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Who led the group of scientists that demonstrated the first controlled nuclear chain reaction using uranium and graphite in 1942?
Who led the group of scientists that demonstrated the first controlled nuclear chain reaction using uranium and graphite in 1942?
Enrico Fermi
Where was the first controlled nuclear chain reaction demonstrated?
Where was the first controlled nuclear chain reaction demonstrated?
University of Chicago in an abandoned squash court
What was the name of the project aimed at building an atomic bomb during the Second World War?
What was the name of the project aimed at building an atomic bomb during the Second World War?
Manhattan Project
Where did Gerald Labine find uranium years earlier?
Where did Gerald Labine find uranium years earlier?
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Who was the Minister of Munitions and Supply and the mastermind behind Canada's economic war transformation?
Who was the Minister of Munitions and Supply and the mastermind behind Canada's economic war transformation?
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Canada supplies ______ for the development of the U.S. atomic bomb
Canada supplies ______ for the development of the U.S. atomic bomb
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One of Canada's biggest contributions to the war effort remained shrouded in ______ in early 1940s
One of Canada's biggest contributions to the war effort remained shrouded in ______ in early 1940s
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The experiment launched the ______ Project, the race to build an atomic bomb during the Second World War
The experiment launched the ______ Project, the race to build an atomic bomb during the Second World War
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Years earlier, Gerald Labine had found ______ on the remote shores of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories
Years earlier, Gerald Labine had found ______ on the remote shores of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories
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The American military's work was fundamental to a ready supply of ______, a deadly radioactive element crucial to the construction of nuclear weapons
The American military's work was fundamental to a ready supply of ______, a deadly radioactive element crucial to the construction of nuclear weapons
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