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The man who first found that nuclear power had benefits for the future was a man called Rutherford, he wasn't the first to split the atom, but it was him how first found that nuclear power could produce a lot of energy, which could then be used. He didn't however know the dangers, so showed his discovery without proper caution. The fission of uranium was discovered by Hahn and Strassmann in 1938.

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