1011+History+of+Nuclear+Power

=History of Nuclear Power= Nuclear power was discovered in the mid - twentieth century.[6] The first ten years of nuclear power plant development was mostly focused on how they could be designed, built and operated.[7] The U.S is one of the pioneers of nuclear power.[5] The use of nuclear power as a source of power didn't come until 1953.[6] People didn't start relying on it until 1955.[3] When the oil crisis came in 1970's more and more people had to use nuclear power as their main source of power because of the oil shortage.[6] But since nuclear power plants started to have meltdowns or accidents, some people started to fear nuclear power.[6] Some of these accidents were the Three Mile Island accident, the Chernobyl Disaster, and the more recent Fukoshima crisis.

Important dates in the history of nuclear power
The first nuclear power plant was created in 1942 but failed to produce [|electricity]{1}. The first nuclear power plants that produced power were built in the 1950s in the US., [|UK]., and in [|France][1]. In July of the year 1955,[| Arco,Idaho]became the first town to be powered by a nuclear power plant.[2] But this was just one of the many experimental power plants that were built. The first full scale nuclear power plant in the [|United States]was built in [|Shippingport, Pennsylvania]on December 2, 1957. This plant was able to generate enough power to reach its own generating capacity after three weeks of being in service. Soon, nuclear power plants were being built everywhere.

The discovery of nuclear power


Many discoveries have led to the making of nuclear power. A man from Germany named Otto Hahn discovered the splitting of the nucleus of uranium atoms in 1938.[4] But Otto was not the only person to discover nuclear power.[4] [|Erico Fermi]is one of the many people that helped in the discovery of nuclear power.[3] Erico is a physicist that was born in [|Rome, Italy].[3] [|Leo Szilard]helped Enrico.[3] Together, they got a step closer to the discovery of nuclear power.[3] But it wasn't that easy. It took a while to discover the beta ray emission theory in[| radioactivity], which was a big part in discovering nuclear power.[3] Enrico also discovered and experimented with nuclear fission in 1934.[6] Since Enrico discovered and experimented with many things, major governments around the world began to invest in the research of nuclear power.[6] Due to all of the many scientists research, nuclear power has been able to be what it is today.[6] 

media type="custom" key="9134802" Safety comes to nuclear power plants
After accidents like the Three Mile Island accident and the chernobyl disaster, many people started to worry about the safety of the nuclear power plants that were being used.[7] But what they didn't know was that safety has already been applied, it just had to be upgraded.[7] Features like the shutoff rod and procedures for shutting down the pile were prepared in advance.[7] These things were created by Enrico Fermi.[7]

media type="custom" key="9132134" The Six Decades of Nuclear Power
Nuclear power has been in the world for about six decades now.[7] The first ten years of nuclear power was the development of it.[7] It was mostly focused on how they could be designed, built and operated.[7] The second ten years of nuclear power plants was devoted to showing how they would be handled economically.[7] The third ten years of nuclear power were based on how nuclear power plants could become popular.[7] Because of the 3 mile island accident, in the fourth decade the public became concerned about their health due to radiation exposure. [7] The Chernobyl accident caused the public to be more concerned about their safety and made the government make Nuclear Power plants generate safer electricity.[7] The sixth decade bring more Nuclear Power plants to Japan and Europe.[7] So next time you turn on your computer or flip a switch for light, think of the scientists that had to discover Nuclear power in order for us to have this convenience.

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