Nuke2

atomic bomb

By catlynmarrie

  • Leo Szilard

    Leo Szilard
    filed the first patent application for the method of producing a nuclear chain reaction aka nuclear explosion.

  • The Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan Project
    formed to secretly build the atomic bomb before the Germans.

  • atomic bomb created

    atomic bomb created
    atomic bomb created

  • 1939 to 1945

    1939 to 1945
    more than $2 billion was spent during the history of the Manhattan Project.

  • 5:29:45

    5:29:45
    "The Gadget" ushered in the Atomic Age

  • Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.

    Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
    The first usable electricity from nuclear fission is produced at the National Reactor Station