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DISCOVERY OF URANIUM
Martin Hermlich Klaproth discovers Uranium in Germany -
EINSTEIN WRITES LETTER TO FDR
Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt a letter warning him of the dangers on nuclear fissions bombs. -
DISCOVERY OF PLUTONIUM
Plutonium was discovered on December 14,1940 by Glenn Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joesph Kennedy, and Edwin McMillian at the University of Berkeley -
TRINITY NUCLEAR TEST
The United States tests an atomic bomb for the first time at the Trinity Test Site in Socorro New Mexico -
BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA
The United States drops the uranium bomb "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
BOMBING OF NAGASAKI
The United States drops the plutonium bomb "Fat Man" on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
Able Test
The United States test a nuclear weapon for the first time since Nagasaki on Bikini Atoll -
Baker Test
The United States test a nuclear weapon for the second time since Nagasaki on Bikini Atoll -
ATOMS FOR PEACE
President Dwight Eisenhower delivers his famous "Atoms for Peace" address to the United Nations -
First Nuclear Submarine
Th Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, takes its maiden voyage -
Obninsk Power Plant
The Soviet Union gets the first grid connected nuclear power plant in the world -
Founding of the campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The international campaign for nuclear disbarment began -
BODEGA BAY
The first nuclear power plant in America at Bodega Bay was planned to be built by Pacific Gas and Electric. Several locals were upset and initiated a conflict involving the building of the plant -
Sodium Reactor Meltdown
The sodium reactor in Santa Susana California melted down -
ANTARTIC TREATY
U.S. Signs the Antarctic Treaty, banning nuclear tests in Antarctica -
SL-1 Meltdown
The experimental SL-1 Reactor melted down killing all of the workers -
WOMEN'S STRIKE FOR PEACE
A national women's strike in 60 American cities protesting nuclear weapons -
Baby Tooth Survey
The results of the Baby Tooth Survey were published -
CUBAM MISSILE CRISIS
The 13 day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles being found in Cuba -
Nuclear Testing Abolished
The United States, Soviet Union, and Britain agree to abolish nuclear testing in the atmosphere following the Cuban Missile Crisis -
Enrico Fermi Unit 1 Meltdown
A rapid increase in temperature caused a meltdown of the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan -
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY
The United Nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty banning the spread of nuclear weapons -
PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS TREATY
The United States and Soviet Union sign the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty setting regulations for civil uses of nuclear bombs -
THREE MILE ISLAND
The Three Mile Island Reactor in Middletown Pennsylvania melted down -
SHAD ALLIANCE
The Shad alliance brought about 18,000 people to march near the Shoerham Nuclear Pant. This eventually lead to complications that caused the plant to close -
Battery Park City Concert Founding of MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy)
MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) held no nukes concerts in the Battery Park City. Over 200,000 people attended -
Second United Nations Special Session on Disarment
The United Nations called a conference to discuss the disarment of nuclear weapons -
MANHATTAN PEACE MARCH
One of the largest peaceful protests in American history -
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl Power Plant in Pripyat Ukraine melted down in one of the largest nuclear disasters in history -
REAGAN AND GORBACHEV MEET AT REYKJAVIK
US and Soviet leaders discuss abolition US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev meet at Reykjavik, Iceland, where they seriously discuss the possibility of achieving nuclear abolition -
Nevada Test Site Protest
Several protestors, joined by 6 members of congress, gathered at the Nevada Test Site to hold a huge rally against nuclear testing -
NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR MISSILE LAUNCH AGREEMENT
The United States and Soviet Union sign the Agreement on Notification of Missile Launches -
Seabrook Station Protest
The Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant was running tests. This lead to the protest and arrest of 627 people for trespassing, as well as the arrest of 2 government officials involved in the protest -
UNITED NATIONS PROTEST
Even a great deal of time after the Hiroshima bombing, about 40,000 Americans marched past the UN building in an anti war / anti nuclear protest -
ANTARCTIC TREATY SUMMIT
Antarctic Treaty Summit, hosted at the Smithsonian Institution, will consider the achievements, enduring legacies and future lessons of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty -
Fukushima Accident
The tsunami that hit the Japanese coast caused the Fukushima Power Plant to melt down -
James Hansen Publishes his Paper
James Hansen co-publishes a paper from NASA computing that, even with worst case estimates of nuclear accidents, nuclear energy has saved 1.8 million lives and counting by offsetting the air-pollution related deaths that come from fossil fuel plants