The First British Nuclear Plant Is Opened
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: England
- Date: October 17, 1956
Article abstract: Queen Elizabeth II switched power into Great Britain’s national grid from Calder Hall, the world’s first large-scale nuclear power station.
Summary of Event
In 1953, Great Britain initiated plans to build the world’s first full-scale nuclear power plant under the supervision of Sir Christopher Hinton, the managing director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Little more than ten years earlier, on December 2, 1942, the first controlled nuclear-fission chain reaction was achieved under the direction of Enrico Fermi at the...
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