Located approximately 20 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, in an area named the Red Gate Woods, are two spots designated Site A and Plot M. Site A is 19 acre in size and contains the buried remains of the world's first nuclear reactor, while the 150 feet by 140 feet area known as Plot M is a radioactive waste dump.
The world's first nuclear reactor was built at the University of Chicago under extreme secrecy. On a cold December morning in 1942, less than a month later, the first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated. There was no big bang, but this humble beginning was the true dawn of the nuclear age.
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