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ZOE
nuclear reactor
Also known as: EL-1
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work of Joliot-Curie
- In Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie
15, 1948, of ZOE (zéro, oxyde d’uranium, eau lourde), the first French nuclear reactor, which, though only moderately powerful, marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon monopoly. In April 1950, however, during the climax of the cold war and anticommunism, Prime Minister Georges Bidault removed him without explanation from…
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