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  2. Timeline of nuclear weapons development - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of nuclear weapons development is a chronological catalog of the evolution of nuclear weapons rooting from the development of the science surrounding nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. In addition to the scientific advancements, this timeline also includes several political events relating to the development of nuclear weapons.

  3. Nuclear fission - Wikipedia

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    In nuclear fission events the nuclei may break into any combination of lighter nuclei, but the most common event is not fission to equal mass nuclei of about mass 120; the most common event (depending on isotope and process) is a slightly unequal fission in which one daughter nucleus has a mass of about 90 to 100 daltons and the other the ...

  4. Timeline of nuclear power - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of nuclear power is an incomplete chronological summary of significant events in the study and use of nuclear power. This is primarily limited to sustained fission and decay processes, and does not include detailed timelines of nuclear weapons development or fusion experiments.

  5. Timeline of nuclear fusion - Wikipedia

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    On May 9, the American nuclear test Greenhouse George, the first of a boosted fission weapon, yields 255 kilotons from an enriched uranium core and deuterium-tritium gas. This is the artificial thermonuclear fusion, and the first weaponization of fusion energy. [15]

  6. Discovery of nuclear fission - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear fission was discovered in December 1938 by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Fission is a nuclear reaction or radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller, lighter nuclei and

  7. History of nuclear power - Wikipedia

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    The first light bulbs ever lit by electricity generated by nuclear power at EBR-1 at Argonne National Laboratory-West, 20 December 1951. [12] As the first liquid metal cooled reactor, it demonstrated Fermi's breeder reactor principle to maximize the energy obtainable from natural uranium, which at that time was considered scarce.

  8. Nuclear Fission Has Been Damn Near Impossible to Find ... - AOL

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    Nuclear fission is a substantial part of the world’s energy mix, but out in the broader universe, fission is much harder to come by. Now, a new study from Los Alamos National Laboratory and ...

  9. History of nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    In nuclear fission, the nucleus of a fissile atom (in this case, enriched uranium) absorbs a thermal neutron, becomes unstable and splits into two new atoms, releasing some energy and between one and three new neutrons, which can perpetuate the process.