To the average visitor, Red Gate Woods is a quiet expanse of Illinois foresta place for biking, picnicking, and hiking. But 40 feet beneath the leaves and dirt lies a profoundly different history: the concrete remains of Chicago Pile-2 and Pile-3, reactors that proved humanity could achieve a controlled chain reaction in 1942 and become the birthplace of the Atomic Age.
During World War II, these reactors conducted vital research for the Manhattan Project. After their active duty ended in 1956, the massive reactor shells and volumes of contaminated waste were buried on site. Decades later, that history surfaced when tritium began leaking into the public drinking wells down the hill, revealing the untold story of Site A and Plot M.
We explore how the pursuit of nuclear power ended with a burial operation, and why a quiet suburban park became the unintentional guardian of global scientific history.
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