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elcome to the Atomic Archive. This site explores the complex
history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb - a crucial turning
point for all mankind. AJ Software & Multimedia presents this site
as an online companion to its CD-ROM, The Atomic Age.
Follow a timeline that takes you down the path of our
nuclear past, from the 1920s to the present. Read biographies of A-bomb
father Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi's account of the Trinity Test.
Examine maps of the damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and summaries of
arms-control treaties. You'll also find an excellent gallery of photographs
and historical footage.
Keep me posted about changes to this site!
This month in Atomic History
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1938 |
December-Fermi receives the Nobel prize for
the discovery of transuranic elements (actually fission of uranium) and
departs for the "new world"
December 22, Hahn and Strassmann (later Meiter and Frisch) conclude
that the identification of barium implies that the uranium nucleus has
been fissioned by neutrons. |
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1942 |
December 2-First nuclear chain reaction at Chicago's
Stagg Field by Fermi. |
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1946 |
December 31-AEC takes over nuclear weapons program
from the Army. |
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1979 |
December 26-U.S.S.R. invades Afghanistan; SALT
II Treaty removed from consideration by the Senate. |
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1986 |
December-First 10 MXs become operational. |
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1987 |
December 8- Reagan and Gorbachev sign the INF
Treaty. |
Latest News
| 12/2/97 |
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Added a section of information about global nuclear stockpiles. |
| 11/17/97 |
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Added the "classic" blast wave effects on a house series. |
| 11/16/97 |
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Moved the awards to a new page to allow for faster loading
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