II. From Hiroshima and Nagasaki
to the Cold War
III. The Industrial Atom:
Nuclear Energetics and the Cold War
| A device that was able to image the distribution of radiotracers within an animal or human was invented. Shortly after the development of this ’scanner,’ a refinement appeared that permitted the scanner to record its data on photographic film as an image. http://www.nucmednet.com/history.htm | The project 'Orion' was started by Theodore Taylor. Taylor visualized a spaceship propelled by atomic bombs. But in the end, the project was abandoned, because the prospect of exploding a large number of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere or close to it seemed too frightening. http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/S... |
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France’s first first plutonium production reactor, the natural uranium fueled, graphite moderated, gas-cooled G1 reactor began operation in Marcoule, the main facility for the production of plutonium for military purposes.It led to the development of the natural uranium-gas graphite (NUGG) reactor, the first reactor type chosen for France’s nuclear power plant program. http://www.cogemalahague.com/servlet/Con... |
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A serious accident occurred during near the town of Kyshtym in the Urals. The design defects of the nuclear liquid waste storage reservoirs led to radiation overheating of a tank followed by an explosion of nitrate-acetate salts contained in it. The explosion caused about 7.4xl017 Bq of radioactive products to be ejected. Hundreds died from radiation sickness. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Reports/Jap... |
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In Oak Ridge National Labs, 8 persons were exposed to radiation at the Y-12 site during a chemical operations criticality accident. A nuclear accident occurred in a 55-gallon stainless steel drum in a processing area Area contamination was slight. |
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Eight workers are contaminated when more than 100,000 gallons of radioactive coolant fluid leaks into the contaminant building of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Sequoyah 1 plant in Tennessee. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Reports/Jap... | The accident happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/cherno... | ||||
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II. From Hiroshima and Nagasaki
to the Cold War
III. The Industrial Atom:
Nuclear Energetics and the Cold War