The reaction was self-sustaining. The team could increase or decrease the energy output by adjusting the rods. Fermi's idea had worked, and the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain ...

But one of the first things on the list was to learn whether it was possible to create and control a nuclear chain reaction at all. The Project decided to consolidate this effort in one location.

December — Dr. Enrico Fermi achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, with a natural uranium device moderated with graphite. Fermi conducted the process using the first demonstration ...

Their work to achieve the first nuclear reaction in 1942 marked the start of the Atomic Age, and it would change everything—from energy to medicine to the geopolitical landscape. In the 1930s, ...

This cannot be possible.” That was the thought racing through physicist Francis Perrin’s mind in May 1972. He was examining a ...

July 16, 1945, marked a turning point in history with the first nuclear ... reaction is what makes nuclear weapons so powerful. In a nuclear reactor, this reaction is controlled to produce energy ...

A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg of fuel than a chemical reaction such as burning coal, oil or gas. Nuclear power creates well-paid employment ...

The amount of energy produced from fusion is very large — four times as much as nuclear fission reactions — and fusion reactions can be the basis of future fusion power reactors. Plans call for ...

On earth, the potential advantages of energy by controlled nuclear fusion are manifold ... Energy obtained from fusion and fission reactions is based on differences in the nuclear binding energy. The ...