# @uchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbchaj4nshu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18617385-uchicago-instagram
- **Posted:** 2017-11-13T18:37:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The University Of Chicago (@uchicago) — https://gondola.cc/uchicago

## Caption

In 1942, teenager Ted Petry was recruited to a classified project at the University of Chicago. Now 93, he describes witnessing the first nuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2, 1942. "Fermi said, 'That's it,' and everyone rejoiced." #nuclear75

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- **Likes:** 1,289
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- **Comments:** 3

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