan rahasia reaktor tersebut merupakan pencapaian teknis besar pertama untuk Proyek Manhattan, upaya Sekutu untuk membuat bom atom selama Perang Dunia II. Dikembangkan oleh Metallurgical Laboratory di University of Chicago, bangunan ini dibangun di bawah gardu pandang barat Stagg Field yang asli. Meskipun para pemimpin sipil dan militer proyek memiliki keraguan tentang kemungkinan reaksi pelarian yang membawa bencana, mereka memercayai perhitungan keselamatan Fermi dan memutuskan bahwa mereka dapat melakukan eksperimen di daerah padat penduduk. Fermi menggambarkan reaktor itu sebagai "tumpukan batu bata hitam dan kayu kayu mentah".[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Reaktor dirakit pada bulan November 1942, oleh tim yang terdiri dari Fermi, Leo Szilard (yang sebelumnya telah merumuskan ide untuk reaksi berantai non-fisi), Leona Woods, Herbert L. Anderson, Walter Zinn, Martin D. Whitaker, dan George Yah. Reaktor tersebut menggunakan uranium alam. Ini membutuhkan bahan yang sangat besar untuk mencapai kekritisan, bersama dengan grafit yang digunakan sebagai moderator neutron. Reaktor tersebut berisi 45.000 blok grafit ultra-murni seberat 360 short ton (330 t), dan berbahan bakar 5,4 short ton (4,9 t) uranium.logam dan 45 ton pendek (41 t) uranium oksida. Tidak seperti kebanyakan reaktor nuklir berikutnya, ia tidak memiliki pelindung radiasi atau sistem pendingin karena beroperasi pada daya yang sangat rendah – sekitar setengah watt.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Pengejaran untuk reaktor telah dipicu oleh kekhawatiran bahwa Nazi Jerman memiliki keunggulan ilmiah yang substansial. Keberhasilan Chicago Pile-1 memberikan demonstrasi pertama yang jelas tentang kelayakan penggunaan energi nuklir oleh militer dan Sekutu, serta kenyataan bahaya bahwa Nazi Jerman dapat berhasil memproduksi senjata nuklir. Sebelumnya, perkiraan massa kritis adalah perhitungan kasar, yang mengarah pada ketidakpastian urutan besarnya tentang ukuran bom hipotetis. Keberhasilan penggunaan grafit sebagai moderator membuka jalan bagi kemajuan dalam upaya Sekutu, sedangkan program Jerman merana sebagian karena keyakinan bahwa air berat yang langka dan mahal harus digunakan untuk tujuan itu.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
Pada tahun 1943, CP-1 dipindahkan ke Red Gate Woods, dan dikonfigurasi ulang menjadi Chicago Pile-2 (CP-2). Di sana, reaktor itu dioperasikan untuk penelitian hingga 1954, ketika dibongkar dan dikubur. Stand di Stagg Field dihancurkan pada bulan Agustus 1957; situs ini sekarang menjadi National Historic Landmark dan Chicago Landmark.
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