>>1942 December 2 : First self sustaining nuclear chain reaction
>>1945 July 16 : The American Army tests first atomic bomb
>>1945 August 6 : The little boy dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
>>1945 August 9 : The Fat Boy dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
>>1946 August 1 : Creation of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
>>1947 October 6 : First investigation by the AEC for peaceful uses of atomic energy
>>1949 March 1 : Site selection in Idaho for National Reactor Testing Station
>>1951 December 20 : Production of first electric power from nuclear energy
>>1952 June 14 : Navy’s first nuclear submarine
>>1953 March 30 : Starting of first nuclear power units by Nautihis
>>1953 December 8 : Atoms for Peace” given by President Eisenhower
>>1954 August 30 : First major amendment of the original Atomic Energy signed by President Eisenhower
>>1955 January 10 : The AEC announces the power demonstration reactor program
>>1955 July 17 : 1000 people of Arco, Idaho first powered by nuclear power plant
>>1955 August 8-20 : International conference on peaceful use of Atomic Energy in Geneva
>>1957 July 12 : First civilian nuclear station generated by Sodium Reactor Experiment in SantaSusana, California
>>1957 September 2 : The price Anderson Act provides financial protection and Act licensees & for major Accident occurs at nuclear plant
>>1957 October 1 : Creation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria for peaceful Use & prevention for spreading nuclear weapons
>>1957 December 2 : The world’s first largest nuclear plant operation in Shipping port, Pennsylvania.
>>1958 May 22 : Constriction of first nuclear plant merchant ship in Canada
>>1959 October 15 : The first U.S nuclear plant without government funding
>>1960August 19 : The Yankee Rowe Nuclear power Station achieves self sustaining nuclear reaction
>>1961 November 22: The world’s largest ship the U.S.S Enterprise carried with the ability to operate 30- 740800km without refueling
>>1963 December 12: Nuclear plant is ordered as an economic alternative to a fossil fuel plant
>>1964 August 26 : Private Ownership of Special Nuclear Materials
>>1964 October 3 : “Operation Sea Orbit”
>>1965 April 3 : First nuclear reactor in space (SNAP-10A) launched
>>1970 March 5 : Total 48 nation’s treaty for non proliferation of nuclear weapons
>>1971 : 22 commercial plants are in full operation in U.S.A
>>1973 : Built up 41 plants
>>1974 October 11 : AEC functions divided into two agencies---The Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) AND the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
>>1977 April 7 : USA plans for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel
>>1977 August 4 : Signed by President Cater for Department of Energy Organization Act.
>>1977 October 1 : Starting the operation of DOE
>>1979 March 28 : Accident in USA, no one injured
>>1982 October 1 : The Shipping port power Station shat down
>>1983 January 7 : The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) establish
>>1983 : Nuclear Power generates more Electricity than natural gas.
>>1984 : 83 plant provide 14% electricity
>>1985 : 100th plant was The Perry power plant in Ohio
>>1986 April 26 : Chernobyl explosions
>>1987 December 22: NWPA is amended
>>1989:109 plants provides 19 persent of electricity
>>1990 March : DOE launches for improving operational safety in Soviet Union
>>1991 :111 plants in USA with capacity 99673 megawatts
>>1992 February 26 : DOE signs a cooperative agreement with the nuclear industry
>>1992 October 24 : The Energy Policy Act pf 1992 is signed into law
>>1992 December 2 : The 50th anniversary of Fermi experiment
>>1993 March 30 : Funding for next generation plant comes form Advanced Reactor Corporation (ARC)
>>1993 September 6 : Joined program by General electronic and DOE