Welcome to the Atomic Archive. This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb - a crucial turning point for all mankind. AJ Software & Multimedia presents this site as an online companion to its latest CD-ROM, Atomic Archive: Enhanced Edition.
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This Month In Atomic History
| 1931 | November - Harold Urey discovers deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen. |
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| 1944 |
November - First batch of spent fuel obtained from Hanford reactors. More>> November - Goudsmit's ALSOS mission obtains documents which imply that the German's rate of progress toward a bomb had diminished. |
| 1955 | November 22 - First fusion device test by the Soviet Union, it had a yield of 1.6 megatons. The development was lead by Andrei Sakharov. |
| 1958 | November, 1958 to September, 1961 - U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R. observe an informal moratorium on nuclear tests. |
| 1960 | November 15 - first Polaris missile launched from a submarine. |
| 1969 | November to December - Preliminary SALT talks in Helsinki.More>> |
| 1972 | November - SALT II negotiations begin. More>> |
| 1978 | November - Three Mile Island Nuclear Power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suffers a partial core meltdown. Minimal radioactive material is released. More>> |
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A Visit to the Atomic Testing Museum
The museum, a partnership between the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation and the Desert Research Institute, is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and is located just east of the Las Vegas strip. The goal of the museum is to preserve and foster public accessibility to the history associated with the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the Nation's nuclear weapons testing program. To learn more, click here.
Cold War: A Brief History
For more than forty years, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union directly threatened each other with nuclear weapons. This period of time is referred to as The Cold War. This section explores the major events of this period including; the development of the hydrogen bomb, the nuclear arms race, détente, nuclear proliferation and the nuclear world after the end of the Cold War. To learn more, click here.
