美国阿贡国立实验室(Argonne National Laboratory)是个世界闻名的以原子能研究为主的综合性能源研究所。阿贡之闻名要追朔到第二次世界大战的中期。当时各主要交战国竞相发展新式武器,核裂变时释放出的巨大能量就成了一个诱人的目标。这时一位将军接受了一项特殊任务,当时称之为曼哈顿工程(Manhattan Engineerng)。芝加哥大学的冶金实验室是这项计划的一部份,它当时的主要任务是:1、证实自持链式 The Argonne National Laboratory is a world-renowned institute for comprehensive energy research focused on atomic energy research. The reputation of Agung is to be traced to the middle of the Second World War. At that time, the major belligerents were racing to develop new weapons. The enormous energy released during nuclear fission became an attractive target. At this time, a general accepted a special mission called Manhattan Engineerng. The metallurgical laboratory of the University of Chicago is part of this plan. Its main tasks at that time were: 1. Confirmation of self-sustaining chains