Argonne National Lab

By EmberR04

  • Argonne National Lab Founded

    Argonne National Lab Founded
    Argonne National Lab was founded on July 1, 1946 in Lemont, Illinois.

  • First Atomic Submarine

    First Atomic Submarine
    USS Nautilus is the first atomic submarine which was created by Argonne.It is able to cross under the Arctic polar cap without coming to the surface.

  • First Atomic Electricity

    First Atomic Electricity
    Nuclear energy was first used to create electricity when Argonne's Experimental Breeder lit up four light bulbs.

  • Two New Elements

    Two New Elements
    Scientists at the Argonne lab helped discover two new elements. They co-discovered einsteinium and fermium, elements 99 and 100, on the periodic table.

  • Town Lit by Atoms

    Town Lit by Atoms
    Argonne's BORAX-III was the first nuclear reactor to light an entire town.

  • Queen Federika visits

    Queen Federika visits
    The queen of Greece visited the Argonne National Lab

  • Molecular Dynamics

    Molecular Dynamics
    Using an early PC a scientist calculated the reactions of simple molecules. By calculating their reactions we learned more about the science of molecules.

  • First Simple Compound of Xenon

    First Simple Compound of Xenon
    Argonne chemists combined xenon and fluoride. Xenon was once thought to be chemically inactive, but since Argonne chemists created the first xenon compound it is widely used in compounds.

  • Argonne Night

    Argonne Night
    Albert Crewe delivered the first state-of-the-laboratory speech to employees at the Chicago Arie crown theater.

  • Radioactive Moon

    Radioactive Moon
    In 1974 Argonne researchers were first to find radioactive elements on the moon.

  • Cleaning Up Cesium

    Cleaning Up Cesium
    Argonne found a way to clean up Cesium.

  • Making Isotopes

    Making Isotopes
    Argonne National Laboratory developed a chemical process to produce Tc-99m without a nuclear reactor.