Nuke2

atomic bomb

By catlynmarrie
  • Leo Szilard

    Leo Szilard

    filed the first patent application for the method of producing a nuclear chain reaction aka nuclear explosion.
  • The Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan Project

    formed to secretly build the atomic bomb before the Germans.
  • atomic bomb created

    atomic bomb created

    atomic bomb created
  • 1939 to 1945

    1939 to 1945

    more than $2 billion was spent during the history of the Manhattan Project.
  • 5:29:45

    5:29:45

    "The Gadget" ushered in the Atomic Age
  • Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

    Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

    The first usable electricity from nuclear fission is produced at the National Reactor Station