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Written by Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard, the letter meant to bring FDR's attention to the military capabilities of Nuclear Fission.
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Done at the University of Chicago by a team headed by Enrico Fermi.
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Established the American Atomic Energy Commision. Defined how nuclear power would be regulated in the US.
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Westinghouse Corporation begins building Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in Pennsylvania.
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Idaho National Laboratory
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Allowed private companies to license the right ro use nuclear materials, build, and operate nuclear power plants.
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First Nuclear Powered Submarine
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Arco, Idaho becomes first town in the world to receive all of its power from Nuclear Energy.
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The Army Nuclear Power Program developed a Small, Pressurized Water Reactor at Fort Belvoir, Virginia in 1957
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IAEAStarted with 18 member states to promote peaceful use of Atomic Energy
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Zero Power Physics ReactorTest facility to test on a very small scale new nuclear technology.
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The Energy Reorganization Acto of 1974Split the Atomic Energy Commission into the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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One of the most highly contested Nuclear Power Plant Openings in US history, opened even after thousands of Anti-Nuclear Energy Protestors rallied to try to prevent it. The Power Plant sits on a fault line that has produced large earthquakes in the past. Plans had to be revised during construction as this was found out.
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