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President John F. Kennedy addresses a group of scientists involved in the original Enrico Fermi experiment, conducted as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942, during a visit marking the 20th anniversary of the experiment. Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, stands at left; Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea, stands at right. On table at left is a plexiglass model of Chicago Pile-1, the nuclear reactor used in the experiment. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy looks at a plexiglass model replica of Chicago Pile-1, the nuclear reactor used in the original Enrico Fermi experiment, as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942. Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, stands at left. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.