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First Electric Power Created
The experimental breeder reactor no. 1 located at the National Reactor Testing Station near Arco, Idaho makes the first electric power from a nuclear reactor. -
Atoms For Peace Speech
President Eisenhower gives the "Atoms For Peace" speech at the United Nations launching efforts to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy both at home and around the world. -
The U.S.S. Nautilus Submarine Was Launched
The Navy launches the first nuclear-powered submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus. -
The First Particle Accelerator Begins Operation
The Bevatron Particle Accelerator begins operation at the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, California. -
Atomic Energy Act was Signed
President Eisenhower signed the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, opening the way for development of a civilian nuclear power program. -
Scientists Attended the First United Nation-Sponsored International Conference
More than 1,400 scientists from 73 nations attend the first United Nations-sponsored International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy held in Geneva, Switzerland. -
First Thermonuclear Device Detonates
The Atomic Energy Commission detonates the first thermonuclear device, code-named, "Mike" at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific. The devide explodes with a yield of 10.4 megatons. -
The World's First Full-scale Power Plant Is Operational
The Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first full-scale nuclear power plant, becomes operational at Shippingport, Pennsylvania. -
President Eisenhower Announces A Moritorium on Nuclear Weapons Testing
President Eisenhower Announces A Moritorium on Nuclear Weapons Testing to begin on October 31, 1958. -
Nuclear Testing Continues Underground
The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty prohobiting underwater, atmospheric, and outer space nuclear tests. Nuclear testing continues underground.
