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Discovered by Henri Becquerel during his experiments.
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Discovered by J.J. Thomson during his experiments.
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Discovered by Ernest Rutherford during his alpha particle stream experiment.
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Many factors led to the first world war. Primarily, the assassination of the Archduke of Austria and his wife. Conflicting alliances and territorial issues also came into play.
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Germany became hostile to the U.S. because of the massive amounts of supplies and aid traded to Britain and France. We were supplying Germany's enemies.
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Hypothesized that both time and space are relative, as opposed to being fixed. This thory was not immediately accepted by Einstein's fellow scientists.
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Germany forced into submission, Imperial Germany is killed. The Allies declare victory.
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Chadwick, Thomson, and Rutherford all contributed to the gradual understanding of the atomic proton.
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Discoverd by James Chadwick during his experiments.
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Work done by Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, etc., leads to the discovery of what happens when a neutron hits a uranium atom.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938 was awarded to Enrico Fermi "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons".
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Was an R&D program that consisted of elite scientists, many that had defected from Germany and its surrounding countries after WW1. Developed many atomic weapons.
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Various nations began invasions of other countries. Germany had regrouped since WW1, and Hitler seized power there. The Japanese became hostile to the U.S. because of our supply to their enemies.
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Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt, telling him about the possibility of developing "extremely powerful bombs of a new type."
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Roosevelt states that, while being a pacifist, will do whatever it takes to defend his people and their way of life.
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Glenn Seaborg and his team of scientists first synthesized plutonium.
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Japanese bombers and fighters invade Pearl Harbor, a naval harbor in Hawaii. 2402 Americans were killed.
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The U.S. officially declares war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Marked the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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Also known as V-E Day, or Victory in Europe Day, marked the Allied success of defeating Axis Powers in Europe.
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Was used to refer to the concept of using nuclear weapons for construction based purposes.
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Was the first nuclear bomb detonated. Was detonated in New Mexico, and had a yield of 20 kilotons.
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Japanese city that was hit with a U.S. atomic bomb codenamed "Little Boy," which was dropped by the Enola Gay.
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Japanese city that was also bombed by a U.S. weapon. The plutonium bomb, "Fat Man," was dropped and caused about the same amount of damage as "Little Boy" did.
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Japan surrendered unconditionally after the second bomb was dropped. The destruction of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced Japan into submission. The U.S. declares victory.
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Stood for Victory in Japan, marked the end of the Pacific war with Japan.
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Was tasked with encouraging the use of nuclear energy as well as standardizing the safety regulations associated with it.
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Nuclear weapon test that examined the effects of a detonation on ships in a fleet. It had a yield of 23 kilotons.
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Nuclear weapon test that examined the effects of an underwater detonation. It had a yield of 11 megatons.
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German-British physicist that leaked sensitive information to the Soviets about U.S. nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear Test conducted in Nevada, had a yield of 37 kilotons.
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Nuclear weapon test conducted on Aomon Island, had a yield of 49 kilotons.
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Codenamed "First Lightning," used a plutonium design very similar to the "Fat Man."
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Saw the production of a 162 page document detailing an ideal civil defense program, codenamed "The Blue Book."
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Was the first U.S. detonation since Trinity, was only 1 kiloton.
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Nuclear weapon test, had a yield of 47 kilotons.
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Nuclear weapon test, had a yield of 225 kilotons.
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Nuclear weapon test, had a yield of 45.5 kilotons.
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"Hurricane," a nuclear weapon, was tested off the coast of Western Australia. Its yield is unknown.
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Nuclear weapon test of a fusion induced, hydrogen based reaction. Its yield was about 11 megatons.
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Nuclear weapon test, had a yield of 27 kilotons.
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Nuclear weapon test, had a yield of 15 kilotons.
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Speech given by Eisenhower. The speech attempted to comfort the world about the use of nuclear weapons. Eisenhower insisted that Hiroshima and Nagasaki wouldn't happen again.
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Calder Hall, in Sellafield, England begins producing electricity using nuclear power. It initially had an output of 50 MW.
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Was an exoatmospheric nuclear test that had a yield of about 3.8 megatons.
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Nuclear weapon test that had a yield of 18 kilotons.
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Tense thirteen day standoff involving the U.S., Russia, and Cuba. Nuclear missiles were sighted being prepared in Cuba and caused mass panic in the U.S. President Kennedy oversaw peaaceful negotiations.
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Treaty that aimed to slow the nuclear arms race as well as stop all the nuclear fallout from further affecting the planet.
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Codenamed 596, was a uranium implosion device capable of yielding 22 kilotons.
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Treaty that establishes nuclear regulations for participating countries. The three main ideas of the treaty call for non-proliferation, disarmament, and the right to peacefully use nuclear technology.
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Nuclear weapon test, codenamed the "blue jerboa."
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Was a series of negotiations between Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev regarding the continued manufacturing of nuclear weapons.
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Treaty that bans all participants from placing nuclear weapons in space.
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Was a series of negotiations between Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev regarding the continued manufacturing of nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear weapon testing begins in India. The prime minister makes it clear that India will indeed use the weapons if needed. Economic sanctions are placed on India.
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The Shippingport PWR nuclear reactor was the first commercial reactor.
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The Progress Energy Florida's Levy nuclear power plant was the first in Florida.
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Was the Watts Bar 2 reactor in Tennessee.
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Very little details exist about the origins of Israel's nuclear weapons.
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Was the final nuclear weapon test for Russia.
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Codenamed "Sedan," is the most recent U.S. nuclear weapon test.
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Codenamed "Sedan," is the most recent U.S. nuclear weapon test.
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Was the final test of French nuclear weapons. There were 210 tests in total conducted by the French.
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Bans all nuclear explosions, no matter what the situation.
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Codenamed "Shakti," was India's most recent nuclear weapon test.
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Codenamed "Kirana 1," had a yield of about 25 kilotons.
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Codenamed Chagai 2, took place in the Kharan Desert.
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Serves as a training reactor, and runs on low power enriched uranium.
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North Korea's first nuclear test creates a 3.58 magnitude earthquake near the blast.
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Largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, had a yield of 50 megatons.
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Treaty between U.S. and Russia banning armaments of warheads on ICBM's.
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The NRC allows licenses for construction of more nuclear reactors, something that hasn't been done for about thirty years.
