Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The scientist who first carried out critical nuclear fission reactionis ______.

  1. Otto Hahn

  2. Enrico Fermi

  3. Hans Bethe

  4. Einstein
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Enrico Fermi led the team that achieved the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on December 2, 1942, at the University of Chicago (Chicago Pile-1). While Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission, Fermi was the first to successfully harness it in a controlled reactor.

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