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The Story Of the Nuke
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Uranium discovery
In 1898, Pierre and Marie Curie, first used the term radiation to describe the effects that they were observing from Uranium. The Curies' also discovered Radium which they used to try to cure cancer, a process that is still used today. https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/nuclear-energy/history -
The model of an atom
In 1913 Niels Bohr published his model of the atom that is still used to teach . https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/nuclear-energy/history -
The idea
A man named Leo Szilard discovered the neutron and noticed that a mass amount of them put together to make a bomb. -
Noticing uranium
1935 Enrico Fermi discovered that when a radioactive substance such as Uranium is bombarded by neutrons. https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/nuclear-energy/history -
discovering fussion
Hahn and Strassman identify as the splitting of the atom, releasing much energy, they name it fission. http://www.whatisnuclear.com/articles/nuclear_history.html -
The bomb Idea
Rosevelt signed for the making of the bomb. Was warning people of nuclear fussion. -
The Mannhatan project
Roosevelt authorizes a small study into uranium. Fermi successfully created the first man-made nuclear chain reaction in a squash court under the stadium at the University of Chicago. The Manhattan project kicked into full gear. -
The effect
The Little boy and Fat man was dropped on Hiroshima. 80000 people died instantly and the after effects would linger or the fallout radiasion. -
The creation in action
The EBR-1 was created for nuclear power. -
More Weapons
First nuclear powered submarine is created. -
Showing the love
Soviet union is the first commercial nuclear plant. -
The french
france launches huge nuclear power program to substitute oil. -
Tragity
A reactor in chernobyl leaks radiation 50+ firefighters died and 4000 civs to cancer. -
A change
Megatons to megawatts program started there were soviet bombs being dimantled for power. -
TO SPACE 2013
during this they changed out the batteries on the stations for nuclear power. -
