Nuclear Energy
Beginning of paper
From Theory to Practice
The nuclear age began in Germany, in the 1930s in the lab of chemist
Otto Hahn.
Hahn was attempting to produce radium (In great need during the war) by
bombarding uranium atoms with neutrons. To his surprise, he ended up with
a much lighter element, barium.
That w ....
Middle of paper
.... pioneered the chain reaction using uranium and heavy water, the
scientists applied their knowledge and their heavy water to the new
Canadian nuclear industry.
On September 5th, 1945 near Ottawa the team started up the first
operating nuclear reactor outside the USA. Of course, the output was
minuscule, but the significance was immense; the principal of getting
energy from splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction (fission) was
established beyond doubt. It was now the job of the ....
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Page count: 8 (approximately 250 words per page)
