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Chernobyl After The
accident Chernobyl in
its concrete sarcophagus
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A New Beginning
On
December 2, 1942. Enrico Fermi (whom was awarded the Nobel prize in 1938 in the
field of physics) with several witnesses successfully directed the world’s
first sustained nuclear reaction. But it is not his achievement alone where
nuclear energy is concerned, without many hours of research from several
other scientists this historic event may have never occurred.
Historical Meltdown
- Fission is Discovered
1938
Otto Hahn and
Fritz Strassmann discovery of fission steered Their
most spectacular discovery came at the end of 1938 discovering the
fission of uranium and thorium in medium heavy atomic nuclei. It was
also at this time that Germany and Japan were an ever-growing concern
thus getting the U.S. government to create the Manhattan project.
- The
Race for the Atomic Bomb Begins
1939-1941
On October 12, 1939 President Roosevelt
authorized the government funding of atomic research. World War II started September 1, 1939,
when Germany attacked Poland. By 1941, the Germans were believed to be leading
the race for the atomic bomb, however, after the war it was to be
confirmed that neither Germany nor Japan were near harnessing the atom,
and that they were just aware of the technology.
- The
First Controlled Nuclear Reaction
1942
On December 2,
1942. Enrico Fermi (whom was awarded the Nobel prize in 1938 in the
field of physics) with several witnesses successfully directed the
world’s first sustained nuclear reaction.
- U-235
Produced and Atomic Bomb is Used
1945
Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., began production
of U-235 for use of bomb. On
August 6, 1945 Hiroshima, Japan, "Little Boy" a gun-type
weapon using uranium as the fissionable material, was detonated at an
altitude of 1,800 feet.
- Atomic Power
to be used for Energy
1946
On August 1, President Truman signed the
Atomic Energy Act of 1946. This established the federal government's
long-term responsibility for the nation's nuclear laboratories.
- Nuclear
Power Plants in Operation
1953
In 1953, 3 reactors designed by Argonne
Labs were in operation on the Idaho desert.
- Three Mile Island
1979
At the Three Mile Island Reactor
in Londonderry, Township on March 28, 1979 2 nuclear
power plants suffered a partial meltdown. Some 2,000
personal injuries claiming a variety of health related responses caused
by gamma radiation exposure were filed.
- Chernobyl
1986
On April 26, 1986 Chernobyl a nuclear power
station in the Ukraine, Soviet Union, had what is still today the most disastrous
accident in the history of nuclear reactors.
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