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US 2708656

How the First Nuclear Reactor Works

The foundational 1955 patent by Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard describing the design of the first nuclear reactor capable of a self-sustaining chain reaction.

Statusexpired

Granted1955

Expires1964

Claims2

Forward citations232

Prior art4

AssigneeIndividual

InventorsFermi Enrico, Szilard Leo

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