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When did nuclear energy start?

Updated: 11/2/2022
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It started with The Manhattan Project, the government program to create the Atomic Bomb. Once the bomb was made, tons of scientists and businessmen saw the potential of harnessing the massive amount of energy released in the explosion. The rest is history.

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As soon as stars appeared in the universe. Stars are nuclear reactors. They are nuclear fusion bombs (hydrogen bombs held together by stupendous gravity). The fusion reactions build atomic nuclei of elements heavier than hydrogen. So all the atoms heavier than hydrogen in your body were at one stage built up in the core of a star which ultimately exploded.

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