The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, participated in scientific and military operations around the world.
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In 1942, as part of the Manhattan Project scientists developed the first sustained nuclear chain reaction. Just nine years later, the first nuclear reactor able to generate electricity for use started ...
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