Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Energy (Eighth Edition)

An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes
2020, Pages 127-141
Nuclear Energy

Chapter 8 - The History of Nuclear Energy

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the history related to nuclear energy beginning with scientific investigations in the late 1800s that led to the discovery of subatomic particles and both atomic and nuclear structure. Those research efforts spawned the discovery of fission. The Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb then accelerated the knowledge base of nuclear phenomena. After World War II, the Atomic Energy Commission was established and later the International Atomic Energy Agency. Research and development efforts led to the deployment of the first nuclear power plants. This chapter ends by addressing the controversies surrounding nuclear energy in the late twentieth century.

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