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1895
Discovery of X-Rays
Germany
1896
Radioactivity Discovered
France
1898
Polonium and Radium Isolated
France
1905
E = mc² Published
Germany
1911
Discovery of the Atomic Nucl…
United Kingdom
1913
Bohr Model of the Atom
1919
First Artificial Nuclear Rea…
United Kingdom
1932.02
Discovery of the Neutron
United Kingdom
1932.04
First Atom Split by Artifici…
United Kingdom
1934
Artificial Radioactivity Dis…
1934.10
Fermi's Neutron Bombardment …
Italy
1938.12
Nuclear Fission Discovered
Germany
1939.01
Fission Confirmed and Chain …
Denmark
1939.08
Einstein–Szilard Letter to R…
United States
1942.06
Manhattan Project Begins
United States
1942.12
Chicago Pile-1: First Self-S…
United States
1943
X-10 Graphite Reactor Begins…
1944.09
Hanford B Reactor Begins Plu…
United States
1945.07
Trinity Test: First Nuclear …
United States
1945.08
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Japan
1945.08
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
Japan
1946
Clementine — First Fast Neut…
1946.08
U.S. Atomic Energy Act Signed
United States
1948
First Nuclear Reactor in Wes…
1949.08
Soviet Union Tests First Nuc…
Soviet Union
1951.12
EBR-I: First Electricity fro…
United States
1953.03
First Nuclear-Powered Submar…
United States
1953.12
Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peac…
United States
1954.06
Obninsk: World's First Nucle…
Soviet Union
1954.08
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
United States
1954.09
USS Nautilus Commissioned
United States
1955.08
First Geneva Conference on P…
Switzerland
1956.08
Calder Hall: First Commercia…
United Kingdom
1957.07
IAEA Established
Austria
1957.09
First U.S. Commercial Reacto…
United States
1957.10
Windscale Fire — First Major…
United Kingdom
1958
First French Nuclear Reactor…
1959
Dresden-1: First Privately F…
1960
Yankee Rowe: Pioneer PWR
1960
First Naval Nuclear Propulsi…
1962
EBR-I Proves Breeder Reactor…
1963
Jersey Central Orders Oyster…
United States
1964.10
China's First Nuclear Weapon…
1965
First CANDU Reactor: Douglas…
1966
India's First Research Reactor
1966.10
Fermi-1 Partial Meltdown
1968.07
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tr…
International
1969
Beznau-1: World's Oldest Ope…
1970
Peak of the 'Nuclear Bandwag…
Global
1973
Oil Crisis Accelerates Nucle…
Global
1974
France's Messmer Plan: All-N…
France
1974.05
India's First Nuclear Test (…
1975
Browns Ferry Fire
1977
Carter Bans Reprocessing
United States
1978
Japan's Nuclear Fleet Expans…
1979
US Nuclear Regulatory Commis…
1979
INPO Established
1979.03
Three Mile Island Accident
United States
1980
Sweden Votes to Phase Out Nu…
1982
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
1983
Superphénix: World's Largest…
1986
Post-Chernobyl International…
Global
1986.04
Chernobyl Disaster
Soviet Union
1987
Italy Phases Out Nuclear Power
1988
France Achieves 75% Nuclear …
France
1991
South Korea's Nuclear Rise
1994
China's First Commercial Nuc…
China
1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-B…
1996
World's First AP600 Design C…
1999.09
Tokaimura Criticality Accident
2000
U.S. Nuclear Capacity Factor…
2002
Finland Orders Olkiluoto 3 —…
2005
U.S. Energy Policy Act: Nucl…
2006
Generation IV International …
2007
NRC Receives First New React…
2009
UAE Awards Contract for Bara…
2011
Germany Announces Nuclear Ph…
Germany
2011
Japan Shuts Down All Reactors
Japan
2011.03
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Di…
Japan
2012
Vogtle 3 & 4 Licensed — Firs…
United States
2013
China Becomes World's Larges…
China
2015
Paris Climate Agreement Reco…
2016
Watts Bar 2: First New US Re…
2017
Westinghouse Declares Bankru…
United States
2018
China's EPR and AP1000 Firsts
China
2020
Akademik Lomonosov: World's …
2020
UAE's Barakah Begins Operation
2021
Hualong One Enters Commercia…
China
2022
Energy Crisis Triggers Globa…
Global
2022
Zaporizhzhia: First Nuclear …
Ukraine
2023
Vogtle 3: First New US React…
United States
2023
Olkiluoto 3: First EPR in Eu…
2023.04
Germany Shuts Down Last Reac…
Germany
2023.12
HTR-PM: World's First Modula…
China
2023.12
COP28: 22 Nations Pledge to …
International
2024
Vogtle 4 Completes — First N…
United States
2024
Flamanville 3 EPR Connected …
2024
NRC Certifies NuScale SMR De…
2024
Tech Giants Invest in Nuclea…
United States
2025
China Leads Global Nuclear C…
China
2025
Belgium Reverses Nuclear Pha…
2025
Xiapu CFR-600: China's Demon…
China
2026
Global Nuclear Capacity Reac…
Global
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