Year
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Description
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Answer
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1932
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The process of merging two light elements
|
Nuclear Fusion
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1938
|
The process of splitting a heavy element into two
|
Nuclear Fission
|
1941
|
First nuclear war in history
|
World War II
|
1942
|
U.S. project to develop nuclear weapons
|
Manhattan Project
|
1945
|
First nuclear test (codename)
|
Trinity
|
1945
|
"I am become _____, the destroyer of worlds."
|
Death
|
1945
|
First city to be bombed in a nuclear war
|
Hiroshima
|
1945
|
Plane that dropped the first bomb
|
Enola Gay
|
1945
|
Codename of the first bomb
|
"Little Boy"
|
1945
|
Atomic element used in the first bomb
|
Uranium
|
1945
|
Second city to be bombed in a nuclear war
|
Nagasaki
|
1945
|
Plane that dropped the second bomb
|
Bockscar
|
1945
|
Codename of the second bomb
|
"Fat Man"
|
1945
|
Atomic element used in the second bomb
|
Plutonium
|
1952
|
Hydrogen isotope with 1 proton and 1 neutron
|
Deuterium
|
1958
|
Method of preserving food by exposure to X-rays
|
Irradiation
|
1959
|
Film about waiting for fallout in post-WW3 Australia
|
On the Beach
|
1962
|
Biggest crisis of the Cold War
|
Cuban Missile Crisis
|
1962
|
Meaning of the acronym "MAD"
|
Mutually Assured Destruction
|
1964
|
Comedy film about MAD, by Stanley Kubrick
|
Dr. Strangelove
|
1967
|
Non-nuclear kitchen appliance based on radar
|
Microwave Oven
|
1979
|
Film about a nuclear meltdown, starring Jane Fonda
|
The China Syndrome
|
1979
|
U.S. power plant that lost coolant
|
Three Mile Island
|
1983
|
Hypothetical climate change caused by bombs
|
Nuclear Winter
|
1986
|
Soviet power plant that exploded
|
Chernobyl
|
2011
|
Japanese power plant struck by a tsunami
|
Fukushima
|