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Steam power becomes prevalent in America
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Thomas Edison creates the first power plant to provide several buildings with electricity
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Coal surpasses firewood as the primary source of energy
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Steam engines are now 30x more powerful than those of 1800
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Enrico Fermi wins Nobel Prize for his work on atomic physics, which lead to the production of nuclear power
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Petroleum and natural gas become main sources of power, surpassing coal use
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the AEC works with gas and electric companies to create power for nuclear fission
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People search for an alternative to fossil fuels- find it in nuclear power
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Nuclear plant at Three Mile Island in PA explodes
