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Nuclear Energy
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
—Bill Cosby
History and Background
The history of nuclear energy starts with the discovery of uranium in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist, who named it after the planet Uranus.* The science and technology of understanding and controlling radiation and nuclear fission were developed between 1895 and 1945, with most of it after 1939 focusing on the development of the atomic bomb. Subsequent to the bomb, the focus has been on harnessing and controlling this energy for naval propulsion and for making electricity ...
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