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Nuclear fission was applied in 1945 by USA in nuclear bombs.

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By nuclear energy I presume you mean the use of nuclear fission to supplement a national power grid, in which case the first fully-functional, non-experimental nuclear power station was first 'plugged in' on 27 June 1954, in the Soviet Union.

The power-generating properties of fission had been known for most of the early 20th century, however, and experimental work began even before World War II.

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Nearly 54 years.

The first nuclear power plant to put power on an electric grid was the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, located in Obninsk, about 110 km southwest of Moscow, which began supplying power on June 27, 1954. The plant was regarded as "semi-experimental."

The first commercial nuclear power plant was Calder Hall, at Sellefield, in Cumbria, England's northwesternmost county. This plant opened on October 17, 1956.

The first nuclear power plant to operated in the United States was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, which was about 40 km (25 miles) from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It started operation on December 2, 1957.

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The first nuclear power plant was the Chicago-pile 1, which was part of the manhattan project. It achieved functionality on December 2nd, 1942.

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Since about 1956 in the UK (Calder Hall) and 1958 in the US (Shippingport)

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Nuclear fission was applied in 1945 by USA in nuclear bombs.

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For power production, since 1956

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